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Lee youngPh.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan
Professional Experience
2024.09.~President, Korea Institute of Public Finance
2011.03.~2024.09.Professor, Hanyang University
2020.09.~2024.09.Dean, College of Economics and Finance, Hanyang
University
2015.10.~2017.05.Vice Minister, Ministry of Education
2012.08.~2015.10.Dean, Office for Planning and Budget, Hanyang University
2006.03.~2011.02. Associate Professor, Hanyang University
2002.03.~2006.02. Assistant Professor, Hanyang University
2000.07.~2002.02. Research Fellow, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
1998.02.~2000.06.Faculty Research Associate
Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS)
Department of Economics, University of Maryland
1998.06.~2000.06.Consultant, the World Bank (WBI, ECA, ESA)
Work Experience
Jeong Hwan Lee and Young Lee. "Taxes, payout policy, and share prices: Evidence from DID
analysis using Korea’s 2015-2017 dividend tax cut.“ The Korean Economic Review. vol. 40,
number 1, pp. 77-106, January 2024.
Young Lee. "Competition in Corporate and Personal Income Tax: Evidence from 67 Developed and
Developing Countries." The Korean Economic Review. vol. 36, number 1, pp. 101-133, January
2020.
Park, Jinbaek and Young Lee. "Corporate income taxes, corporate debt, and household debt."
International Tax and Public Finance. vol. 26, number 3, pp. 506-535, June 2019.
Kim, Taejong, Ju-Ho Lee, and Young Lee. "Mixing versus Sorting in School Organization,"
Economics of Education Review, vol. 27, pp. 697-711, December 2008.
Lee, Young and Omar Azfar. "Corruption and Trade Regulations: an Instrumental Variable
Approach?," Applied Economics Letter, vol. 15 issue 3, pp. 231-234, February 2008.
Lee, Young and Taeyoon Sung. "Fiscal Policy, Business Cycles and Economic Stabilization:
Evidence from Industrial and Developing Countries," Fiscal Studies, vol. 28 no. 4, pp.
437-462, December 2007.
Gordon, Roger and Young Lee. "Interest Rates, Taxes, and Corporate Financial Policies".
National Tax Journal, vol. 60 no. 1, pp. 65-84, March 2007.
* We received the Richard Musgrave Prize from National Tax Association in June 2008.
Lee, Young, Changyong Rhee, and Taeyoon Sung. "Fiscal Policy in Korea: Before and After the
Financial Crisis," International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 13 no. 4, pp. 509-531, August
2006.
Lee, Young and Roger Gordon. "Tax Structure and Economic Growth". Journal of Public
Economics. vol. 89 no. 5-6, pp. 1027-1043. June 2005.
Gordon, Roger and Young Lee. "Do Taxes Affect Corporate Debt Policy?: Evidence from US
Corporate Tax Return Data," Journal of Public Economics, vol. 82 no. 2, pp. 195-224, October
2001. (Earlier version in NBER working paper, #7433)
Swamy, Anand, Steve Knack, Young Lee and Omar Azfar. "Gender and Corruption," Journal of
Development Economics, vol. 64 no. 1, pp. 25-55, February 2001.
Swamy, Anand, Young Lee, and Omar Azfar. "Causes and Consequences of Corruption," Annals of
the American Academy of Social and Political Science, vol. 573, pp. 42-56, January 2001.
Anderson, James, Young Lee, and Peter Murrell. "Competition and Privatization Amidst Weak
Institutions: Evidence from Mongolia." Economic Inquiry, vol. 38 no. 4, pp. 527-549, October
2000.
Lee, Young. "Wages and Employment in China's SOEs, 1980-1994: Corporatization, Market
Development and Insider Forces." Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 27 no. 4., pp.
702-729, December 1999.
Lee, Young. "Bank Loans, Self-financing, and Grants in Chinese SOEs: Optimal Policy under
Incomplete Information." Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 24 no. 2, pp. 140-160, April
1997.