Graduate School of Economics - Nagoya City University

Faculty Profiles

D F H I K M N O S T U Y

Masato DEGUCHI , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce, B.A. March 1993
Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration, Ph.D. September 1998

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1998-March 2001
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2001-present

Research Fields

Management

Research Interests

Organizational Culture, Organizational Transformation, Competitive Advantage

Selected Publications

Management of Organizational Culture, Hakuto-Shobo: Tokyo,2004
Importance of Sharing Trivial Actions for Cultural Changes, OIKONOMIKA, vol.42, No.3-4, 2006
Business Creed and Infiltration Method in Recent Japanese Firms, Review of Distribution Communication and Administrative Science, vol.23-1, pp65-83, 1997

Nanako FUJITA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Nagoya University, Graduate School of Economics, Doctorate (in economics), March 2004

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2006-March 2009
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2009-present

Research Fields

History of Economic Thought, Institutional Economics

Research Interests

Gunnar Myrdal, Cumulative Causation, Welfare States, Varieties of Capitalism

Selected Publications

Myrdal on the Formation of the Welfare State: A Methodological and Theoretical Interpretation, The History of Economic Thought, vol. 47, no. 1, 2005, (in Japanese)
Myrdal’s Theory of Cumulative Causation, Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Review, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 275-283, 2007
Myrdal on Development Policy: 'The Self-help Efforts of the Underdeveloped Countries' and 'The Responsibility of the Developed Countries', Oikonomika, vol. 45, no.1, pp. 1-19, 2008, (in Japanese)

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Examining Board of a Plan for Industrial Cultural Exchange, Appointed by Nagoya City, April 2006- March 2007

Yasuyo HAMAGUCHI , AssociateProfessor

Education, Degree

Doshisha University Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1993
Osaka University Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. March 2004

Professional Experience

Pre/Post doctoral fellow, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University, December 2001-March 2005
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2005-March 2007
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2008-present

Research Fields

Experimental Economics, Law and Economics, Public Economics

Research Interests

Anti-monopoly law, Leniency Program, Charitable Behavior

Selected Publications

Does the Varian Mechanism Work?--Emissions Trading as an Example, International Journal of Business and Economics, vol. 2, pp.85-96, 2003. (with S. Maitani, and T. Saijo)
Cross-National Gender Differences in Behavior in a Threshold Public Goods Game: Japan versus Canada," Journal of Economic Psychology, vol.28, pp.242-260, 2007. (with B. Cadsby, T. Kawagoe, E. Maynes, and F. Song)
Group Size Effects on Cartel Formation and Enforcement Power of Leniency Programs, Internationa Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming 2008. (with T. Kawagoe and A. Shibata)

Professional Services and Other Activities

Committee member for garbage reduction project in Nagoya City, August 2006-August 2008

http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/~yhamagu/

Jiro HODOSHIMA , Professor

Education, Degree

Waseda University, School of Science and Engineering, B. Engineering, March 1975
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 1978
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. December 1984

Professional Experience

Research Associate, CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, September 1984-June 1985
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nanzan University, April 1985-March 1988
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nanzan University, April 1988-March 1996
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1996-March 2002
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2002-present

Research Fields

Econometrics, Finance, Statistics

Research Interests

Asset Pricing Models, Econometric Methods and Applications, Financial Econometrics

Selected Publications

Tail-thickness in terms of cov(Xj^2,Xp^2) in the class of elliptical distributions, Journal of statistical planning and inference, 121, 285-289. (2004)
The robustness of asset pricing models: coskewness and cokurtosis (with M. Ando), Finance Research Letters 3, 133-146, (2006).
The asymptotic covariance matrix of the least squares estimator in the stochastic linear regression model:the case of elliptically symmetric distribution, forthcoming in Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods, (2008)

Yuta HOSHINO , Professor emeritus

Education, Degree

Ritsumeikan University, School of Business Administration, B.A. March 1974
Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA March 1976
Keio University, Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Ph.D. Course March 1982. Ph.D. March 1999

Professional Experience

Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University, January 1991-March 2004
Professor, Graduate School of Regional Studies, Hirosaki University, April 2002-March 2004
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2004-present

Research Fields

Financial Accounting, Management Accounting

Research Interests

Performance Evaluation and Incentive, Strategic Management, Intellectual Capital, Hospital and Balanced Scorecard

