Hugh Hoikwang Kim

University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business

Associate Professor of Finance

1014 Greene Street

Columbia, SC 29208

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

Economic Policy Uncertainty and Bank Liquidity Hoarding

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2020
Allen N. Berger, Omrane Guedhami, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Xinming Li
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Department of Finance
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economic policy uncertainty, bank, liquidity creation

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It Pays to Write Well

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2016
Byoung-Hyoun Hwang and Hugh Hoikwang Kim
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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Disclosure characteristics, Readability, Firm value

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Bank Sentiment and Liquidity Hoarding

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 May 2020 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2024
Allen N. Berger, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Xiaonan (Flora) Ma
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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bank sentiment, liquidity hoarding, textual analysis, bank disclosure

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Dishonest or Misunderstood? Corporate Environmental Commitment and the Value of Persistence

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2024
Hyun-Soo Choi, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Yun-Soo Kim
College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Environmental commitment, persistence, firm value, closed-end funds

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The Impact of Shrouded Fees: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Indian Mutual Funds Market

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2011
Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Santosh Anagol
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business - Business Economics and Public Policy Department
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Pessimistic Fund Managers

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2019
Yongqiang Chu and Hugh Hoikwang Kim
Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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Textual analysis, Fund disclosure, Fund performance, Reference-dependent effort provision

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The Consequences of Non-Trading Institutional Investors

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
M. Vahid Irani and Hugh Hoikwang Kim
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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non-trades, institutional investors, portfolio management, behavioral bias

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Bank Sentiment, Loan Loss Provisioning, and Lending

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Junsung Bae, Allen N. Berger, Hyun-Soo Choi and Hugh Hoikwang Kim
College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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bank sentiment, loan loss provision, lending, textual analysis, banking industry, financial disclosure

9.

Stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currency: Challenges and Opportunities

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2024
Jaewon Choi and Hugh Hoikwang Kim
Seoul National University - Department of Economics and University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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Digital Assets, Decentralized finance (DeFi), Stablecoins, Cryptocurrency, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

10.

Tug of War in Corporate Environmental Lobbying

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 23-03, KAIST College of Business Working Paper Series
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2024
San Diego State University - Finance Department, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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corporate lobbying, political competition, environmental policy, firm investment

Time Is Money: Rational Life Cycle Inertia and the Delegation of Investment Management

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Pension Research Council PRC WP2013-33
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2019
Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Goethe University Frankfurt - Finance Department and
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Time is Money: Life Cycle Rational Inertia and Delegation of Investment Management

NBER Working Paper No. w19732
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Goethe University Frankfurt - Finance Department and
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How Financial Literacy Shapes the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2020-02, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2021
Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Goethe University Frankfurt - Finance Department and
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financial advice, financial literacy, aging, money management, Health and Retirement Study

How Cognitive Ability and Financial Literacy Shape the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages

NBER Working Paper No. w25750
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Goethe University Frankfurt - Finance Department and
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Setting the Wolf to Guard the Sheep: The Influence of Politicians' Asset Holdings on Economic Bill Proposals

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 04 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2024
Hyun-Soo Choi, Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Paul Youngwook Kim and Yun-Soo Kim
College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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real estate, political economy, economic bills, politician

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Simplified Fee Disclosure and Attention to Mutual Fund Fees

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 23 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2023
Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Wenhao Yang
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Finance
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disclosure policy, mutual fund fees, limited attention, experiment

15.

Information Spillover of Bailouts

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2018
Hugh Hoikwang Kim
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
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information spillover, bailouts, money market funds

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Opaque Liabilities, Learning, and the Cost of Equity Capital for Insurers

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 04 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2022
Chia-Chun Chiang, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Greg Niehaus
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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insurer underwriting performance, cost of equity capital, asset pricing, opacity

17.

Innovation Overload?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2020
Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Kai Wu
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Finance
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Innovation Diffusion, Bounded Rationality

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Alerting Banks to Climate Risks: Impact of Bad Air Quality Shocks on Pricing Loans for Brown Firms

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
Allen N. Berger, Hyun-Soo Choi, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Yun-Soo Kim
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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JEL classification: G21, Q53, Q54 climate finance, banking, air quality, risk awareness

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Dishonest or Misunderstood? Corporate Environmental Commitment and the Value of Persistence

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Jan 2025
Hyun-Soo Choi, Hugh Hoikwang Kim and Yun-Soo Kim
College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Environmental commitment, persistence, firm value, closed-end funds