Ae Rin Jung

• CV

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, May 2019
  • Dissertation: Consumer Perception on Organic Mergers and Technology Adoption
  • Co-advisors: Dr. Ana Espinola-Arredondo and Dr. Rosa Karina Gallardo
• M.S. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, 2013

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Agricultural Economics
• Game Theory, Industrial Organization
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

PUBLICATIONS

• Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia, and A. Jung, “Organic Mergers and Acquisitions.” Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Forthcoming.

WORKING PAPERS

• Espinola-Arredondo, A., R. K. Gallardo, and A. Jung,  “Does Consumer Perceptions About Mergers in the Organic food Industry Matter? A Pilot Study.”
• Gallardo, R. K., A. Jung, and D. Zilberman, “Analyzing Factors Impacting Blueberry Prices in the United States,” in submission.
• Gallardo, R. K., A. Jung, and D. Zilberman, “Technology Adoption of Mechanical Harvesters in Fresh Blueberry Market.”

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• Gallardo, R. K., A. Jung, and D. Zilberman, “The Impact of Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order on the United States and Canada.”

Research Experience

Research Assistant 

• Dr. R. Karina Gallardo, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Fall 2015 – Fall 2017
• Institutional Research, Washington State University, Fall 2013- Spring 2015

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

• “Mechanization Alternatives for Fresh Market Blueberry Harvesting”
  • Presented by co-author at the annual conference of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Atlanta, GA. July 21-23, 2019.
• “Organic Mergers and Acquisitions”
  • Presented at the 87th annual conference of the Southern Economic Association (SEA), Tampa, FL. November 17-19, 2017.
• “Adoption of Mechanical Harvester Aids by the Blueberry Industry: Results from a Dynamic Optimization Approach”
  • Presented at the annual conference of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Chicago, IL. July 30-Aug 1, 2017.
• “Horizontal Integration and Reputation in the Food Market Industry”
  • Poster presented at the Academic Showcase and Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Exposition, Washington State University. March 31, 2017.
  • Poster presented at the poster competition of School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University. April 10, 2017.

SKILLS

• Computer
  • Advanced: SAS, Stata, SQL, R, LaTeX
  • Intermediate: Gauss, JMP, Mathematica, MATLAB, Eviews
• Languages: English (Proficient), Korean (Native)

References

• Dr. Ana Espinola-Arredondo (Co-Chair), Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, anaespinola@wsu.edu
• Dr. Rosa Karina Gallardo (Co-Chair), Associate Professor, Extension Specialist, School of Economic Sciences, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, WA 98371, karina_gallardo@wsu.edu
• Dr. Felix Munoz-Garcia, Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, fmunoz@wsu.edu