Website of CHEN, Yue Frankie

M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago, 2027 (Expected)

B.B.A. in Economics, HKUST 2026 (Advisor: Prof. Byoungchan Lee)

Semester Exchange, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2025 

The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University (SDSZ), 2022

Research interest: Geopolitical Risks, Macroeconometrics, Commodity Prices, Empirical Monetary Economics 

Email: ychenkf at uchicago dot edu

Programming Languages: (In order of proficiency) MATLAB, R-studio, Python.

Research Experience (in chronological order, please check my Research page for details): 

1. Oil Disruptions as Geopolitical Cost-Push Shocks: Evidence from Event Arrivals

• • Joint Project with Nayeong Kang and Bomi Yun

  • Spring 2026

  • Term paper for Ph.D. elective course ECON 5345: Quantitative Economics

2. Geopolitical Risks and Global Commodities, an Empirical Study

• • HKUST Honors Thesis Project

  • Gold Medal With the Greatest Distinction.

  • 2025 Spring - Fall

3. RA for Prof. Yang LU and David HAGMANN 

• • Project: Understanding and De-biasing User Media Behaviour

  • Summer 2024

Registered Courses in Summer 2026: 

• MATH 104 Intro to Real Analysis, MATH 110 Abstract (Proof-based) Linear Algebra at University of California, Berkeley

  • Summer School (Visiting Program), NOT Master's Program

• Uchicago ECMA 30400: Math Camp

Courses for Quarter I at the University of Chicago in Fall 2027:

• Master level (ECMA) courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Econometrics
  
  

Past Academic Courses:

• Ph.D. Courses in Economics: Quantitative Macroeconomics (ECON5345, Elective), Macro Theory II (ECON5260 Core) at HKUST,  Macro Theory I (ECON60201, Core) at University of Notre Dame 

• Master's Courses in Economics: Business Cycles and Monetary Policy (ECON5346, previously ECON6110S), Urban Economics (ECON5670),  Macroeconomic Analysis (ECON5140), Topics in Monetary Policy and Central Banking (ECON5341) at HKUST.

• Mathematics and Statistics: Stochastic Processes (ACMS40760), Linear Algebra (MATH20580) and Time-series Analysis (ACMS40802) at University of Notre Dame, Probability and Random Processes (ELEC2600), Calc I, II (MATH1013-1014), and III (MATH53) at HKUST and University of California, Berkeley 

• Undergrad Courses in (Broadly-defined) Economics: Industrial Organization (ECON4114), Game Theory (ECON4124), Econometrics (ECON3334),  and Investment Theory (FINA3103) at HKUST

Other Work and Leadership Experience:

• CITIC Policy Intern, Department of Macro Policy, Winter 2023-2024

• External Vice-President of the 19th Cabinet of the Chinese Folk Art Society, HKUST. 2023-2024

• Orientation camp captain for admitted Mainland Students to HKUST, 2023-2024