Name
FUKASAWA, Takeshi
Degree
Ph.D. (Economics)
HP (URL)
https://sites.google.com/view/takeshi-fukasawa/home
Status
Assistant Professor
Research Topic
Analysis of desirable environmental policies in a dynamic environment
I will conduct a quantitative analysis of desirable environmental policies in a dynamic environment from an economic perspective. Specifically, I plan to analyze optimal policies (subsidies, taxes, regulations, etc.) to promote the diffusion of energy-saving products, considering the durability of products and the dynamic decision-making of consumers and firms.
In addition, computational burden is sometimes a large obstacle to quantitative analysis of dynamic models, and I will investigate methods to overcome the difficulty.
Education and Academic Employment
Education
| 2024. 4 | Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Tokyo |
| 2021. 3 | M.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo |
| 2019. 3 | B.S. in Mathematics, The University of Tokyo |
Academic Employment
| 2024-2025 | Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo. |
| 2021-2024 | Research Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2021.4-2024.3. |
Fields of Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Environmental economics, Numerical methods, Applied Econometrics
Academic Publications
- When do firms sell high durability products? The case of Light Bulb Industry, 2024.
- Jacobian-free Efficient Pseudo-Likelihood (EPL) Algorithm, Economics Letters, 112195, 2025.
- The biases in applying static demand models under dynamic demand, Review of Industrial Organization, 2024.
- Intergovernmental competition for donations: The case of the Furusato Nozei program in Japan (with E. Fukasawa, H. Ogawa), Journal of Asian Economics, 2020.
Other Interests
Walking, Trekking
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Japanese Economic Association
Econometric Society
Awards
2022 Runner-up of 25th Moriguchi Prize, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
2020 Kanematsu Prize, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University.
2020 Mitsuishi Prize, Lightstone Corp.
2017 First Prize in Mizuho Prize Essay, Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences.