Selected Publications

Corporate Strategy and Accounting Information Systems: Theoretical and Empirical Research on Environment and Organization, Taga-Shuppan, Inc., 1992
Performance Evaluation and Top-Management Incentive System in Japanese　Firms, Hakuto-Shobo, Inc., 2003
An Empirical Study of the Performance Measurement System in Japanese Manufacturing Industries, Hirosaki Economic Review, No.21, pp.111-125, 1998

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Contemporary Disclosure Research, January 2006-present
Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2008- present
Vice-president, Japanese Association for Research in Disclosure, November 2008-present

Satoru IBARAKI , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering, Bachelor in Technology, March 1988
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Master in Technology, March 1990
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Finished the course work of Doctoral Program, March 1993

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, April 1993 - May 1998
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, June 1998 - present

Research Fields

Operations Research, Mathematical Programming

Research Interests

Optimization, Data Mining

Selected Publications

S. Ibaraki, M. Fukushima and T. Ibaraki. 'Primal-dual proximal point algorithm for linearly constrained convex programming problems,' Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol.1 (1992), 207-226
S. Ibaraki and M. Fukushima. 'Primal-dual proximal point algorithm for multicommodity network flow problems,' Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, Vol.37 (1994), 297-309
S. Ibaraki. 'Alternating direction algorithm for semi-definite programming problems and its applications,' D.P.in Economics, SNCU, 340, (2003) 1-9 (in Japanese)

Yasuo　INOUE , Professor

Education, Degree

University of Nagoya,Faculty of Economics,B.A.March 1977
University of Paris II, Ph.D, October 1981

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University 1983-1995
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University 1995-present

Research Fields

Institutional Economics, Regulation Theory

Research Interests

Wage labour relation

Selected Publications

Economie Japonaise-competitivite,exportation,globalisation, Mondes en developpement, t.20,1992, pp.173-181
Japan:Demythologising regulation in Regulation Theory :the state of the art, Routledge,1995,pp-260-266
Beyond　the east asian economic crisis in Japanese Capitalisme in crisis, Routledge 2000,pp.162-174

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of the academic board of French-Japanese society of economics April 2005-present

Ken ITAKURA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ph.D. (May, 2004)

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University (April 2007 - present)
Consultant, Development Prospects Group (DECPG), The World Bank (September 2008 ? August 2009)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University (April 2005 - March 2007)
Research Associate, Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulation Lab (SEAS), School of Management, Purdue University (November 2004 - January 2005)
Research Associate, joint appointment with Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, and SEAS, School of Management, Purdue University (January 2004 - October 2004)
Research Assistant, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University (1998 - 2003)
Consultant, Development Prospects Group, World Bank (IBRD), Washington D.C. (1996 - 1998)

Research Fields

International Trade, CGE Modeling

Research Interests

Trade Policy, Economics of Climate Change, Global CGE Modeling

Selected Publications

"How will ASEAN+3 Integration Accelerate Investment? A CGE Analysis," Chapter 10 in Daisuke Hiratsuka and Fukunari Kimura (eds.), East Asia's Economic Integration: Progress and Bene?t, Macmillan, (August 2008)
Itakura, Ken, Thomas W. Hertel, and Jeffrey J. Reimer, "The Contribution of Productivity Linkages to General Equilibrium Analysis of Free Trade Agreements," GTAP Working Paper Series, No. 23, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University (March 2003)
Hertel, Thomas W., Terrie L. Walmsley, and Ken Itakura, "Dynamic Effcts of the New Age Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Singapore," Journal of Economic Integration, 16(4) (December 2001), 446-484

Professional Services and Other Activities

Instructor, Dynamic Short Course, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University (October 10 - 15, 2008) (October 6 - 11, 2006), (October 6 - 11, 2000)
Investigator of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Expert Group Meeting, commissioned by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan (April 2002)

Ryo ITOH , Assistant Professor

Education, Degree

University of Kyoto Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 2003
University of Tohoku Graduate School of Information Sciences, M.A. March 2005
University of Tohoku Graduate School of Information Sciences, Ph.D. March 2008

Professional Experience

Research Fellow, Institute of Transport Policy Studies, April 2008- September 2010
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, October 2010- Present

Research Fields

Regional and Urban Economics

Research Interests

Transition of spatial structure and agglomeration

Selected Publications

Ryo Itoh “Economic development and non-monotonic spatial transitions”,The Japanese Economic Review vol.61, No. 2, pp. 234-251
Ryo Itoh “Dynamic control of rural-urban migration”, Journal of Urban Economics vol.66,No. 3, pp. 196-202
Ryo Itoh “Essays on Economic development and spatial transitions”,　Doctoral Thesis, 2008.

