Hongtao LI’s Website
My CV is here: CV.
Email: lee.hungtou[at]gmail.com
I am a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at Kanto Gakuen University.
I graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a B.S. in Mathematics in June 2018, and from the University of Tokyo with an M.P.P. in March 2021 and a Ph.D. in Public Policy in July 2026.
Research interests: Macroeconomics, Economic Policy, Public Health, and International Economics.
I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Taisuke Nakata, Prof. Kenichi Ueda, and Prof. Ryo Kato at the University of Tokyo.
Career:
- 2026 June - : Lecturer, Faculty of Economics at Kanto Gakuen University
Teaching courses: Finance, Pandemic and the Economy, Sophomore Seminar
Publication:
- “Transportation Infrastructure and Trade” with Zheng Han, Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 64, 2022, 101162 (featured in the journal’s ScienceDirect “Top cited” section in August 2025 and “Most downloaded” section in August 2026).
Working Papers:
“Optimal Containment Policy with Private Protection” (Job market paper)
“Lockdown Policy Rules with a Hospital Capacity Constraint” with Taisuke Nakata, Hiroki Sakamoto, and Hiroyuki Uneya (Under review at Journal of the Japanese and International Economies)
“Real-Time Covid-19 Projections in Tokyo: Lessons for Future Pandemics” with Jianing Chu and Taisuke Nakata (Resubmitted to Discover Public Health)
“Balancing Safety, Liquidity, and Yield under Geopolitical Risk: Model-Implied Evidence from BRIC Economies” with Changrong Lu, Bing Pang, and Fandi Yu (Resubmitted to Emerging Markets Review)
“Does Comovement Reveal a Channel? Semiconductor Policy Shocks and Supply-Chain Transmission across Global Equity Markets” with Bing Pang and Yuanhao Wang (Under review at Pacific-Basin Finance Journal)
