Karam Kang

PHONE

412-268-5033

OFFICE

GSIA - Tepper School of Business - Room 315B

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Economics

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania - Ph D (Economics) - 2012
Seoul National University - BA - 2005

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Political economy, Industrial organization, Applied econometrics, Environmental economics

USEFUL LINKS

Personal Webpage

PUBLICATIONS

• Policy Influence and Private Returns from Lobbying in the Energy Sector

The Review of Economic Studies, 2016

WORKING PAPERS

• Regulatory Discretion and Compliance

(author(s): Karam Kang, Bernardo Silveira)

• Evaluating Discretion in Government Procurement

(author(s): Karam Kang, Robert Miller)

• The Value of Connections in Lobbying

(author(s): Karam Kang, Hye You)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Tepper School of Business - Richard M. Cyert Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017)
• Tepper School of Business - BP Junior Faculty Chair (2015)
• University of Pennsylvania - William Polk Carey Prize in Economics (2013)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Workshop Organizer (2014 - )
• Economics Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2015 - 2016)
• Economics Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2014 - 2015)
• Economics Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)
• Faculty Webpage Design Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2013)
• Economics Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2012 - 2013)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Intermediate Microeconomics (73230) 2016 Section:

• Senior Project (73497) 2016 Section: A
  2015 Section: A

• Econometrics II (47812) 2016 Mini 2 Section: A
  2015 Mini 2 Section: A
  2014 Mini 2 Section: A
  2013 Mini 2 Section: A

• Intermedt Micrcomcs (73230) 2015 Section: 1

• INTERMEDT MICRCOMCS (73230) 2015 Section: 1, 2
  2014 Section: 3
  2013 Section: 3

• ENVIRONMNTL PLY ECON (73433) 2014 Section: A
  2013 Section: A