Research

Working Papers

How Data Centers Grow When Water Is Scarce, with Shaolong (Lorry) Wu. Available at SSRN 7599482.

Talent Hoarding and Upstream Innovation: Labor Market Distortions by Large Incumbents, with Shaolong (Lorry) Wu. Available at SSRN 5127023.

Awards:

  • Best Paper Award, Winner, Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium 2026

Seminar and Conference Presentations:

  • 2026: Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium (WINDS), Harvard Business School TOM Doctoral Seminar, Econometric Society North American Summer Meeting (2026 NASM), The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Annual Conference, Georgetown Center for Economic Research (GCER) 2026 Alumni Conference, Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) 2026 Conference, CUFE Human Capital Symposium
  • 2025: Contracts and Organization Lunch Seminar (Harvard Economics)

Works in Progress

When Renters Become Creditors: Risk, Liquidity, and Housing Contract Choice in Korea (with Yuseok Lee).