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 the University of Tokyo with a Ph.D. in Public Policy in July 2026 and an M.P.P. in March 2021.

I graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a B.S. in Mathematics in June 2018.

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, and 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).

• “A Retrospective Assessment of Short-horizon Real-time COVID-19 Projections in Tokyo” with Jianing Chu and Taisuke Nakata, Discover Public Health, Vol. 23, 1554, 2026. [CARF WP Version (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

• “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

Working in Progress:

• “What Is Encoded in COVOL Loadings? Country Structure in the Common Volatility Exposure of Global Semiconductor Firms” with Bing Pang