Daehyun Kim

Bio

Daehyun Kim is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Professor Kim’s broad research interest is corporate governance, with a specific focus on topics such as board of directors and shareholder control. His research has been published in the American Economic Review. His work has garnered considerable attention from the public as well as international media. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Prior to entering academia, Professor Kim accumulated accounting and finance industry experience in various roles. He worked as a budget analyst at American Airlines, preparing operating and capital budget for the airline’s airport operations. Prior to that, he worked as a debt capital markets analyst at Barclays Capital, facilitating companies to issue corporate bonds. He also worked at Lehman Brothers as a credit risk management research analyst. Additionally, as an undergraduate student, he worked as a summer intern at Banc of America Securities in syndicated loan origination for gaming and real estate companies, and at a boutique investment bank specializing in community bank mergers and acquisitions.

Professor Kim has taught managerial accounting to Rotman Commerce and Full-time MBA students.

Academic Positions

2016 – present  Assistant Professor of Accounting; University of Toronto

Honors and Awards

2017 – 2019  Connaught New Researcher Award; University of Toronto

2017 – 2018  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Institutional Grant; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2017 – 2018  Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship Research Grant; University of Toronto

2017  Institute for Gender + the Economy Research Grant; University of Toronto

2017 – 2018  Rotman Research Data Grant; University of Toronto

2017  Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship Travel Grant; University of Toronto

2015  Eugene and Dora Bonham Memorial Fund in Business; University of Texas at Austin

2011 – 2015  McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship; University of Texas at Austin

2010 – 2011  Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship; University of Texas at Austin

Selected Publications - Papers

Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards: Do Women Contribute Unique Skills? with Laura T. Starks American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2016

Research and Teaching Interests

Research Interests: Corporate Governance; Board of Directors; Shareholder Control; Market for Corporate Control; Executive Compensation Teaching Interests: Managerial Accounting; Corporate Governance