Shin-ichi KAMIYAMA , Professor

Education, Degree

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Control Engineering, B.A. March 1972
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Control Engineering, Ph.D. March 1977

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1977-March 1980
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1980-March 1991
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1991-present

Research Fields

Economics, Internet Commerce

Research Interests

Internet Auction, Economic Analysis of Piracy

Selected Publications

The Discrete-Time Model of Bagchi's Regional Investment Allocation Problem, International Journal Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Vol.24, No.8/9, pp.181-194, 1992
A Design of Robust Policy Rules for Macroeconomic Models, Dynamic Modelling & Control of National Economies 1989 , pp.187-194, Pergamon Press, 1990
A Further Study of Optimal Tracking Structure with the Offset Problem and its Macroeconomics Application, International Journal of Control, Vol.31, No.5, pp.893-904, 1980

Professional Services and Other Activities

Director of Library and Information Processing Center, Nagoya City University, April 2001-March 2006
Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2006-March 2008

Yasushi KAWABATA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1993
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 1995

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, April 1998-March 2003
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mie University, April 2003-March 2010
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2010-present

Research Fields

International Economics

Research Interests

Regional Economic Integration, Strategic Trade Policy

Selected Publications

Free Trade Agreement and Vertical Trade with a Manufacturing Base(with Akihiko Yanase and Hiroshi Kurata), Review of International Economics, vol.20, pp.1070-1081, 2012
Cost Asymmetries and Industrial Policy in Vertically Related Markets, The Machester School, vol.80, pp.633-649, 2012
Vertical Trade and Free Trade Agreements (with Akihiko Yanase and Hiroshi Kurata), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 24, pp.569-585, 2010

Atsuo KAWAI , Professor

Education, Degree

Keio University Faculty of Economics, March 1989
Kobe University Graduate School of Business, Ph.D. September 2006

Professional Experience

Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1995-March 1996
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1996-March 1999
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1999-August 2007
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, September 2007-present

Research Fields

Business Strategy and Organizations

Research Interests

Organizational Change, Strategic Change, via New Business Development

Selected Publications

Managing Organizational Capability, published by Chuokeizai, 2004
Managing Organizational Change, published by Chuokeizai, 2006
Education through Competition, published by JPC Press 2007

Katsuhiko KAWAI , Professor

Education, Degree

The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D, 1995

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration, September 1995 ? March 1998
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Information, Gifu Shotoku Gakuin University, April 1998 ? March 2002
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Momoyama Gakuin University, April 2002- March 2005
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2005- March 2008
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2008-present

Research Fields

Information Systems, Computational Economics

Research Interests

Social Computing, Agent-based Computational Economics

Selected Publications

Open Source Software Development and the Communities (in Japanese), The 5th National Conference of ISSJ, 2008
The Definitive Guide to CodeIgniter (CodeIgniter Tettei Nyumon), Shoeisha, 2008

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Japanese Economic Association
Member of ACM

Masako KIMURA , Assisitant Professor

Education, Degree

Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 2003
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 2005

Professional Experience

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2007 - March 2009
Research Fellow, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, April 2009 - March 2010

Research Fields

Population Economics, Macroeconomics

Research Interests

Fertility, Economic Growth, Family, Education

Selected Publications

"Public provision of private child goods" Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 93, pp. 741-751, 2009. (with Daishin Yasui)
[DP version is here (KIER Discussion Paper Series No. 662)]
Family Economics: Struggle between Money and Family Ties (in Japanese),
NTT Publishing: Tokyo, 2008. (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
"Occupational choice, educational attainment, and fertility"
Economics Letters, Vol. 94, pp. 228-234, 2007. (with Daishin Yasui)

http://mkimura.sakura.ne.jp/

Natsuko KITANI , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

University of Strathclyde, Department of History, M.Phil in History, July 2003
Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Integrated Studies in Language and Society, Ph.D., March 2005

