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Who am I?

Who am I?

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  • Come From:Gyeongju City, KOREA
  • Office: Faculty of Economics,

    Ryukoku University

    • 67, Tsukamoto-cho, Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8577, JAPAN
    • Tel: +81-75-642-1111
    • Fax: +81-75-645-6444
    • E-mail:
  • Present Position:Professor of Environmental Economics
  • Research:
    • Environmental Economics
    • Public Economics
    • Political Economics of Environmental Policy
    • Eco tourism,Environmental Nudge
  • Professional Affiliations:
  • Research Projects:
  •  Education

    • Ph.D. in Economics, Osaka City University, Osaka, JAPAN, December 1998
      (Dissertation title: “International Cooperation for Global Environmental Protection:In Theory and Practice”)
    • M.A. in Economics, Osaka City University, Osaka, JAPAN, March 1995
    • B.A. in Economics, Osaka City University, Osaka, JAPAN, March 1993
    • Kyongju Girls High School, Gyeongju, KOREA, February 1986

     Career History

    • Visiting Scholar of Department of Sociology, Jeju National University, Jeju, KOREA, February 1-March 15, 2017
    • Visiting Scholar of Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SWEDEN, August 7-September 09, 2016
    • Visiting Scholar of Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL, February 1- March 15, 2011
    • Visiting Scholar of Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA, August 5-September 18, 2010
    • Visiting Scholar of School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, September 12, 2005- March 11, 2007
    • Visiting Fellow of Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office, Tokyo, JAPAN, August 1, 2004- July 31, 2005
    • Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, JAPAN, April 2001- March 2013
    • Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Kitakyushu University, Kitakyushu, JAPAN, October 1999-March 2001
    • Lecturer, Department of Economics, Kitakyushu University, Kitakyushu, JAPAN, April 1999- September 1999
    • Part-Time Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Osaka City University, Osaka, JAPAN, April 2001- September 2001

     Grant Awards

    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “Nuclear safety governance in East Asia based on nuclear risk analysis” (Research project No. 21H03678, Head: Soo-Cheol LEE), April 2021- March 2024
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “Large Conversion and Institutional Reform of Energy, Resources and Land Use for Sustainable Future in East Asia” (Research project No. 16H01799, Head: Soo-Cheol LEE), April 2016- March 2020
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “Green Reform of Energy and Environmental Finance for Sustainable Development in East Asia “(Research project No. 25241030, Head: Soo-Cheol LEE), April 2013- March 2017
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “International Comparison Research on the Environmental Law, Administration and Public Finance towards the East Asia Environmental Community“(Research project No. 21310031, Head: Soo-Cheol LEE), April 2009- March 2013
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “Multi-level Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development: A07 Policy Mix on the Environmental Policies ” (Head: Kazuhiro UEDA), April 2007- March 2012
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “Environmental Policy through the Economic Instruments for the Sustainable East Asia” (Research project No. 18310035, Head: Soo-Cheol LEE), April 2007- March 2009
    • Academic Frontier Centre (AFC) research project at Ryukoku University, “In Search of Societal Mechanisms and Institutions for Conflict Resolution”( Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies), Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2005- March 2009
    • Japan Private School Promotion Foundation, “Global Environment of 21C and Sustainable Development” (Head: Takashi HIRANO), April 2001- March 2003
    • Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, “A Feasibility Study and Analysis of the Impact on Regional Economies of ‘The ECO Town Projects’ Based on the Zero Emissions Concept”, April 2000- March 2002
    • Grant for Environmental Research Projects, the Sumitomo Foundation, “Study of CO2 Emission Reduction Potentials and Energy Policies in Japan” (with Yoichi MIZUTANI, Kenichi OSHIMA, Yusuke SAKATA and Yasuhiro HIRAI), November 1999- November 2000

