CV

Hirotaka Fukui

Ph.D. Student in Economics, Kobe University

Current Position

Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Apr. 2024 - present

• Advisors: Shigeto Kitano, Yoichi Matsubayashi,
• Fields: International Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Macro-Finance

Education

M.A. in Economics, Kobe University, Japan, 2024.

B.A. in Language and Area Studies (Africa), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan, 2022.

Working Papers

• The Effects of Financial Liberalization on Sovereign Risk: A Continuous-Time Model of Sovereign Debt under Capital-Account Openness

  (Under preparation)

• On the Sources of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Sub-Saharan African Countries

  (Under preparation)

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Kobe University

• Advanced Macroeconomics I (Ph.D., Prof. Tetsugen Haruyama), 2024 Q3
  
• Econometrics (Undergraduate, Prof. Yoichi Matsubayashi), Spring 2024, 2025
  
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate, Profs. Tetsugen Haruyama & Agata Wierzbowska), Spring 2025
  
• Economic Statistics (Undergraduate, Prof. Yoichi Matsubayashi), Fall 2024, 2025
  
• Programming & Economic Analysis (Undergraduate, Prof. Tetsugen Haruyama), Fall 2024
• Advanced Macroeconomics I (Ph.D., Prof. Kazuharu Yanagimoto), 4Q 2025
• Advanced Macroeconomics IV (Ph.D., Prof. Kazuharu Yanagimoto), Fall 2025

Presentations & Seminars (* Scheduled)

2025: Economics Workshop for Young Economists, Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University, Spring Conference of the Japan Society of International Economics, 2025 Princeton Initiative (Selected participant), JSIE Next Generation Workshop, 20th Macroeconomics Conference for Young Economists*

Fellowships and Awards

• JST SPRING Fellowship, JST, 2024–present
• Prioritized Research Funds, Kobe University, 2025.
• Grant for Publication of Research Results, Kobe University, 2025.

Other Activities

• Completed, IMF 19th Macroeconomist Training Program, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in cooperation with JICA, 2024
  
• Completed, KOBE HPC Summer School, cosponsored by Kobe University, University of Hyogo, and RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), 2024
• Selected participant, 2025 Princeton Initiative, Princeton University, Bendheim Center for Finance, 2025
• Completed, 2025 Macrofinance Online Summer School, Princeton University, Bendheim Center for Finance, 2025

Programming and Skills

• Languages: Japanese, English, French
• Programming: MATLAB, Julia, Python, R, Fortran, C, Stata

Professional Memberships

• Japan Society of International Economics
  
• Japanese Economic Association
• Japan Society of Monetary Economics

Service

• Chair of the Executive Committee, The Student Council of the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe U, Apr. 2024-Mar. 2025