Akira Sasahara
Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi
Tokyo 186-0081
Japan

Phone: +81 (23) 292-5588
Fax: +81 (61) 292-3906
Oﬃce: 303 Marculy Tower
Email: ed112004@g.hit-u.ac.jp

Fields of Research Interest
International Trade and Industrial Organization

Education
Ph.D. Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2014 (expected).
Dissertation: Essays on International Trade and Heterogeneous Firms.
M.A. Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2011.
B.A. Business and Commerce, Keio University, 2009.

ResearchWorking Papers“Multi-Product Firms, Technological Diﬀerence, and Trade Liberalization,” Unpublished manuscript,2012.
“A Theory of Gains from New Imported Inputs,” Submitted, 2012.
“How to Win in Court?: An Empirical Analysis,” (with Prof. Reiko Aoki), Center for Intergenerational
Studies, Discussion Paper Series, No. 542 (in Japanese), 2012.

Conference and Seminar Presentations
GCOE Research Workshop, Hitotsubashi University, “Multi-Product Firms, Technological Diﬀerence,and Trade Liberalization,” June 7, 2012.
Hitotsubahi GCOE Workshop on Internatonal Trade and FDI, Hitotsubashi University,“Multi-ProductFirms, Technological Diﬀerence, and Trade Liberalization,” March 18, 2012.
Winter International Trade Seminar, Otaru University of Commerce, Disucassant for “Return Diﬀerentials of Foreign Investment among OECD Countries” (Prof. Masahiro Endoh), March 3, 2012.
Hitotsubahi-UNSW Conference on Internatonal Trade and FDI, University of New South Wales,“MultiProduct Firms, Technological Diﬀerence, and Trade Liberalization,” December 9, 2011.
GCOE Research Workshop, Hitotsubashi University, “A Theory of Gains from New Imported Inputs,”
October 13, 2011.
Summer Workshop on Economic Theory, Hokkaido University, “A Theory of Gains from New ImportedInputs,” August 7, 2011.
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Law and Economics Association, Kyoto University, “How toWin in Court?: An Empirical Analysis,” July 17, 2011.

Employment
Teaching Assistant
Hitotsubashi University, Introduction to Economics (Prof. Jota Ishikawa), April 2012–June 2012.
Hitotsubashi University, Introduction to Economics (Prof. Jota Ishikawa), April 2010–August 2010.

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2Research Assistant
Hitotsubashi University, COE Research Fellow, April 2011–July 2012.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Prof. Jota Ishikawa, September 2011-July 2012.
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Prof. Reiko Aoki, January 2011–March 2011.
Nihon University, Prof. Heog Ug Kwon, September 2008–March 2009.

Professional Activities
Member, Japanese Economic Association, 2011–Present.
Member, The Japan Society of International Economics, 2011–Present.
Member, Japanese Law and Economics Association, 2011–Present.

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships
Loan Repayment Exemption, Japan Student Service Organization, 2011.
1st-Class Scholarship for Graduate Students, Japan Student Service Organization, 2009-2011.
The Best Thesis Award, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, 2009.
1st-Class Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, Japan Student Service Organization, 2005-2009.
Keio-Gijyuku Scholarship for Outstanding Students, 2005.

SkillsComputer Skills
Stata, EViews, Matlab, Mathematica, R, LATEX, Maple, Microsoft Oﬃce 2011Launguages
Japanese: Native,

English: Advanced Fluency

References
Prof. Jota Ishikawa
Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi
Tokyo 186-0081 Japan

Prof. Taiji Furusawa
Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi
Tokyo 186-0081 Japan

Prof. Reiko Aoki
Institute of Economic Research
Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi
Tokyo 186-0081 Japan
Last updated: August 15, 2012