**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Chia-Lin Chang** holds a PhD in Economics (2004) from Universite Catholique de Louvain, ´ Belgium, is an elected Distinguished Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (DFIETI), and an elected Fellow of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (FMSSANZ). Chia-Lin Chang is a University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Economics, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Centre (ANRRC) at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Economic Analysis and ICAE, Complutense University of Madrid (founded 1293), Spain. Chia-Lin Chang has over 100 journal publications (most of which are in Web of Science Clarivate Analytics and Scopus) and chapters in books as well as edited and fully refereed conference proceedings volumes, is Executive Editor of the Taiwan Journal of Applied Economics (TJAE) (TSSCI), Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Medical and Health Economics (JMHE), Senior Co-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Decision Sciences (ADS) (Scopus), Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Reviews of Global Economics (JRGE) (Scopus), Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences (JMIDS), and Journal of Big Data and Computational Science (JBDCS), a member of the Editorial Boards of 20+ international journals, and has served as co-Guest Editor of Special Issues of the following Web of Science Clarivate Analytics or Scopus journals: Journal of Econometrics (Elsevier), Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Elsevier), North American Journal of Economics and Finance (Elsevier), Annals of Financial Economics (World Scientific), Advances in Decision Sciences (Hindawi), Sustainability (MDPI), Energies (MDPI), Journal of Risk and Financial Management (MDPI), Risks (MDPI), and China Finance Review International (Emerald). Chia-Lin Chang's research areas include applied econometrics, financial econometrics, applied statistics, quantitative finance, risk and financial management, energy economics, energy finance, applied time series analysis, forecasting, technology and innovation, empirical industrial organisation, health and medical economics, tourism research, tourism management, bibliometrics, and international rankings of journals and academics.

**Duc Hong Vo** is Professor of Applied Economics and Finance. Professor Vo has been working at the national regulator, the Australian Energy Regulator in Melbourne, Australia, since February 2017. He was Head of the Economic Regulation Authority, Perth, Australia from 2008 to January 2017, where he was responsible for the Research and Modelling Branch. Prof. Vo is currently Head and Executive Director of the Business, Economics & Resources Research Centre, Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Duc has been appointed Advisor for the Financial Markets and Services Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, Australia. Dr Vo is Chairman of the Live for A Reason: Supporting Disadvantaged Kids to Schools Foundation. Findings from his research have been published in over 100 articles in prestigious international journals including *Journal of Economic Surveys*; *Journal of Intellectual Capital*; *North American Journal of Economics and Finance*; *Applied Economics; Sustainability*; *Energies*; *Economic Systems*; *The Journal of Asian Economics*; *Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy*; *Applied Economics Letters*; *Emerging Markets Finance and Trade*; *Economic Papers* and many others.
