Faculty

List of Researchers

Global Economy Unit

Title	Researchers	Research Fields	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Laixun ZHAO	International Economy	International Trade, Foreign Investment, Multinational Labor-Management Relations, Pollution
Professor	Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI	Regional Integration	Empirial Analysis on Latin American Economic Development and Spatial Economics	Link
Professor	Takahiro SATO	Emerging Market	Research on Economic Reforms in India and Labor Market in India	Link
Professor	Junyi SHEN	Economic Development Strategy	Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
Professor	Kazumichi IWASA	International Economy	International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics
Associate Professor	Yoshimichi MURAKAMI	Regional Integration	Empirical Analysis on international trade, economic development, and income inequality in Latin America	Link
Associate Professor	Keisuke KONDO	Regional Integration	Urban and Regional Economics, Economics of Agglomeration	RIETI
Project Associate Professor	Yumi ISHIKAWA	Economic Development Strategy	Family Health, Health in Workplace, Infectious Diseases

Corporate Competitiveness Unit

Title	Researchers	Research Fields	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Ralf BEBENROTH	Management Organization	Merger & Acquisition, Human Resource Management and International Business	Link
Professor	Kimitaka NISHITANI	International Management	Corporate Environmental Management and Corporate Social Responsibility; Global Green Supply Chain Management	Link
Professor	Miwa MATSUO	Industrial Organization	Economic growth and transportation accessibility in metropolitan areas, evaluation of public transit efficiency and effectiveness
Associate Professor	Ikutaro ENATSU	Management Organization	Fairness of Rewards, Information Technology in Employment Management
Associate Professor	Masashi GOTO	Management Organization	Individual Research Projects: External changes and Organizing (disruptive technology and profession/industry, globalization and local management)
Associate Professor	Ryo KATO	Competitive Strategy	Statistical analysis of consumer behavior based on big data, Bayesian statistics for social science	Link
Project Associate Professor	Qi WU	International Management	Environmental management control system; Sustainability accounting; Natural capital management and accounting

Corporate Information Unit

Title	Researchers	Research Fields	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Masahiro ENOMOTO	Accounting Information Analysis	Accounting Standards and Earnings Management
Associate Professor	Satoshi FUJIMURA	Corporate Records Analysis	Analysis on Economic Structure in the Edo Period and the Growth of Trading Company 1868-1941
Associate Professor	Hidenori TAKAHASHI	Corporate Finance	Empirical Analyses of Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing
Associate Professor	Keishi FUJIYAMA	Accounting Information Analysis
Project Associate Professor	Kaoru KOSHIRO	Corporate Records Analysis	History of Architecture, Evaluation and Management of Built Environment Performance

Global Finance Unit

Title	Researchers	Research Fields	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Takashi KAMIHIGASHI	Macroeconomic Policy Analysis	Dynamic Optimization and Macroeconomic Dynamics	Link
Professor	Shigeto KITANO	International Monetary Policy	International Macroeconomics: Globalization and Policy Responses	Link
Professor	Nobuyoshi YAMORI	Microeconomic Policy Analysis	Empirical Research on Japanese Financial System	Link
Professor	Masahiko SHIBAMOTO	International Monetary Policy	Empirical Studies on Macroeconomic Effects of Japanese Monetary and Fiscal Policy	Link
Associate Professor	Yasuo TAKATSUKI	Microeconomic Policy Analysis	Empirical Analysis on Early Modern Economy and Institutional Analysis on Japanese Financial Market
Associate Professor	Mika AKESAKA	Microeconomic Policy Analysis	Formation and change of preference, Couples' labor supply, Gender segregation in college major	Link
Associate Professor	Akira MATSUI	Microeconomic Policy Analysis	Decoding the Mechanisms of Human Behavior on Digital Platforms
Project Associate Professor	Yoshitaka OGISU	Macroeconomic Policy Analysis	Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Network Science

Integrated Center for Corporate Archives (ICCA)

Title	Researchers	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Masahiro ENOMOTO	Accounting Standards and Earnings Management
Professor	Miwa MATSUO	Economic growth and transportation accessibility in metropolitan areas, evaluation of public transit efficiency and effectiveness

Center for the Promotion of Regional Co-Creation Research (CRCC)

Title	Researchers	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Nobuyoshi YAMORI	Empirical Research on Japanese Financial System	Link
Professor	Masahiko SHIBAMOTO	Empirical Studies on Macroeconomic Effects of Japanese Monetary and Fiscal Policy	Link
Kobe University Invited Professor	Tomoharu KUSAKA
Kobe University Invited Professor	Yoshinori MIYAGUCHI

Office of Promoting Research Collaboration

Title	Researcher	Individual Research Projects	Personal Web Page
Professor	Masahiko SHIBAMOTO	Empirical Studies on Macroeconomic Effects of Japanese Monetary and Fiscal Policy	Link

Adjunct Researchers

Academic Researcher

Title	Researcher
Academic Researcher	Sayaka TAKADA
Academic Researcher	Ivan ROMIC
Academic Researcher	Kashif AHMED
Academic Researcher	Wafa TARIQ WAQAR

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