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2008-present

Research Fields

Economic History of the British Empire, International Economic History

Research Interests

Japan’s Presence in the Indo-British Trade Relationship in the 1930s
Cotton Trade in the World during the Inter-War Period
The Network of Indian Businessmen in Bombay in the First Half of the 20th Century

Selected Publications

The Economic Views of Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas on the Basis of the Trade Relationship with Japan in the First Half of the 1930s: Through the Introduction of Purshotamdas Thakurdas Papers, Bulletin of Asia-Pacific Studies, Vol.XVII, pp.131-148, 2007
The Trade Relationship between the British Empire and Japan in the First Half of the 1930s ? an Analysis of the Factors of Failure in the Anglo-Japanese Conversations of 1933-34 ? , EX-ORIENTE, Vol.14, pp.271-294, 2007
The Lancashire-Bombay talks and the Indo-Japanese trade negotiations with regard to Indian export of raw cotton: reconsideration of imperial preference in India in the first half of the 1930s, Socio-Economic History, Vol.71, No.6, pp.25-47, 2006

Fumito MATSUMURA , Professor

Education, Degree

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1981
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. October 2001

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1987-March 1991
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1991-April 2000
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, May 2000-present

Research Fields

Industrial Relations, Labour Economics, Human Resources Management

Research Interests

International Comparison of Industrial Relations, Trade Union, Employment Policy

Selected Publications

Unemployment Insurance and Employment Policy in France, The Review of Comparative Social Security Research, No.161, pp.61-78, 2007
Revitalization of the International Trade Union Movement, The ILO Association of Japan, Tokyo, 2004
Industrial Relations in Modern France, Minerva Shobo, Kyoto, 2000

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Local Sub-committee of National Labour Dispute Committee, September 2003-present

Tetsuya MISAWA , Professor

Education, Degree

Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering March 1981
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Doctor of Engineering March 1988

Professional Experience

Instructor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, April 1986-March 1992
Assistant Professor, Faculty of General Education, Nagoya City University, April 1992
-March 1993
Associate Professor, Faculty of General Education, Nagoya City University, April 1993-March 1996
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1996-July 2000
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, August 2000-present

Research Fields

Statistical Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Computational Statistics

Research Interests

Risk analysis on electric power projects and systems, Stochastic dynamical systems, Statistical approach to financial and accounting data

Selected Publications

Risk assessment for generation investment based on utility indifference pricing, Proceedings of CIGRE Symposium Osaka Japan 2007, "System Development and Asset Management under Restructuring", #405, pp.1-6, 2007 (jointly worked)
Similarity Analysis of Time Series Data by WISAM, Journal of the Japanese Society of Computational Statistics, vol.19, pp.15-26, 2006 (jointly worked)
A Lie algebraic approach to numerical integration of stochastic differential equations, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computation, vol.23, pp.866-890, 2001

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Investigation R&D Committee on new technology of power system operation under competitive environment, April 2004- March 2005

Toru MORI , Professor

Education, Degree

Nagoya City University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1975
Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 1977
Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. September 1996

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Fukushima University, April 1980-March 1991
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tezukayama University, April 1991-March 1992
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tezukayama University, April 1992-March 1997
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1997-present

Research Fields

Public Finance, Local Public Finance, Public Economics

Research Interests

Public Goods Theory, Tax Theory, Mechanism Design, Experimental Economics

Selected Publications

Ignorance behavior under the Pivotal mechanism: An experimental study, Discussion Papers in Economics No.420, The Society of Economics, Nagoya City University, 2007
Can the Pivotal mechanism induce truth-telling? An experimental study, Public Choice 108, pp.331-354, 2001
Effectiveness of mechanisms for provision of public goods, in Japanese, Taga Publishing Co. Ltd, 1996

Professional Services and Other Activities

A member of the board of directors of Japan Society of Household Economics, June 2003-present

Yuichi MORITA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Osaka University Faculty of Economics, Masters Degree. March, 1992

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1996-October 1998
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, November 1998-present

Research Fields

Public Policy, Macroeconomics

Research Interests

Economic Growth, Inequality

Selected Publications

Dynamic Analysis of an Endogenous Growth Model with Public Capital, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 95, 607-25, 1993
Influence of Population Structural Change on Municipal Inhabitants Tax- Nagoya City-, The Journal of International and Regional Economics, vol. 8, 1-12, 2007
The Effects of Regional Factor on Local Government Finance, The Journal of International and Regional Economics, vol. 9, 35-45, 2008

