Research Interests
Environmental Economics, Energy Economics
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D.(Economics), University of Minnesota, 2000
Short Bio
Toshi H. Arimura is a Professor of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, Tokyo. Prior to joining Waseda, he served as a Professor at Sophia University. He has been a visiting scholar at George Mason University and Resources for the Future in the United States as an Abe Fellow, as well as at the Paris School of Economics and Sciences Po in Paris.
His research focuses on climate change, energy policy, and air pollution regulation. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Environmental and Resource Economics, Ecological Economics, and Energy Policy. He is a co-editor of Carbon Pricing in Japan (Springer), which received the Commentary Award from the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS).
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota, an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Tsukuba, and a B.A. in the History of Science from the University of Tokyo. He has served on numerous Japanese government committees on environmental policy, including those on carbon pricing under the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and has chaired several carbon pricing committees. He has also served on the editorial boards of journals such as Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, and Environmental Economics and Policy Studies.
He has received several awards, including the Ichimura Prize in Science for Outstanding Achievement in Global Warming and the SEEPS Outstanding Publication Award. He is also an Associate Member of the Science Council of Japan.
