Dr SHUM received her doctorate in Economics from University of East Anglia. She has held a number of research and teaching positions at Lingnan University, Hong Kong Baptist University and University of East Anglia (UEA). She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at UEA. Before joining Hang Seng Management College, she worked as a senior project officer (research) at Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Center, Lingnan University. Her research interests are in time series analysis and panel data econometrics.