Kiyoshi MUKAI , Professor

Education, Degree

Nagoya University Faculty of Agronomy, B.A. March 1976
Nagoya University Faculty of Agronomy Dr. of Agronomy January 1987

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agronomy, Nagoya University, April 1976-October 1992.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agronomy, Nagoya University, November 1992-June 1999
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, July 1999 - present

Research Fields

Agricultural Economics, Non Profit Economics

Research Interests

Non Profit Economy, Rural Planning, Environment

Selected Publications

Modern Economic History of Ryukyu Islands, Nihon Keizai Hyouronsya: Tokyo 1988
Conservation and Creation of Rural Resources (joint work), Norin Toukei Kyoukai: Tokyo 1995
Fundamental Policy for Food, Agriculture and Rural area (joint work), Norin Tokei Kyoukai: Tokyo 2004

Professional Services and Other Activities

Vice President of Nagoya City University, April, 2005-present
Member of deliberative Council of Environmental Planning of City of Nagoya, April 2008-present.

Noriyoshi NAKAYAMA , Professor

Education, Degree

Rikkyo University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1990
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, March 1995
Doctor of Economics (Tokyo Metropolitan University), February 2003

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, April 1995-March 1999
Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, April 1999-March 2004
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2004-March 2008
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2008-present

Research Fields

Industrial Organization, Public Utilities Economics, Health Economics

Research Interests

Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Regulation

Selected Publications

"Industrial Diversity and Metropolitan Unemployment Rate," Annals of Regional Science, Vol.40, pp.157-172, 2006.（with K. Mizuno and F. Mizutani）
Analysis of Efficiency in Japanese Water Utilities, Taga Shuppan: Tokyo, 2003 (in Japanese).

Masamichi OGAMI , Assistant Professor

Education, Degree

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March, 2005

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2010-present

Research Fields

Management of Technology and Innovation

Research Interests

Technological and organizational change; Industry evolution; Technology Strategy

Selected Publications

The technological evolution and the acculturation model of communities, The Journal of Economics, Vol.75, No.3, pp.63-78, 2009.(with N. Takahashi, H. Okawa, M. Hatta, and N. Inamizu)
Asahi Glass’s production strategy: The case of Thai plant, Akamon Management Review, Vol.7, No.5, pp.235-262.(with J. Tomita)

Junpei OGAWA , Assistant Professor

Education, Degree

Waseda University School of Commerce, B.A. March 2000
Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. March 2007

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2007-present

Research Fields

Financial Accounting, International Accounting

Research Interests

Fair Value Accounting, Accounting Regulation, Accounting History

Selected Publications

Issues of Accounting Measurement for Insurance Contracts, JILI Journal, no. 164, pp. 67-100
Concepts of Risk for Retirement Benefit, Sangyo-Keiri, vol.67, no. 1, pp. 76-86.
The Qualification of Intangible Asset for Additional Minimum Liability, The Economic Review (Keizai-Ronso), vol. 177, no. 3, pp. 34-52

Koichi OHNO , Professor

Education, Degree

International Christian University, B.L.A. March 1969
I.C.U., Graduate School of Public Administration, M.A. March 1971
University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Socio-engineering, Ph.D.(candidate), March 1981

Professional Experience

Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, April 1981- March 1992.
Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, April 1992 – June 2000
Research Coordinator, Institute of Developing Economies, July 2000 – March 2001
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2001

Research Fields

Trade Theory, Development Economics, East Asian Economies

Research Interests

Development Policies, Regional Structure of Trade and Industry

Selected Publications

Development Strategy and the Role of Government Policies, in A. Kohsaka (ed.), New Development Strategies, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Toward New Development Strategies (eds.), IDE, 2002 (in Japanese)
The Experience of Dual-Industrial Growth: Korea and Taiwan, The Developing Economies, Vol. 25, pp.310-324, 1987

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Academy Group of JICA-MPI Joint Research Study for “the Economic Development Policy in the Transition toward a Market-oriented Economy in Viet Nam” 1997-1999

Tetsushi OKUMURA , Professor

Education, Degree

Seijo University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March, 1984
Waseda University, Graduate School of Commerce, M.A. March, 1986
Waseda University, Graduate School of Commerce, Ph.D. candidate, March, 1990

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, April, 1990-March, 1992
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, April, 1992-March, 2003
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, April, 2003-March, 2006
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Graduate School of Nagoya City Univ., April, 2006-

Research Fields

Negotiations and Conflict Management, Leadership and Organizational Behavior

Research Interests

Conflict management, Improving the implementation process of strategy

Selected Publications

Papers in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Negotiation Journal, Management and Organization Review, Journal of International Management, etc.

