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.

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 (R&R at 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 International Review of Economics & Finance)