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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

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

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

Research Assistant, Kobe University

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

2026: 20th Macroeconomics Conference for Young Economists, 2026 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association*

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
• Econometric Society
• American Economic Association
• The Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE)

Service

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