Kang-Kook Lee

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Economics, Ritsumeikan University

Shiga ken Kusatsu shi Yagura 1 cho-me6-3-303. Japan.
Telephone : 81-77-567-3893

Pusan shi, Soo-young gu Kwang-an 1 dong 1055-107. Korea.
Telephone: 82-51-752-1765

E-mail : leekk@ec.ritsumei.ac.jp

 
Date of Birth

• December 25th, 1970

Education

• Doctoral candidate, Economics, University of Massachusetts. September 1999 - current (coursework finished, in June 2001)
• Ph.d student, Economics, Seoul National University. March 1996 - February 1998 (Courseworks completed)
• M.A. Economics, Seoul National University. March 1994 - February 1996
• B.A. Economics, Seoul National University. March 1989 - February 1994

Research and Work Experience

• Associate Professor : Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. From September 2002 - current
• Research Assistant : University of Massachusetts. February 2002 - May 2002 (Field of Research : Demise of the Korean economic model in the 90's)
• Research Assistant : November 2001 - May 2002 (Field of Research : Project about venture capitalists' investment in Korea and U.S. with professor Zacharakis in Babson College and professor Bahn in National Jinju Industrial University)
• Research Assistant : University of Massachusetts. September 2000 - May 2001. (Field of Research : Contradiction of neoliberal globalization and problems of neoliberal restructuring in Korea)
• Research Intern, WIDER (World Institute of Development Economics Research), UN university, Finland. May 1998 - December 1998 (Field of Research : Change of the Korean financial system and the financial crisis)
• Research Assistant : Seoul National University, March 1995 - February 1996

Teaching Experience

• Associate Professor : Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. From September 2002 - current
• Teaching Assistant : University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A. september 2000 - current
• Lecturer : Seoul National University, Graduate school of medical study, Seoul, Korea., Economics, March 1999 - June 1999
• Lecturer : Kookmin University, Economics. March 1998 - May 1998
• Lecturer : Korea Open University, International Economics. January 1998 - February 1998
• Lecturer : Sangmyoung University, Political Economy. September 1997 - December 1997
• Lecturer : Seoul City University. Economic Development. September 1996 - December 1996

Papers and Publications

• Was the IMF's Imposition of Economic Regime Change Justified? A Critique of the IMF's Economic and Political Role in Korea During and After the Crisis. PERI (Political Economy Research Institute) working paper no. 77. University of Masachusetts. With James Crotty
• Japanese Economic Crisis and Transformation of the Financial System (Japanese). Forthcoming in Ritsumeikan Journal of Economics. With Jung Youhuh.
• Goodbye Capital Controls, Hello Capital's Controls: Political Economy of Capital controls, Decontrols and the Crisis in Korea. September, 2003. mimeo.
• Does Capital Account Liberalization Spur Growth, or Maybe Controls?: Focusing on Conditions And Channels. June, 2003. mimeo.
• Korea, Northeast Economic Hub Country?. June, 2003. The Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies. Forthcoming.
• Irrational Exuberance, Robert J. Shiller. Broadway Books. Translation into Korean. January, 2003. Maeil Kyoung-je Shinmunsa.
• Is Financial Liberalization Good for Developing Nations?: The Case of South Korea in the 1990s.
Review of Radical Political Economics. Elsevier Science. Forthcoming. With James Crotty.
• A Political-Economic Analysis of the Failure of Neoliberal Restructuring in Post-Crisis Korea.
Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 26. Issue. 5. Oxford University Press. With James Crotty.
• Economic Performance in Post-Crisis Korea: A Critical Perspective on Neoliberal Restructuring.
Seoul Journal of Economics. Vol. 14. Issue. 2. June 2001. pp. 183-242. Seoul National University Press. With James Crotty
• Alternatives for future of the Korean economy (Korean).
Theory and Practice. December 2001. pp. 116-129. Korean Democratic and Labor Party publisher.
Amoral Elephant : globalization and the struggle for social justice in the twenty-first century. William K. Tabb. Monthly Review Press. Translation into Korean. October 2001. Mal publisher.
• Chaebol, Financial Liberalization, and Economic Crisis: Transformation of Quasi-Internal Organization in Korea.
Asian Economic Journal. Vol. 16. Issue. 1. March 2002. Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the East Asian Economic Association. With Chung H. Lee and Keun Lee.
• Korea's Neoliberal Restructuring: Miracle or Disaster?
Dollars and Sense, July 2001. The Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc. With James Crotty.
• The End of New Economy? (Korean).
Korean Economic Review, Vol. 40. Issue. 2-3. September 2001. pp. 105-127. Seoul National University Press. With Soohaeng Kim.
Incoming Internet Depression. Michael Mandel. Basic books. Translation into Korean. May 2001. E-who (publisher).
• Problems of Electricity Deregulation in California (Korean).
Socialization and Labor. March 2001. People's Solidarity for Social Progress Publisher.
• Globalization and the Role of the State in Economic Development (Korean).
Social Economics Review 12. April 1999. Pul-bit (publisher).
• Problems of Chaebol System and Reform Agenda (Korean). Presented at Korean Social and Economic Studies Association conference. March 1998.
• The Change of Financial System and Developmental State of Korea. Presented at the WIDER. November 1998.
• A Critical Study on Privatization Policy in U.K (Korean). M.A thesis. Seoul National University. February 1996.

Seminars

• International Conference on Peace and Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia. KDI-Ritsumeikan joint conference. Seoul, August, 2003. Discussion.
• Union of Radical Political Economy session, at American Social Science Association conference. Atlanta, January, 2002. Presentation

Languages

• Korean, English (fluent), Japanese

Computer Skills

• Webpage making, Network management, SAS, E-views, STATA

Awards

• Il-ju scholarship for graduate students, Il-ju foundation, Seoul, Korea. February 1996 - December 1998