Dear students who consider me as your research advisor.
0４.11.2016
Katsuya Takii
My research: My research focuses on the economics of human resource allocation andapplies to the market for leaders and its implication on an aggregate economy, whereleaders can be entrepreneurs, managers, bureaucrats or politicians who make decisions
in the reallocation and organization of resources.
equilibrium model with heterogeneity.

I emphasize the importance of an

It covers the selected topics in such as corporate

governance, political election, internal labor market, a job market, the higher education,a firm dynamics, inequality and aggregate productivity.
If you are interested in my research, see my research fromhttp://www2.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~takii/research.html
The economics of human resource allocation: If you become my advisee, you are expected
to attend the seminar: the economics of human resource allocation and the workshop on
the economics of human resource allocation.
1)

At

theseminar:

theeconomicsofhumanresource

allocation(http://www2.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~takii/EHRA.htm), you will learn a part of thefollowing theories in each year.
1. Basic Assignment Model
2. Frictional Assignment Model
3. Investment: Human Capital and Organization Capital
4. Search Model
5. Investment and Reallocation
6. Learning, Career Concern and Reassignment
7. Evaluation, Misallocation of Effort and Institution
8. Misallocation of Talent and Productivity
9. Assignment and Persistence of Inequality
10. Assignment and Happiness2)

At

theworkshop

ontheeconomics

ofhumanresourceallocation(https://sites.google.com/site/jinzaihaichinokeizaigaku/), the participants must present
their own paper or the recent theoretical or empirical papers related to the humanresource allocation in several fields. Potential fields cover corporate governance, politicalelection, bureaucracy, internal and external labor market, school choice, and its impacts
on the performance of firms, government policy, inequality and aggregate economy.
Basic literature for the economics of human resource allocation:
1. Theoretical Foundation of Human Resource Allocationa. Static Model
1. Roth Alvin E., Oliveira Sotomayor (1992), Two-Sided Matching: A Study inGame-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis, Economic Scociety Monographs
2. Sattinger, Michael (1993), "Assignment Models of the Distribution ofEarnings",

JournalofEconomicLiterature

831-880,

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2728516
3. 伊藤秀史 (2003)

契約の経済学A Course in Contract Theory 有斐閣

4. Tirole, Jean (2006), Theory of Corporate Finance, Princetonb. Dynamic Model
1. Ljungqvist and Sargent (2004), Chapter 6 Search, Matching andUnemployment and Chapter 25 Equilibrium Search and Matching, in
Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, MIT press
2. Rogerson, Richard, Robert Shimer and Randall Wright (2005) " Search
Theoretic Models of the Labor Market: A Survey," Journal of Economic
Literature, 959-988

http://home.uchicago.edu/shimer/wp/search-survey.pdf.

3. Acemoglu, Daron and David Autor, "Lectures in Labor Economics:"(http://economics.mit.edu/files/4689 )2. Quantitative Methods for Equilibrium Models with Heterogeneity
a. Fact findings for “causal relationship’’1. Angrist, v and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2009), Mostly Harmless Econometrics:
An Empiricist’s Companion, Princeton University Pressb. Static Model
1. Train, Kenneth (2003), Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation,Cambridge University Press http://eml.berkeley.edu/books/choice2.html
2. Nevo, Aviv (2000), "A Practitioner's Guide to Estimation of RandomCoefficients Logit Models of Demand," Journal of Economics & Management
Strategy, Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 513—548
3. 中嶋亮 (2005)、マッチングゲームの実証分析、三菱経済研究所
c. Dynamic Model
1. Kydland, Finn E. and Edward C. Prescott (1996), ``The Computational

Experiment: An Econometric Tool.’’ Journal of Economic Perspective, 69-85.
2. Adda and Cooper (2003), Dynamic Economics, MIT press
3. Aguirregabiria, Victor and Pedro Mira (2010), "Dynamic Discrete Choice
Structural Models: A Survey" Journal of Econometrics, Volume 156, Issue 1,May, 38-67.
Required Skills to Study Economics under My Supervision: Economics uses themathematics as its language.

Therefore, the minimum knowledge of mathematics is arequirement to understand modern economics.

Moreover, as most of importantresearch is done in English, you should be able to read English papers.

1) The Minimum Requirementa) Basic Analysis and Linear Algebra： As a graduate student, I assume that you must
know basic analysis and linear algebra.

Make sure that you know at least the following

level of mathematics before starting our graduate program.
i)

Alpha C Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics：
http://www.drchristiansalas.org.uk/businessandeconomics/economics/fundame
ntalmethods.pdfii)

数学検定１級： http://www.su-gaku.net/about/index.phpb) The Minimum English Skill： If you can read this web page, you don’t need to worry
about it.

2) The requirement to pursue a doctoral degree: You are required to study
microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics in our program.

If you wish topursue a doctoral degree, you must havea) more than B at all suggested microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics
coursesb) more than A at the more than half of suggested microeconomics, macroeconomics
and econometrics courses.
3) Advanced Suggested Mathematics: Although these are not required, the advanced
knowledge of mathematics sometimes helps your research. The following books areuseful for developing your mathematical skills.
i)Luenberger, David G. (1969), Optimization by Vector Space Methods, WileyInterscience
http://www.bioen.utah.edu/wiki/images/4/44/OptimizationIntroduction.pdf

ii)

DeGroot, Morris H. (1970), Optimal Statistical Decisions, New York, McGraw-Hill,
Inc.

http://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Statistical-Decisions-Morris-

DeGroot/dp/047168029X
iii)

Stokey, Nancy L. and Robert E. Lucas with Edward C. Prescott (1989), Recursive
Methods in Economic Dynamics, Harvard University Press
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Recursive-Methods-Economic-DynamicsStokey/dp/0674750969

iv)

小山昭雄 経済数学教室 １－８巻+別巻 岩波書店
https://www.iwanami.co.jp/.BOOKS/02/0/028401+.html

Recommended Books for Undergraduate Students: Although analytical skills are necessary forbeing an economist, it is not sufficient. As an undergraduate student, you can study and experience
whatever you want, which will gradually develop a subject that you may want to pursue in your life.
So the following list of books may not be suitable for you. But, just in case, I have learned a lot fromthe following non-technical books about economics.
猪木武徳 (1987) 「経済思想」モダンエコノミクス
猪木武徳 (2001)「自由と秩序」

中公叢書

猪木武徳 (2009)「戦後世界経済史」

中公新書

堂目卓生 (2008) 「アダムスミス」中公新書
斎藤誠(2010)「競争の作法」―いかに働き、投資するか。ちくま新書

Milgrom, Paul and John Roberts (1992) Economics, Organization &Management,Prentice Hall （「組織の経済学」NTT 出版）
Kroszner, Randall S. and Louis Putterman (1996), The Economic Nature of The Firm:

A Reader, Cambridge
Redman, Deborah A. (1993), Economics and the Philosophy of Science, Oxford
University Press (経済学と科学哲学, 文化書房博文社)