Website of Yue (Frankie) CHEN

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

Email: ychenkf at uchicago dot edu

Latest Updates:  MATH104 Intro to Analysis has been posted in the "Notes" section.

Education:

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 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

Courses for Quarter I at the University of Chicago in Fall 2026:

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

Programming Languages: (In order of proficiency) MATLAB, R, Python. GitHub Profile.

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: Real Analysis I (MATH104), Abstract Linear Algebra (MATH110) at UC Berkeley, 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 UC 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