Research Interests
International Economics, Development Economics, Economics of Networks
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University, 2000
Short Bio
Yasuyuki Todo has been a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University since 2014, after serving as a Department Head at the Department of International Studies, the University of Tokyo. He is also a Faculty Fellow at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 2000. He has been conducting research in the fields of international economics, development economics, and applied micro-econometrics. He recently focuses on the role of social and economic networks in economic growth and resilience, using firm- and household-level data from various countries. Using these data, he has published more than 50 academic papers in refereed journals. In addition, he has served a number of policy-advising committees in the national and local governments of Japan and was recently the lead author of a policy brief of T20 Japan 2019 submitted to G20.
