Dr. Kim's Research Program
Overview
- Area of Research Specialization:
Household finance, Consumer economics, Financial planning, Financial literacy, Financial education. - Rooted in consumer financial decision-making:
i) household financial decisions throughout the life course, ii) retirement preparedness & savings and iii) the effect of financial literacy and financial education on household decisions. - Mission/Goal: To help US households improve and maximize financial well-being.
Household Financial Decisions
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Retirement Preparedness
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Financial Literacy/Education
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Dr. Kim has published over 70 peer reviewed research articles that are currently published or in press including Applied Economics Letters, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Financial Planning Review, Financial Services Review, Financial Research Letters, International Journal of Bank Marketing, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Poverty, Race and Social Problems and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
Research Grants/Funding Received
Research activities
Service history - Academic journals
- Research Grant Program, Inchon National University, South Korea (2023-2024)
(grant title: Financial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, role: Co-principal investigator) - The FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research and educational projects (2022-2023)
(Conference Travel Funding for 2023 ACCI and 2023 AFCPE) - The FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research and educational projects (2022-2023)
(grant title: Asian Americans' Financial Capability, role: principal investigator) - Research Grant Program, Inchon National University, South Korea (2022-2023)
(grant title: Understanding about Generation Z: Financial literacy and financial behaviors, role: principal investigator) - National Endowment Financial Education (NEFE)’s Research Funding Program (2020-2022)
(grant title: Efficacy in Measuring Financial Literacy, role: co-principal investigator) - Financial Supervisory Service, South Korea (2021)
(grant title: Implications to adopt financial literacy investigation in foreign countries, role: co-principal investigator) - Research Grants Committee (RGC) at University of Alabama (2015), role: principal investigator
Research activities
- NC 2172 multi-state research team (2023-2028)
(grant project title: Household Financial and Health Decision-making under Economic Uncertainties, role: research investigator/participant)
Service history - Academic journals
- Associate Editor
- Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal (FCSRJ)
- Financial Planning Review (FPR)
- Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning (JFCP) - Editorial board
- Financial Services Review (FSR)
- International Journal of Bank Marketing (IJBM)
- Journal of Consumer Affairs (JCA)
- Journal of Family and Economic Issue (JFEI)
- Journal of Financial Planning (JFP)
- Consumer Policy and Education Review (Korean journal)