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LEE Kangkook

Department / Course College of Economics Department of Economics

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Economics

Academic background
1.	2004/05 Degree Acquisition	│ Univeristy of Massachusetts │ 博士
2.	1996 Degree Acquisition	│ Seoul National University │ 修士
3.	～1994	Graduated Economics │ Faculty of Economics │ Seoul National University │ Graduated
4.	～1996	Master Course │ Graduate economics │ Graduate school of economics │ Seoul National University │ Completed
5.	～1998	Doctorial Course │ Completed Economics │ Graduate school of economics │ Seoul National University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program
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Business career
1.	2009/09 ～ 2010/09	Visiting Scholar : Wethearhead East Asian Institute Researcher │ │ Columbia University, New York.
2.	2002/09	Associate Professor │ College of Economics Macroeconomics, Development Economics, International Finance │ Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
3.	2002/09	Associate Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University, Japan
4.	2002/02 ～ 2002/05	Research Assistant │ Field of Research : The change of the Korean economic model in the 1990s, withResearch Assistantprofessor Crotty, J. │ University of Massachusetts.Amherst,
5.	2001/11 ～ 2002/05	Research Assistant │ │ A comparative study of venturecapitalists' investment in the U.S. and Korea with professor Zacharakis in Babson College and professor Bahn in National Jinju Industrial University Research Assistant
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Subject of research
1.	Effects of financial globalization on poverty and distribution in developing countries
2.	Global imbalances and the global finacnial crisis
3.	Inequality and innovation

Research summary
Effects of financial globalization on poverty and distribution in developing countries This research examines complex effects of financial globalization on income distribution and poverty in developing countries. I will develop theoretical frameworks, empirical study using international datasets, and more extensive case studies on several developing countries. It will contribute to the current study on problems of financial globalization and its reform.

Present specialized field
Economic Policy, Applied Economics (Keyword：Globalization, Economic Development, Income Distribution, Poverty, East Asia)

Books
1.	2022/11	A Fundamental Study on Long-Term Plan of Social Security │ (Co-authored)
2.	2022/11	A New Capitalism by Kishida Government │ (Sole-authored)
3.	2021/11/29	A Study on the Transformation of the Global Socioeconomic System │ (Sole-authored)
4.	2021/11/05	2022 Korean Eocnomy Grand Prospects │ (Co-authored)
5.	2020/10/21	2021 Korean Economy Prospects │ (Co-authored)
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Papers
1.	2024/03	Dynamics of remittances on household well-being in Bangladesh: Does regional migration matter? │ Social Systems Studies │ 48 (Co-authored)
2.	2023/12	James Crotty’s Advice to Koreans │ Review of Radical Political Economics │ 55 (4),pp.701-706 (Sole-authored)
3.	2023/06	Do Foreign Remittances Promote Democracy? A Dynamic Panel Study of Developing Countries │ Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics │ 64 (1),pp.59-85 (Co-authored)
4.	2022/03/01	The Impact of Quantitative Easing on Consumption Inequality in Japan │ Ritsumeikan Economic Review │ 70 (4) (Co-authored)
5.	2019/12	Economic Complexity, Human Capital and Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis │ Japanese Economic Review │ (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/09/22	Crotty's Adivice to Koreans (Conference to Celebrate the Life and Work of Jim Crotty)
2.	2019/05/28	Inequality and Innovation (Seminar at Economic Research Institute, Seoul National University)
3.	2019/02/06	Income-Led Growth in Korea (Workshop on the Korean economy, King's College London)
4.	2018/11/22	Income-Led Growth in Korea: Evaluation and Prospects (EU sponsored seminar, Greenwich University)
5.	2018/10/30	Is Inequality Harmful to Innovation and Productivity?: Lessons for Korea (The 9th Asia Future Forum)
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Message
1.	Message I have been studying the effect of globalization extensively for long. Recently, the global economy has changed so fast with more international capital flows and trade flows. This trend, so-called globalization provides a serious challenge as well as opportunity to developing countries. I am studying its implication to growth, distribution and poverty. I have been interested in experiences in East Asian countries. Many of my papers are published in important journals, and I also wrote several books. I was born in Korea and went to Seoul National University. After working in WIDER under the UN, I studied in University of Massachusetts and received Ph.D. there. From October 2002, I joined in Ritsumeikan University. I am mainly teaching foreign graduate students in the MPED program. For further information, please visit my personal homepage.