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 employment effects of trade, 

  2016.01

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  Present

• 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

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Costs of Sovereign Debt Crises: Restructuring Strategies and Bank Intermediation

  Tamon Asonuma, Marcos Chamon, Aitor Erce, Akira Sasahara

  Journal of International Economics (Elsevier)  152 ( November ) 104002 2024.09

  Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• 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

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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 】

• Book Review on Import Shocks and the Japanese Economy by Masahiro Endoh, Keio University Press

  Akira Sasahara

  Kokusai Keizai (A Journal of the Japan Society of International Economics) (Japan Society of International Economics)  76 2024.09

  Book review, literature introduction, etc.

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Margins, Concentration, and the Performance of Firms in International Trade: Evidence from Japanese Customs Data

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

  Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series DP2024-017 (The Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University)   2024.06

• A Tale of Two Countries: Global Value Chains, the China Trade Shock, and Labor Markets

  Jaerim Choi, Masahiro Endoh, Akira Sasahara

  Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series DP2024-012 (The Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University)   2024.05

  Joint Work

• 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 (The Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University)   2023.02

  Other, Joint Work

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

• The Impact of a Natural Disaster on International Trade: A Natural Experiment from Typhoon Jebi Hitting an Airport

  Akira Sasahara

  The 83th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics (Rokkodai 1st Campus, Kobe University) , 

  2024.10

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  Oral presentation (general), Japan Society of International Economics

• Immigration, Trade with China, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Japan

  Akira Sasahara

  Ajiken Power Lunch Seminar (The Institute of Developing Economies) , 

  2024.09

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  Oral presentation (general), The Institute of Developing Economies

• Immigration, Trade with China, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Japan

  Akira Sasahara

  International Economics Workshop (Kagawa University) , 

  2024.08

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  Oral presentation (general), Kagawa University

• Global Value Chains, Domestic Value Chains, and Comparative Advantage

  Akira Sasahara

  International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Workshop (Kushiro Public University of Economics) , 

  2024.08

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  Oral presentation (general), Kushiro Public University of Economics

• Global Value Chains, Domestic Value Chains, and Comparative Advantage

  Akira Sasahara

  SIPEC IE SEMINAR (Aoyama Gakuin University) , 

  2024.06

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  Oral presentation (general), School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin 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 Early-Career 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 Early-Career 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 】

• TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  2024

• SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  2024

• RESEARCH SEMINAR D

  2024

• RESEARCH SEMINAR C

  2024

• RESEARCH SEMINAR B

  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

• Principles of Macroeconomics

  University of Idaho

  2020.04

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  2021.03

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  Spring Semester, 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

• Global Trade and Macro Economics

  University of Idaho

  2019.04

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  2020.03

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  Other, Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

• Open Class Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

  2024.08

  , Special Affairs

• 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

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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 】

• 2025.01

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  2025.10

  The Program Committee, The 2025 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, The Japanese Economic Association

• 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

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