Professional Services and Other Activities

Fellow, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, USA
Member of Scientific Committee, IRENE, ESSEC Business School, France.
Board member for International Association for Conflict Management, 2005-2007

Hideaki SAKAWA , Assistant Professor

Education, Degree

University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 2003
Osaka University Graduate School of Economics, Ph. D. March 2008

Professional Experience

Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, November 2007-March 2009
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2009-present

Research Fields

Corporate Governance, Market Microstructure

Research Interests

Corporate Finance

Selected Publications

Relationship between Managerial Compensation and Business Performance in Japan: New Evidence Using Micro Data (with Naoki Watanabel), Asian Economic Journal, 22 (4), pp.431-455, 2008.
A Note on Synchronization Risk and Delayed Arbitrage (with Naoki Watanabel), Economics Bulletin, 7(7), pp.1-12, 2006.
Managerial Compensation Structure and Corporate Governance Mechanism in Japan (with Naoki Watanabel), Review of Monetary and Financial Studies, forthcoming (in Japanese).

Professional Services and Other Activities

COE Young Research Scholar in Hitotsubashi University October 2008-present
Researcher in Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategy Kansai University January 2009-present

Koichiro SAWANO , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Sophia University Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1994
Osaka University Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. March 2001

Professional Experience

Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Letters, University of the Ryukyus, April 2001-March 2004
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2004-present

Research Fields

Microeconomics, Health Economics, Policy Evaluation

Research Interests

Health Care, Airline Service, Public Sector

Selected Publications

Household Consumption and Medical Care Expenditure: A Test of Engel Curve Estimation, JCER Economic Journal, no. 42, pp. 61-84,2001.
Referendum, Voting Behavior and its Implications, LEVIATHAN (The Japanese Journal of Political Science), vol.33, pp.111-129, 2003.
Airline Deregulation and the Policy Evaluation: A Case of Japan, JCER Economic Journal, no. 53, pp. 13-41,2006.

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Committee (KITAKYUSYU City)　March 2007-present

Yoshitaka SHIMONO , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Kobe University, Faculty of Business Administration, B.A. March, 1997
Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Ph.D. March, 2004

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Information Science, Onomichi University, April 2006-March 2011
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Information Science, Onomichi University, April 2011-August 2011
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, September 2011-present

Research Fields

Business Administration, Supplier System, Supplier Management

Research Interests

Global Supply Chain Management , Risk Management in Supply Chain

Selected Publications

“The Supplier System of Japanese Automobile Maker in China: A Meaning of Context Sharing in Inter-organizational Business Relationships,” Journal of Economics and Business Administration (Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi), Vol.194, No.1, pp.47-62. 2006.(with Gao Ruihong)
“Profit and Risk Sharing in Japanese Automobile Supply Chains: A Comparison of Toyota and Nissan,” Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol.39, No.2, pp.67-81. 2005.

Jiro TAKAHASHI , Assistant Professor

Education, Degree

Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. March 2010

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2010-present

Research Fields

Financial Accounting

Research Interests

Accounting Regulation, The Economics of Disclosures, Securities Analysis, Accounting Methodology

Selected Publications

The Possibility for Expanding Accounting Recognition of Intangible Assets in Japan: From the Perspective of Internal Consistency, KUES Ph.D. Candidates’ Monograph Series, No.200801139, pp.1-17, 2008.
Economic Consequences of Discretionary Write-offs and Write-downs of Long-lived Assets, Kaikei, Vol.176, No.1, pp.105-117, 2009.
The Structure of Accounting for Impairment of Long-lived Assets and Its Function, The Economic Review (Keizai-Ronso), Vol.182, No.5・6, pp.78-107, 2010.