     Articles

    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2024, 3), “The Potential and Challenges of Nudges as a Policy Instrument to Encourage Environmentally Considerate Behavior: Case studies of Environmental Nudge Implementation in Japan and South Korea”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 63(1-2), 39-57 (in Japanese).
    • Soocheol Lee, Eva Lisowski, Weisheng Zhou, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, Tae-Yeoun Lee, Ken’ichi Oshima, Hyelim You, Jungmin Kang (2023,12), “Radiation Leakage Impact on China, Japan, and South Korea in the Case of Nuclear Power Plant Accidents and Spent Fuel Pool Fires in Northeast Asia: Analysis Using HYSPLIT Simulation Model”, Nuclear Power Safety and Governance in East Asia (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Weisheng Zhou, Kiyoshi Fujikawa), Routledge, pp. 42-62.
    • Soocheol Lee, Yanmin He, Jong-min Choi, Hyelim You, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, Tae-Yeoun Lee, Kenji Otsuka, Wakana Takahashi, Jusen Asuka (2023,12), “A Comparative Analysis of Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean Attitudes toward Nuclear Safety in East Asia: Evidence from Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing Residents”, Nuclear Power Safety and Governance in East Asia (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Weisheng Zhou, Kiyoshi Fujikawa), Routledge, pp. 63-84.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2020, 3), “A Study of Ecotourism Based on Nature Experience as Environmental Education”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 59(2), 1-24 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun Lee, Unnada Chewpreecha, Sung-In Na, Yanmin He, Li-Chun Chen, Ken’ichi Matsumoto and Soocheol Lee (2019,8), “The Impacts of Combined Policies to Promote Sustainable Low Carbon Power Generation in East Asia”, Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Hector Pollitt, Kiyoshi Fujikawa), Routledge, pp. 69-96.
    • Hector Pollitt, Unnada Chewpreecha, Soocheol Lee, Tae-Yeoun Lee and Jean-Francois Mercure (2019,8), “Policy Mixes to Meet the CO2 Emission Reduction Targets in All Sectors of the Economy in East Asia”, Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Hector Pollitt, Kiyoshi Fujikawa), Routledge, pp. 99-109.
    • Tae-Yeoun Lee, Hector Pollitt, Sung-In Na and Unnada Chewpreecha (2015,9), “Human Capital and Environmental Taxation in Japan and South Korea”, Low-carbon, Sustainable Future in East Asia: Improving energy systems, taxation and policy cooperation (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Hector Pollitt, Seung-Joon Park), Routledge, pp. 190-209.
    • Unnada Chewpreecha and Tae-Yeoun Lee (2015,9), “The distributional effects of low carbon policies in Japan and South Korea”, Low-carbon, Sustainable Future in East Asia: Improving energy systems, taxation and policy cooperation (Edited by Soocheol Lee, Hector Pollitt, Seung-Joon Park), Routledge, pp. 171-189.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2014,3), “On Energy-Saving Policies for the Japanese Household Sector in Support of a Low-Carbon Society”, Governing Low-Carbon Development and the Economy (edited by Hidenori Niizawa and Toru Morotomi), United Nations University Press, 287-303.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2012), “Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Emissions Reduction: A Comparative Study of Japan and South Korea”, Carbon Pricing, Growth and the Environment (edited by Larry Kreiser , Ana Yábar Sterling , Pedro Herrera , Janet E. Milne and Hope Ashiabor), Edward Elgar, 201-219.
    • Bouwe Dijkstra, Edward Manderson and Tae-Yeoun Lee (2011), “Extending the Sectoral Coverage of an International Emission Trading Scheme", Environmental and Resource Economics 50(2), 243 – 266.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE and Seung-Joon PARK (2010, 2), “An Analysis on the Policy Effects of Environmental Charges in Korea”, Edited by Soo-Cheol LEE, Environmental Charge Systems in the East Asia, Showadou, Kyoto, 96-116 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2009, 10), “The Policy Mix in the Measure against Global Warming: Emissions Trading, Agreement and Tax”, Edited by Toru MOROTOMI, Policy Mix for Environmental Protection Policies, Minervashobo, Tokyo, 49-67 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2009, 3), “The Implications and Issues of Linking Non-EU Domestic Emissions Trading Schemes with the EU Emission Trading Scheme”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 48(3-4), 137-174 (in Japanese).
    • Bouwe Dijkstra, Edward Manderson and Tae-Yeoun Lee (2008, 8), “Partial International Emission Trading”, GEP research paper, University of Nottingham,08/27 Short version (August 2008).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE and Seung-Joon PARK (2007, 12), “A Study on the Policy Effects of Environmental Charges in Korea”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 47(3), 69-118 (in Japanese).
    • Jun IRITANI and Tae-Yeoun LEE (2007, 4), “A General Equilibrium Model with Tradable Emission Permits: Efficiency and Coase Property” Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Discussion Paper No.0701.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE, Seung-Joon PARK and Kyung-Ah CHEON (2005), “A Study on the Environmental Policies of Korea with a Focus on Environmental Charges”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 45(1), 1-36 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2004), “The Simulation Analysis on the Costs of the Kyoto Commitments:In the case of the Japanese Government Plan and the Alternative”, Ryukoku Journal of Economics Studies 44(1), 1-26 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (2001), “Effects of Technology Transfers on the Provision of Public Goods”, Environmental and Resource Economics 18(2), pp. 193-218.
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1999), “The Welfare Effects of Altruistic Behavior in Clean Development Mechanism Project Activities for Reduction of GHGs Emission”, Journal of Economics (The Keizaigaku Zasshi) 100(3), pp. 325-345 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1998), “Decision Making on the Transboundary Pollution Policies: The Case of Reduced CFCs and the Montreal Protocol”, JCER Economic Journal (Japan Center for Economic Research) 37, pp. 58-89 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1998), “Effects of Technology Transfers and Technological Improvements on the Provision of International Public Goods”, Journal of Economics (The Keizaigaku Zasshi) 99(2), pp.77-99 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1998), “Analysis of the Main Factor of the Decision Making on the Foreign Financial Investment: The South-East Asia Currency Turmoil and Country Risk Assessment”, OSAKA Shidai Ronshu (Bulletin of Osaka City University) 90, pp.57-85 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1998), “Effects of Income Transfer on the Provision of an International Impure Public Good-An Example: Policy against Acid Rain in East Asia”, East Asian Studies (Bulletin of Osaka University of Economics and Law, Asian research Institute) 20, pp.17-33 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1995), “International Cooperation in the Global Warming Countermeasures: A Study of the Game Theoretical Analyses”, OSAKA Shidai Ronshu (Bulletin of Osaka City University) 81, pp. 75-104 (in Japanese).
    • Tae-Yeoun LEE (1995), “Impact Analysis of Global Warming Counter-Measures: A Two-Country Model of the Environment-The Case of Japan and Thailand”, OSAKA Shidai Ronshu (Bulletin of Osaka City University) 78, pp.55-86 (in Japanese).