SUMEET SHIVAM LAL

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
lsumeethiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics (PhD), Japan, 2021/10, 2024/04
  • The University of the South Pacific, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Economics (Masters), Fiji, 2018/01, 2019/03
  • The University of the South Pacific, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Economics (Post-Graduate Diploma), Fiji, 2017/03, 2018/03
  • The University of the South Pacific, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Official Statistics (Bachelors degree), Fiji, 2014/03, 2017/03

Academic Degrees

  • Masters of Commerce (M.Com), The University of the South Pacific
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Economics;Public finance / Public economy

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Time-trend costs of infection-related cancers in Japan: a systematic review, Discover Public Health, 22(1), 20250422
  2. A Global Bibliometric Analysis of Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Future research and policy implications, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 20(1), 20250522
  3. Evaluating the investment performance of Japanese households: A comparison between professional financial advice and free financial advice, Heliyon, 11(3), 20250215
  4. The Impact of Hyperbolic Discounting on Asset Accumulation for Later Life: A Study of Active Investors Aged 65 Years and over in Japan, Risks, 13(1), 20250105
  5. Navigating Time-Inconsistent Behavior: The Influence of Financial Knowledge, Behavior, and Attitude on Hyperbolic Discounting, Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 994, 20241024
  6. Unraveling Investor Behavior: The Role of Hyperbolic Discounting in Panic Selling Behavior on the Global COVID-19 Financial Crisis, Behavioral Sciences, 14(9), 795, 20240909
  7. Information Sources for Investment Decisions: Evidence from Japanese Investors, International Journal of Financial Studies, 11(4), 117, 20231002
  8. Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Areas, Sustainability, 15(16), 12218, 20230810
  9. Time discounting and hand-sanitization behavior: evidence from Japan, Sustainability, 15(8), 6488, 20230411
  10. Pandemic fatigue in Japan: factors affecting the declining COVID-19 preventive measures, Sustainability, 15(7), 6220, 20230404
  11. Impact of Changing socioeconomic conditions on family caregiving norms: evidence from Japan, Behavioral Sciences, 12(12), 471, 20221123
  12. Does financial literacy influence preventive health check-up behavior in Japan? a cross-sectional study, BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1704, 20220908
  13. A longitudinal study on loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(18), 11248, 20220907
  14. Has smartphone use influenced loneliness during the covid-19 pandemic in Japan?, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10540, 20220824
  15. Information and communications technology, health, and gender equality: Empirical evidence from a panel of Pacific developing economies, Plos one, 17(6), e0269251, 20220615
  16. Hesitancy towards the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine among the younger generation in Japan, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 7041, 20220608
  17. Projecting populations for major Pacific Island countries with and without COVID-19: pro-active insights for population policy, Journal of Population Research, 39, 257-277, 20220601
  18. Financial literacy, financial education, and cancer screening behavior: Evidence from Japan, International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(8), 4457, 20220407
  19. Determinants of Exports in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: Fiji Islands—A Disaggregated Analysis, The European Journal of Development Research, 34(6), 2948, 20220211
  20. The COVID-19 experience in the Fiji Islands: some lessons for crisis management for small island developing states of the Pacific region and beyond, New Zealand Economic Papers, 56(1), 67-72, 20220102
  21. Socio-economic and demographic determinants of fertility in six selected Pacific Island Countries: An empirical study, PloS one, 16(9), e0257570, 20210922

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and its Aftermath, 2024/09/21, Without Invitation, English, The University of the South Pacific in collaboration with ANT-Hiroshima, The University of the South Pacific(Fiji)
  2. Climate Change in the Pacific and its association with nuclear testing, 2023/06/23, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima University(Kasumi Campus) and ANT-Hiroshima, Hiroshima University(Kasumi Campus)
  3. Empirical analysis of fertility: a cross-country study of the Pacific islands, Pacific Update Conference, 2019/05/10, Without Invitation, English, The University of the South Pacific, in collaboration with Australian National University, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
  4. Breaking the Wall of fertility transition in the Pacific, Falling Walls Lab, 2018/09/10, Without Invitation, English, Royal Society Te Apārangi, New Zealand

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2025, 2028