Akira TANAKA , Professor

Education, Degree

Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics, Bachelor in Economics, March 1990
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Master in Economics, March 1992
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Finished the course work of Doctoral Program, March 1995
Doctor of Economics (Kyoto University), May 2012.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1995 - March 1998
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1998 - March 2009
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2009 - present

Research Fields

Economic History, Business History, Japanese Industry

Research Interests

Inter-firm Relationship

Selected Publications

Sogo Shosha: Strategy and Structure of Interfirm Business [Sogo Shosha: Shoken no Kozo Henka to 21 Seiki Senryaku], Minerva Publishing, Kyoto, 2003. (with Katsumi Shimada and Xiaochun Huang, in Japanese)
"From Hierarchy to Hybrid: The Evolving Nature of Inter-Firm　Governance in China's Automobile Groups," Journal of Business　Research, vol.64, no.1, January 2011, pp.74-80. (with Yue Wang)
"Why were sogo shosha needed?: Japan's develop-and-import scheme of iron ore in the 1960s," Oikonomika, NCU, vol.44, no.3&4, 171-194, 2008

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Editorial Committee of Japanese Yearbook on Business History, April 1999 - December 2004

http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/~tanaka/CV.html

Hideki TOYA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Chuo University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1991
Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 1993
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, April 1993- March 1996

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 1996- March 2000
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2000- present

Research Fields

Macroeconomics, Economic Growth

Research Interests

Determinants of economic growth, Economics of natural disasters

Selected Publications

Economic development and the impacts of natural disasters, (joint with Mark Skidmore) Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 94(1), pages 20-25, January,2007.
Convergence in Government Spending: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence, (joint with Mark Skidmore and David Merriman) Kyklos, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 57(4), pages 587-620, November,2004.
Do Natural Disasters Promote Long-Run Growth?, (joint with Mark Skidmore) Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(4), pages 664-687, October,2002. Professional Services and Other Activities

Ryutaro TSUNODA , Professor

Education, Degree

Nagoya Institute of Technology Department of Metallurgical Engineering,B.A. March 1976
Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration,MBA. March 1988

Professional Experience

Lecturer, Faculty of Ecomomics, Hiroshima University of Economics,April 1988-March 1992
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hiroshima University of Economics April 1992-March 1994
Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Science Ritsumeikan University April 1994-March 1996
Professor, Faculty of Policy Science Ritsumeikan University April 1996-March 2004
Professor, Faculty of Economics Nagoya City University April 2004-present

Research Fields

Organizational Behavior, Innovation Management, Business Policy

Research Interests

Venturing New Businesses in the Regional Area, Management of Multinational Growing Businesses

Selected Publications

The Understanding of Modern Firms through the System of Transactions,Yuhikaku:Tokyo,2008
Production and Entrepreneurship,Entrepreneur Study,vol.5,pp.45-53,2008
Strategic Infrastructure, Hakuto-Shobo:Tokyo 2004

Professional Services and Other Activities

Vice Editor of Entrepreneur Study June 2003-present
Member of Editorial Board of the Japan Academic Society of Venture April 2007-present

Masaharu　USUKI , Professor

Education, Degree

1981 B.A, in Law, University of Tokyo
2003 Ph.D. in Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce, Senshu University

Professional Experience

1981- 1986　Officer, Long-term Credit Bank of Japan, Inc.
1986- 1998 Economist, Long-term Credit Bank of Japan and LTCB Research Inc.
1998- 2011 Senior Economist, NLI Research Institute Inc.
2011- Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University

Research Fields

Finance and Investment, Pension Management

Research Interests

Risk Management in Pension Investment, Private Pension’s Role in Old-Age Income Security

Selected Publications

“Application of Liability Driven Investment (LDI) Strategy in Japan. Can it be a solution to bail out defined benefit pension plans?”, Securities Analyst Journal
No.5, Vol.45., pp. 45-59, 2007., http://www.saa.or.jp/english/publications/Usuki.pdf
“Pension Funds and Retirement Benefits in a Depressed Economy: Experience and Challenges in Japan”in Retirement Provision in Scary Markets, pp. 187-210. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007
“Risk Management and Pension Plan Choice in Japan”, in Reinventing the Retirement Paradigm, pp.261- 277. Oxford University Press, 2005

