YoungJin Kwon

I will be on the 2025–2026 job market!

My work investigates how emerging digital technologies reshape the creator economy from artists and musicians to scholars, paying special attention to equity and inclusion. I concentrate on two intertwined streams:

Blockchain-Based Digital Asset Markets

Study 1. How do fraudulent behaviors such as wash trading contribute to NFT market crashes? (Job Market Paper)

Study 2. Can decentralization narrow long‑standing gender and racial gaps in art pricing?

Study 3. Who collects NFTs and how do their portfolios perform across boom–bust cycles?

Generative‑AI Creativity & Productivity

Study 4. Large‑language models boost overall scholarly output but may widen gaps between junior vs. senior and native‑ vs. non‑native English researchers, creating a new digital divide.

Study 5. How do audiences value artwork co‑created by humans and AI?