Economic Theory

Faculty members who will become special researchers or who are not accepting new students for certain reasons will not be offering classes, so please check with Musashi University Admission Center before applying.

Professor Keita Abe

  • Research Themes
    • Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Management
  • Research content
    • I am conducting empirical analysis using econometric microeconomic methods on the effectiveness and impact of management policies for natural resources, particularly fisheries resources.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Applied Microeconomic Analysis
  • Related Courses
    • Econometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Industrial Organization
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Professor Nariyasu Ito

  • Research Themes
    • Research on corporate productivity measurement and economic indices
  • Research content
    • My research concerns the construction and application of numerical indicators that represent the efficiency or productivity of corporate activities. In particular, I place emphasis on evaluating the impact of technological change on efficiency indicators (sensitivity analysis) and evaluating the degree of deviation between existing indicators. I am also interested in the application of non-parametric statistics to this field.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Applied Microeconomic Analysis
  • Related Courses
    • Industrial Organization, Econometrics
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Associate Professor Satoshi Kasamatsu

  • Research Themes
    • Game-theoretic analysis of political agency problems in a global environment
  • Research content
    • He is using game theory to analyze the relationship between populist politics, political trust, and accountability in a global environment.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Applied Microeconomic Analysis
  • Related Courses
    • Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomic Analysis, Fiscal Theory, Econometrics
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Associate Professor Takaki Sato

  • Research Themes
    • Econometrics, Economic Statistics, Spatial Statistics
  • Research content
    • We are developing statistical methods to analyze social science data obtained from observing people's behavior and spatial data containing location information obtained from GPS information, etc.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Econometrics
  • Related Courses
    • Intermediate Microeconomics, Applied Microeconomic Analysis, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Professor Yui Suzuki

  • Research Themes
    • International Economics, Development Economics
  • Research content
    • I am researching the various effects of economic globalization in a broad sense - which includes not only the deepening of trade in goods and services but also the expansion of international capital transactions accompanying the development of international financial markets - on the economies of various countries.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Advanced Macroeconomics
  • Related Courses
    • Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Econometrics, Development Economics, International Economics
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Associate Professor Tetsuaki Takano

  • Research Themes
    • Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
  • Research content
    • He conducts both theoretical and empirical research on labor market dynamics from a macroeconomic perspective. Recently, he has been interested in the interaction between financial markets and labor markets.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Applied Microeconomic Analysis
  • Related Courses
    • Labor Economics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Economic Dynamics, Econometrics
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's degree
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Professor Ryo Hasumi

  • Research Themes
    • Macroeconomics, Bayesian Statistics
  • Research content
    • Macroeconomic analysis from both theoretical and empirical perspectives using dynamic general equilibrium models (New Keynesian models, heterogeneous agent models, etc.). Recently, he has been interested in the application of mean-field games.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Economic Dynamics
  • Related Courses
    • Advanced Macroeconomics, Modern Finance
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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Professor Isamu Matsukawa

  • Research Themes
    • Rate regulation of public utilities
  • Research content
    • This study will examine the state of rate regulation in the utility industry, with a focus on the electric power industry. Specifically, peak load rates, nodal rates, and Ramsey rates will be analyzed from an economic perspective using examples.
  • Subjects in charge
    • Applied Microeconomic Analysis
  • Related Courses
    • Intermediate Microeconomics, Industrial Organization
  • Research Supervisor
    • Master's term, Doctoral term
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