Kobe University Social Science Research Series

Yunfang Hu is a professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan where she specializes in international trade and economic development/growth. She had published research articles in Journal of International Economies, Economic Theory, Journal of Macroeconomics, Japanese Economic Review among others. At present she is working on several projects having to do with economic growth/development trap, educational choice, financial friction and income/wealth distribution in world economy. She received her PhD from Kobe University, Japan. She worked at Renmin University of China and Tohoku University respectively as assistant, associate professor, and was a visiting scholar at Peking University. She is currently the director of China Office in Kobe University.

Shigeyuki Hamori is a Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University, United States. He is the President of the International Research Institute for Economics and Management (IRIEM). He is a Distinguished Fellow at the International Engineering and Technology Institute (DFIETI), and Honorary Chair Professor at Asia University, Taiwan. His main research interests are applied time series analysis, empirical finance, data science, and international finance. He has published more than 200 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He is presently a member of the editorial boards of several international journals, such as International Review of Financial Analysis, Singapore Economic Review, and Journal of Risk and Financial Management.