Professional Services and Other Activities

2010-　Board Member of Nippon Finance Association
2009- Member of Investment Committee, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Association
2008-　Member of Investment Committee in Government Pension Investment Fund
2007- Member of CMA Examination Committee, Securities Analyst Association,　Government Pension Investment Fund
2006- Member of Investment Committee, National Federation of Mutual Aid Association for Municipal Personnel

Akira YAKITA , Professor

Education, Degree

Sophia University, Faculty of Economics B.A. March 1975
Nagoya University, Graduate School of Economics, Doctor July 1993

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya University, April 1980-March 1981
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Fukuoka University, April 1981-March 1986
Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mie University, April 1986-March 1998
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chukyo University, April 1998-March 2003
Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, April 2003-March 2009
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2009-present

Research Fields

Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Research Interests

Economic Growth, Aging, Environmental Economic Issues

Selected Publications

Sustainability of public debt, public capital formation, and endogenous growth in an overlapping generations setting, Journal of Public Economics 92, 2008, pp. 879-914
Ageing and public capital accumulation, International Tax and Public Finance 15, 2008, 582-598
A note on environmental awareness and cross-border pollution, Environmental and Resource Economics 30, 2005, pp.369-376 (witih Makoto Hirazawa)

Professional Services and Other Activities

Member of Editorial Board of Studies in Applied Economics 2007-present

http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/~yakita/

Nao YAMAMOTO , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration, Ph.D. March 2009

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo International University, April 2009-March 2011
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2011-present

Research Fields

Marketing , Consumer Behavior

Research Interests

Relationship Marketing on the Internet,Online Consumer Bahavior,Brand Community

Selected Publications

Building Brand Loyalty through B-to-C,C-to-C Communication on the Brand Web, Journal of Information and Management,vol30,No.4,pp58-68,2010.
The Influence of Online Communication on Relationship Marketing,Japan Marketing Journal,vol108,pp113-121,2008.

Yoko Morita YAMAMOTO , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Osaka University of Foreign Studies, B.A. in Language and Area Studies, March 1992
Hitotsubashi University, M.A. in Economics, March 1995
Hitotsubashi University, Ph. D. in Economics, November 2007

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2000-March 2003
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2003-present

Research Fields

Labour Economics, Social Welfare

Research Interests

Female Labour Market, Economics of Fertility

Selected Publications

Disincentives of Child-rearing (in Japanese), Depopulation and Japanese Economy, Y. Higuchi and Ministry of Finance, Policy Research Institute eds. pp.49-80, Nippon Hyoronsha, 2006
The Child-Care Leave Law and the Demand for Female Labour (in Japanese), The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Vol.47, Feb-Mar, No.2･3, pp. 123～136, 2005
Child-rearing Costs and Child-bearing Behavior (in Japanese), JCER Economic Journal, No.48, Mar, pp.34-57, 2004

Kazuo YOSHIDA , Professor

Education, Degree

Nagoya City University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 1987
Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D March 2002

Professional Experience

Assistant, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University, April 1991
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, October 1996
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, February 2006-present

Research Fields

Financial Accounting

Research Interests

Pension Accounting Information, Earnings Management

Selected Publications

Determinants of Japanese Corporate Pension Coverage, Journal of Economics and Business, Vol.54, No.5, 2002, pp.537-555
Japanese Corporate Pension Plans and the Impact on Stock Prices, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol.70, No.2, 2003, pp.249-268
Pension Accounting Information, Chuokeizai-Sha,INC., 2008

Professional Services and Other Activities

Executive Editor, Contemporary Disclosure Research, November 2007-present

Kazuki YOKOYAMA , Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. April 2006

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics,, Nagoya City University, April 2002-March 2005
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2005-present

Research Fields

Economic History; Financial Economics

Research Interests

Banking Panics; Financial Policy; Corporate Governance; Natural Experiment

Selected Publications

Too Big to Fail: the Panic of 1927, MPRA Paper 3423, University Library of Munich, Germany, 2007.
Zaibatsu Affiliated Life Insurance Companies, OIKONOMIKA, 44(2): 105-120 (in Japanese)
"Measuring the Extent and Implications of Director Interlocking in the Pre-war Japanese Banking Industry" (with Tetsuji Okazaki and Michiru Sawada), The Journal of Economic History, 64(5): 1082-1115, 2005.