Ph.D. in Economics,Catholic University of Leuven,Belgium;Professor at the School of Business and Law, Director of the Asian and International Markets ResearchCentre, atEdith Cowan University, Australia. He has previously served as a Professor of Economics and Finance atNUCBGraduate School ofCommerce and Business in Nagoya, Japan,andaProfessor at National University of Singapore. He has published over 100 academic papers and books in the fields of economics and finance, which have been widely cited.He has served as the editor of prestigious international journals includingNorth American Journal of Economics & Finance,Papers in Regional Science,Scottish Journal of Political Economy, andThe World Economy;and is a reviewer for over 40 academic journals.He alsoholds several visiting professor positions at Catholic University of Leuven inBelgium, Yokohama National University in Japan, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, University of Macau, University of South Africa.