Sasahara, Akira

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Affiliation

Faculty of Economics （Mita）

Position

Associate Professor

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2020.06
    -
    Present

    Keio University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics

  • 2017.08
    -
    2020.05

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

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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

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

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

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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

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

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

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • 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

  • Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Survey on Concepts, Trends, Empirics, Theory and Policies

    Tamon Asonuma, Hyungseok Joo, Akira Sasahara

    Financial Review (The Ministry of Finance Japan) (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan)  146 ( 3 ) 41 - 57 2021.06

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Joint Work

  • Estimating Gains from Trade: A Summary of Recent Studies

    Akira Sasahara

    Mita Journal of Economics (Keio Economic Society)  113 ( 4 ) 103 - 114 2021.01

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work

  • The Labor Market Effects of Immigration: An Overview of the Empirical Literature

    Akira Sasahara

    The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies (The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training)  716   148 - 158 2020.02

    Book review, literature introduction, etc., Single Work

  • Sovereign Debt Restructurings: An Overview of the Empirical Literature

    Tamon Asonuma, Aitor Erce, and Akira Sasahara

    The Journal of Investing 27 ( 3 ) 56 - 64 2018.08

    Book review, literature introduction, etc., Joint Work,  ISSN  1068-0896

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

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

    Akira Sasahara

    The 11th Spring Meeting of The Japan Society of International Economics (Hirosaki University) , 

    2022.06
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    Oral presentation (general), Japan Society of International Economics

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

    Akira Sasahara

    The 3rd Hawaii-Hitotsubashi-Keio (H2K) Workshop on International Economics (Online) , 

    2022.03
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    University of Hawaii, Manoa / Hitotsubashi University / Keio University

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

    Akira Sasahara

    Kyoto Half Day International & Trade Workshop (Kyoto) , 

    2022.03
    , 

    Oral presentation (general), Kyoto University

  • Trade Costs of Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Does a Market-Friendly ​Approach Improve the Outcome?

    Akira Sasahara

    The 1st Winter Workshop in Recent Advances in Macroeconomics (Online) , 

    2022.01
    , 

    Oral presentation (general), Korea University / Osaka University / University of Surrey

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

    Akira Sasahara

    The 18th Keio Economic Society Symposium (Keio University) , 

    2021.11
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    Oral presentation (general), Keio Economic Society

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

  • 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, No Setting

  • Research on Globalization, Income, and Global Value Chains

    2021.04
    -
    2024.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Akira Sasahara, No Setting

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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.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

    2022

  • SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

    2022

  • RESEARCH SEMINAR D

    2022

  • RESEARCH SEMINAR C

    2022

  • RESEARCH SEMINAR B

    2022

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • Advanced International Economics II

    Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

    2021.04
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    2022.03
    , 

    Other, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

  • Econometrics

    University of Idaho

    2020.04
    -
    2021.03
    , 

    Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

  • Principles of Macroeconomics

    University of Idaho

    2020.04
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    2021.03
    , 

    Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

  • Advanced International Economics II

    Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

    2020.04
    -
    2021.03
    , 

    Other, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

  • International Economics

    University of Idaho

    2019.04
    -
    2020.03
    , 

    Autumn Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

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

    2022.07

  • Lecturer, International Trade, Keio Senior High School

    2022.05

  • Graduation Thesis Advisor, Keio University Correspondence Courses

    2021.09
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    Present

  • Lecturer, International Trade, Keio Senior High School

    2021.05

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • 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

    , 
    2022.04
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    2024.03

  • Lecturer, International Microeconomics, Training on Finance and Economics

    Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan

    , 
    2021.05
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    2021.06

  • Project Member, Economic Policy Issues in the Global Economy

    Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

    , 
    2020.04
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    2022.04

  • Served as a referee for academic journals

    2015.08
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    Present
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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) Japan, 

    2021.08
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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

  • American Economic Association, 

    2016.11
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    Present

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