Introduction

Profile
Curriculum vitae: English version & Japanese version
Education:
Ph.D (Economics), Kyoto University, 2001.
M.A. (Economics), Okayama University, 1995.
B.A. (Economics), Okayama University, 1993.
Academic Appointments:
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University, Japan, April 2009 -
present.
Researcher, Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategies, Kansai University,
July 2019 - present.
Courtesy Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, USA, August 2013 - March 2014.
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan, April 2009 - September 2009.
Collaborator for Research, Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategies, Kansai University, August 2008 - March 2009.
Collaborator for Research, Research Center of Socionetwork Strategies, Kansai University, August 2008 - March 2009.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, April 2003 - March 2009.
Visiting Fellow, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University, USA, September 2006 - September 2007.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hiroshima University of Economics, Hiroshima, Japan, April 1998 - March 2003.
Affiliations:
Royal Economic Society, 2011 - present. European Economic Association, 2010 - present.
Western Economic Association International, 2008 - present.
Econometric Society, 2005 - present. American Economic Association, 2003 - present.
Japanese Economic Association (日本経済学会), 1997 - present.
Japan Society of Monetary Economics (日本金融学会), 1996 - present.
Journal Referee:
Journal of Banking & Finance
Japanese Economic Review
Internationl Review of Economics & Finance
Review of Monetary and Financial Studies (Japan Society of Monetary Economics)
Social System Studies (Ritsumeikan University Economic Association)