KEIO RESEARCHERS INFORMATION SYSTEM

Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 2020.06

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  Present

  Keio University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics

• 2017.08

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  2020.05

  University of Idaho, College of Business and Economics, Assistant Professor of Economics

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 2012.09

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  2017.06

  University of California, Davis, Economics Department

  United States, Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

• 2009.04

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  2011.03

  Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics

  Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

• 2005.04

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  2009.03

  Keio University, Business and Commerce

  University, Graduated

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy (International Economics)

Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

• Empirical investigations on the effects of climate change, 

  2016.01

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  Present

• Empirical assessments of the impacts of sovereign debt crises, 

  2016.01

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  Present

• Empirical investigations on the employment effects of trade, 

  2016.01

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  Present

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Importing Inputs for Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Agricultural Productivity

  Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Alexis Meyer-Cirkel, Akira Sasahara, Hans Weisfeld

  Review of International Economics （Wiley)  30 （ 1 ） 34 - 56 2022.02

  Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Gains from Trade and the Sovereign Bond Market

  Ayumu Ken Kikkawa, Akira Sasahara

  European Economic Review （Elsevier)  124 2020.05

  Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted,  ISSN  0014-2921

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Explaining the Employment Effect of Exports: Value-Added Content Matters

  Akira Sasahara

  Journal of the Japanese and International Economies （Elsevier)  52   1 - 12 2019.06

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted,  ISSN  0889-1583

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• The China Shock in Trade: Consequences for ASEAN and East Asia

  Robert C. Feenstra, Akira Sasahara

  World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity and Employment （Routledge)   2019

  Research paper (other academic), Joint Work, Accepted

• The ‘China Shock’, Exports and U.S. Employment: A Global Input-Output Analysis

  Robert C. Feenstra, Akira Sasahara

  Review of International Economics （Wiley)  26 （ 5 ） 1053 - 1083 2018.09

  Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted,  ISSN  1467-9396

  • Access to Document (DOI)

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Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

• Does international trade raise income? : early studies, critiques, and innovations

  Sasahara, Akira

  Mita journal of economics （慶應義塾経済学会)  116 （ 2 ） 153 (55) - 185 (87) 2023.07

  ISSN  00266760

• The empirics of the China trade shock : a summary of estimation methods and a literature review

  Sasahara, Akira

  Mita journal of economics （慶應義塾経済学会)  114 （ 4 ） 381 (49) - 419 (87) 2022.01

  ISSN  00266760

• Estimating gains from trade : a summary of recent studies

  Sasahara, Akira

  Mita journal of economics （慶應義塾経済学会)  113 （ 4 ） 525 (103) - 536 (114) 2021.01

  ISSN  00266760

Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• An Empirical Investigation on International Trade Using Japan’s Customs Data

  Keiko Ito, Masahiro Endoh, Toshihiro Okubo, Akira Sasahara, Naoto Jinji, and Toshiyuki Matsuura

  PRI Discussion Paper Series No.23A-02 (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finane Japan)   2023.09

  Other, Joint Work

• Immigration, Imports, and (Im)mutable Japanese Labor Markets

  Akira Sasahara, Yumin Sui, Emily Taguchi

  Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series DP2023-002 (Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University)   2023.02

  Other, Joint Work

• A Long-run Transition of Japan's Inter-regional Value Chains

  Toshihiro Okubo, Akira Sasahara

  RIETI Discussion Paper Series 22-E-067 (The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)   2022.07

  Other, Joint Work

• The Empirics of the China Trade Shock: A Summary of Estimation Methods and A Literature Review

  Akira Sasahara

  Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series DP2022-008 (Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University)   2022.05

  Other, Single Work

• How International Trade Affects Employment and Inequality

  Akira Sasahara

  Keizai Seminar (Economics Seminar) October/November Issue (Nippon Hyoron Sha)   2021.10

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Single Work

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

• The China Shock and Supply Chains: When Rising Imports Raise Exports

  Akira Sasahara

  The 37th Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference (Osaka University) , 

  2023.12

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  Oral presentation (general), The Applied Regional Science Conference

• The China Shock and Supply Chains: When Rising Imports Raise Exports

  Akira Sasahara

  Yonsei Economics Research Institute Seminar (Daewoo Hall, Yonsei University) , 

  2023.11

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  Oral presentation (general)

• The China Shock and Supply Chains: When Rising Imports Raise Exports

  Akira Sasahara

  Midwest International Trade and Theory Conference (Georgia Institute of Technology) , 

