Economics · Seoul and Tokyo

Sanghu
Lee

Undergraduate Researcher in Economics

Waseda University · Korea University

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. GPA: 4.46/4.50.

Selected Program

Macroeconomic policy analysis beyond the classroom.

International Monetary Fund · Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

27th Macroeconomist Training Program

Selected participant · Financial programming and IMF-style country surveillance

Jul. 29–31, 2026
Tokyo, Japan

Training

Selected coursework across four areas.

Macroeconomics

  • Principles of Economics II
  • Macroeconomics
  • Money and Banking
  • Research on Dynamic Macroeconomics

Econometrics

  • Econometrics I
  • Econometrics II
  • Advanced Econometrics: Time Series Analysis
  • Mathematical Statistics

Statistics

  • Statistics for Economists
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Statistics II
  • Basic Stochastic Processes 1

Mathematics

  • Mathematics for Economists
  • Intermediate Mathematics for Economics
  • Advanced Calculus
  • Analysis I with Lab