Economics · Seoul and Tokyo

Sanghu
Lee

Undergraduate Researcher in Economics

Waseda University · Korea University

Hi. I study how global risk and exchange-rate disturbances propagate through open economies, using structural time-series methods and dynamic macroeconomic models.

Sanghu Lee in Nikkō, Japan
Nikkō, Japan

Research

Open-economy macroeconomics, exchange rates, and structural time series.

International Business Cycles and Trade Shocks

Independent research project

A two-country incomplete-markets model of tariff disturbances, exchange-rate adjustment, and international risk sharing.

2025

Background

Economics training across Seoul and Tokyo.

Waseda University

Double Degree Program in Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, expected September 2027.

Korea University

B.A. in Economics, expected February 2028.

Selected Program

Macroeconomic policy analysis beyond the classroom.

International Monetary Fund · Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

27th Macroeconomist Training Program

Completed · Financial programming, IMF-style country surveillance, and team-based policy analysis

Jul. 29–31, 2026
Tokyo, Japan

Training

Selected coursework across four areas.

Microeconomic Theory

  • Advanced Microeconomics A
  • Advanced Microeconomics B (Strategic Theory, Mechanism Design)
  • Economics of Strategy and Information
  • Industrial Organization Seminar (Prof. Nahm)

Macroeconomics & Finance

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Research on Dynamic Macroeconomics
  • Money and Banking
  • Finance

Econometrics & Statistics

  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Econometrics I: Cross-Sectional Data
  • Econometrics II: Time-Series Data
  • Statistics for Economists

Mathematics

  • Intermediate Mathematics for Economics
  • Advanced Calculus I & II
  • Analysis I with Lab
  • Seminar on Economics (Prof. Hisa Tanaka): Information Geometry