  2023.11

  , 

  Oral presentation (general)

• The China Shock and Supply Chains: When Rising Imports Raise Exports

  Akira Sasahara

  The 82th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics (Meiji University) , 

  2023.10

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  Oral presentation (general), Japan Society of International Economics

• The China Shock and Supply Chains: When Rising Imports Raise Exports

  Akira Sasahara

  Seminar on International Economics (Gakushuin University) , 

  2023.10

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  Oral presentation (general), Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• Globalization, Climate Change, and Regional Economies: Interactions and Propagation of the Shock

  2024.04

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  2027.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Akira Sasahara, Principal investigator

• Theoretical and Empirical Studies on the International Specialization in Japan and East Asia in the Era of Covid-19 and Beyond

  2022.04

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  2026.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Fukunari Kimura, Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Hisamitsu Saito, Kiyoyasu Tanaka, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Tadashi Ito, Toshihiro Okubo, Akira Sasahara, Coinvestigator(s)

• The Impact of Global Shocks on Labor Markets: From Micro and Macro Perspectives

  2021.04

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  2025.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Masahiro Endoh, Toshihiro Okubo, Sachiko Kazekami, Akira Sasahara, Coinvestigator(s)

• Research on Globalization, Income, and Global Value Chains

  2021.04

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  2024.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Akira Sasahara, Principal investigator

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

• Thornton Faculty Excellence Award

  2019.04, College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho

  Type of Award： Other,  Country： United States

• The Kojima Kiyoshi Prize for Excellent Papers

  2013, The Japan Society of International Economics

  Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES IN GLOBALIZATION

  2024

• INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT C

  2024

• TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  2024

• SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  2024

• RESEARCH SEMINAR D

  2024

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• Advanced International Economics II

  Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

  2021.04

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  2022.03

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  Other, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Advanced International Economics II

  Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

  2020.04

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  2021.03

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  Other, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Econometrics

  University of Idaho

  2020.04

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  2021.03

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  Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Principles of Macroeconomics

  University of Idaho

  2020.04

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  2021.03

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  Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• International Economics

  University of Idaho

  2019.04

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  2020.03

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  Autumn Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

• Lecturer, International Trade, Keio Senior High School

  2023.05

  , Special Affairs

• Guidance for Keio Economics Department, Keio Shiki Senior High School

  2022.07

  , Special Affairs

• Lecturer, International Trade, Keio Senior High School

  2022.05

  , Special Affairs

• Graduation Thesis Advisor, Keio University Correspondence Courses

  2021.09

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  Present

  , Special Affairs

• Lecturer, International Trade, Keio Senior High School

  2021.05

  , Special Affairs

Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• Project Member, Globalization and Regional Economies

  Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

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  2023.08

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  2026.01

• Lecturer, International Microeconomics, Training on Finance and Economics

  Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan

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  2023.05

• Project Member, Economic Policy Issues in the Global Economy

  Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

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  2023.02

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  2025.07

• Lecturer, International Microeconomics, Training on Finance and Economics

  Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan

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  2022.05

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  2022.06

• Visiting Researcher, Joint Project on Japan's Customs Data

  Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan

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  2022.04

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  2024.03

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Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• Interviewed in Ministry of Finance Japan PR Magazine Finance

  Ministry of Finance Japan, 

  2023.03

  　View Summary

  "Utilizing Administrative Data: Interviews with Researchers Analyzing the Customs Data" (by Kenta Ando, Shintaro Negishi, and Uraku Yoshimoto) Finance, March 2023, pp. 84-87.

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

• International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) Japan, 

  2021.08

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  Present

• TCER Fellow (Tokyo Center for Economic Research), 

  2021.05

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  Present

• Applied Regional Science Conference, 

  2020.10

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  Present

• Urban Economics Association, 

  2018.11

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  Present

• Western Economic Association International, 

  2017.03

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  Present

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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

• 2023.10

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  2024.10

  The Program Committee, The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics, The Japan Society of International Economics

• 2023.07

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  2024.01

  The Student Event Organizing Committee, The Kanto Division of the Japan Society of International Economics

• 2023.01

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  Present

  The Childcare Service Organizing Committee, Japanese Economic Association, The Japanese Economic Association

• 2022.11

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  2024.10

  The Committee Member, The Kanto Division of the Japan Society of International Economics

• 2022.10

  The Local Organizing Committee, The 2022 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, The Japanese Economic Association

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