Faculty

Division of Modern Economics and Management

Economic Analysis

Professors

KUBOTA, Hajime HU’s Researcher Directory

Microeconomics

My research is mainly on general equilibrium theory and the topics are, in particular, the existence of equilibrium in economies with infinitely many commodities and properties of equilibrium in economies over infinite horizon. Another areas of my research is international trade theory as an applied area of general equilibrium theory and the main topic is gains from trade in world economies over infinite horizon.

SAITO, Hisamitsu HU’s Researcher Directory

Urban economics

Research interests include: • Location decisions of heterogeneous firms, • Economic impacts of foreign direct investment on host regions, and • Urban-rural migration in developing countries.

SUZUKAWA, Akio HU’s Researcher Directory

Mathematical Statistics

TAKAGI, Shingo HU’s Researcher Directory

Applied Econometrics

Associate Professor

AIZAWA, Toshiaki HU’s Researcher Directory

Econometrics

I explore the dynamic mechanism through which individual health status and his/her socioeconomic status are influencing each other, exploiting the large-scale microdata in emerging countries.

IGARASHI, Yoske HU’s Researcher Directory

Macroeconomics, Finance

My research interests include macroeconomics, banking and financial system, and asset pricing. I like teaching in a board range of subjects including math, statistics, economics and finance.

ITO, Tsubasa HU’s Researcher Directory

Applied Statistics

MAKIOKA, Ryo HU’s Researcher Directory

Industrial Organization

International Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Assistant Professor

JIANG, Yaxi HU’s Researcher Directory

Perceptions of Society

Applied Econometrics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Policy Analysis

NAKANISHI, Tadashi HU’s Researcher Directory

Statistics

Applied Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy.

YOKOTA, Yoshifumi HU’s Researcher Directory

Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory

My current research focuses on foundations of game theory and mechanism design, in particular the role of uncertainty in the strategic settings.

Social and Historical Economics

Professors

HASHIMOTO, Tsutomu HU’s Researcher Directory

Economic Ideas

I welcome students interested in studying the History of Economic Thought, Austrian Economics, and Economic Sociology. These fields are open to interdisciplinary approaches and involve various methodologies. They can provide us with an opportunity for contemplation not only of important social issues, but also valuable insights into our own individual lives. Through these studies, we recognize that ideas and ideologies can greatly impact our lives, especially in a society undergoing drastic changes.

MATSUMURA, Shiho HU’s Researcher Directory

Economic History of Asia

My research interests focus on the following topics: (1) Chinese food policy in the Mao era (1950s-1970s) (2) the relationship between the industrial and the agricultural sectors in China (3) the economic development of the East Asian countries in the Cold War era

Associate Professor

NAKAYAMA, Taisho HU’s Researcher Directory

Regional Economic History

Borderland history (Mainly, migration and agricultural development in Sakhalin and Hokkaido) / Doctor of Agricultural Science (Kyoto University, Japan, Mar 23, 2010) / PhD in the field of History and Area Studies (Hokkaido University, Japan, Mar 25, 2021)

MITSUZONO, Isamu HU’s Researcher Directory

Economic History of Japan

My research is mainly on a history of retailing industry in modern Japan. I am interested in the historical process of the birth of the mass consumer society, which has both good and bad aspects. I am pursuing the goal of reinterpreting the socio-economic history from the perspective of people’s daily lives.

SAITO, Nao HU’s Researcher Directory

I am interested in the relationship between the state and the market. To pursuit this theme, my research interests include economic philosophy, welfare economics, redistributive justice theories, and democratic theory.

TAKAI, Tetsuhiko HU’s Researcher Directory

Global Economic History

International students who are interested in the history of the Franco-Japanese globalization are welcome. ≪ Francophones de tous lespays, unissez-vous ! ≫

Assistant Professor

WANG KESONG HU’s Researcher Directory

History of Economic Thoughts

History of Economic Thoughts, Economic Philosophy, Austrian Economics, Libertarianism

Economic Policy

Professors

ABE, Yukiko HU’s Researcher Directory

Labor Economics

My recent research topics include: (1) the impact of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law on women’s work; (2) regional variations in women’s labor force behavior; (3) the economic roles of minimum wages in Japan.

SUGA, Nobuhito HU’s Researcher Directory

International Economics

My specialty is international trade theory.

Associate Professor

HAYAKAWA, Hitoshi HU’s Researcher Directory

Financial Economics

My research interests focus on the consequences of interacting economic agents, mainly from theoretical perspective. My research topics include: (1) examining mechanisms of asset bubbles and their welfare implications (2) analyzing the working of cryptocurrency and its economic implications (3) analyzing interbank payment systems in view of network of participant banks’ mutual financial obligations

Lecturer

XIE ZIJIN HU’s Researcher Directory

Environmental Economics

My current research interests are focused on biodiversity conservation policies and the management of protected areas, within the field of environmental and natural resource economics.

SAITO, Yuta HU’s Researcher Directory

Public Economics

Public Economics, Macroeconomics, and Applied Microeconomic Theory

Assistant Professor

TANIGAWA, Kotono HU’s Researcher Directory

Perceptions of Society

Macroeconomics. My research focuses on the theory and simulation of the sustainability of public pension systems in a declining population.

Management Analysis

Professors

ABE, Tomokazu HU’s Researcher Directory

Organizational Innovation

My research interests: 1) Workplace/coworking space design for facilitating knowledge creation, 2) process study of business model innovation

HIRAMOTO, Kenta HU’s Researcher Directory

Business Strategy

ISHII, Toshimasa HU’s Researcher Directory

Operations Research

My research interests include operations research, algorithms, combinatorial optimization, and their applications.

IWATA, Satoshi HU’s Researcher Directory

Corporate Behavior

I am overwhelmed by the diversity of graduate students, but I will try to educate them with flexibility and patience.

OKADA, Miyako HU’s Researcher Directory

International Management

My research interest focuses on analyzing business-systems of Japanese entertainment industry, in particular, comics, animations, and products featuring characters, originated from comics and animations. To analyze the subject, my approach is to interview people who relate to this industry.

Associate Professor

AIHARA, Motohiro HU’s Researcher Directory

Business Organization and Strategy

He received his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University in 2001, and taught at Nagasaki University (2001-2005) before his present appointment. He teaches courses in the school on the organization theory and practice, organizational behavior, and research methods. Throughout his career Aihara has conducted longitudinal research on a variety of organization topics including entrepreneurial activities in industrial districts, management control in the for-profit and the not-for-profit organizations, and multi-sectoral collaboration in addressing and solving social problems.

TANAKA, Yoshihiro HU’s Researcher Directory

Applied Mathematics

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

UDA, Tadashi HU’s Researcher Directory

Entrepreneurship

His research focuses on the emergence and transformation of work practices in organizations and societies. In particular, he has been exploring how dynamic collaborative practices of independent workers (e.g., freelancers), entrepreneurs and other key actors are co-constructed in institutional fields such as coworking spaces, using qualitative and quantitative methods. He teaches courses on organization theory, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship at graduate and undergraduate levels in this school. He received his PhD from Kobe University. He held visiting positions at Paris-Dauphine, PSL and ESCP Europe.

Lecturer

YAMAGUCHI, Kurumi HU’s Researcher Directory

Business Ethics

My research interest is to clarify the process of occurrence and normalization of organizational corruption.

Assistant Professor

ONYENEKE, Gechinti Bede HU’s Researcher Directory

English Seminar Intermediate

My research interests include understanding how organizations undergo successful change, how workgroups function and interact, and how technologies are leveraged to foster innovation within organizations.