Curriculum Vitae
October 2020

Shuhei TAKAHASHI
Office Address
Institute of Economic Research
Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-kuKyoto, 606-8501, Japan
Email: takahashi@kier.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/shuheitakahashi

Employment
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, June 2017-present
Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, July 2012-May 2017
Other Positions
Research Fellow, The Canon Institute for Global Studies, January 2019-present
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, July 2018-March 2019
Education
Ph.D., Economics, The Ohio State University, June 2012
M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, August 2007
M.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, March 2006
B.A., Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, March 2004
Dissertation“Essays on Business Cycles and Micro-Level Regularities”
Dissertation Supervisors: Bill Dupor and Aubhik Khan
Areas of Specialization
Research: Macroeconomics, Computational Economics, Japanese Economy
Graduate Teaching: Macroeconomics, Computational Economics
Undergraduate Teaching: Macroeconomics, Japanese Economy, Money and Banking
Published Papers“A Note on the Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium under State-Dependent Wage Setting,”
Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming.
“Time-Varying Wage Risk, Incomplete Markets, and Business Cycles,” Review of Economic
Dynamics, 37, 195-213, 2020.

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“The Effectiveness of Consumption Taxes and Transfers as Insurance against Idiosyncratic Risk,”(with Tomoyuki Nakajima), Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 52 (2-3), 505-530,
2020.
“The Optimum Quantity of Debt for Japan,” (with Tomoyuki Nakajima), Journal of the Japaneseand International Economies, 46, 17-26, 2017.
“State Dependency in Price and Wage Setting,” International Journal of Central Banking, 13 (1),151-189, 2017.
“Heterogeneity and Aggregation: Implications for Labor-Market Fluctuations: Comment,”
American Economic Review, 104 (4), 1446-1460, 2014.
“Is the Distance to Default a Good Measure in Predicting Bank Failures? A Case Study ofJapanese Major Banks,” (with Kimie Harada and Takatoshi Ito), Japan and the World
Economy, 27, 70-82, 2013.
Working Papers“Uninsured Idiosyncratic Risk and Government Asset Income,” (with Tomoyuki Nakajima),
August 2020 (previously circulated as “On the Non-Existence of a Zero-Tax Steady State
with Incomplete Asset Markets,” KIER Discussion Paper No.1025).
“Lack of Debt Restructuring and Lender’s Credibility-A Theory of Nonperforming Loans,”(with Keiichiro Kobayashi and Tomoyuki Nakajima), March 2020, CIGS Working Paper
20-002E.
“The Effects of Borrowing Limits on Hours Worked and Welfare,” November 2019.
“The Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium under State-Dependent Pricing: The Case ofDeflation,” May 2020.
“The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Skill Premium,” (with Ken Yamada), revised October
2018, KIER Discussion Paper No.976.
Scholarship and Grants
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience, 2020-2023 (Principal Investigator: Masaru Inaba)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Co-Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, 2018-2021 (Principal Investigator: Ippei Fujiwara)
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Principal Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, 2017-2021
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, 2016-2019 (Principal Investigator: Masaru Inaba)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Co-Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, 2016-2020 (Principal Investigator: Akihisa Shibata)
Japan Center for Economic Research, Research Grant, 2015
Zengin Foundation, Grant-in-Aid for Studies on Economics and Finance, 2015
The Kyoto University Foundation, Travel Grant, 2014

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Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Principal Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience, 2014-2017
Kyoto University Start-up Grant-in-Aid for Young Researchers, 2012-2014
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies, 2006-2008
Conference and Seminar Presentations
2020

International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (June, cancelled),
Annual SAET Conference (June, postponed), Pan Pacific Conference in Economic
Research (March, cancelled), WEAI International Conference (March, cancelled), NTU
Macro Workshop (February, postponed)

2019

Singapore Economic Review Conference (August), Australasian Meeting of theEconometric Society (July), Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan (June)

2018

University of Tokyo (November), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics(November), Keio University (October), European Meeting of the Econometric Society(August), Tohoku University (August), Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society(July), International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (June), China
Meeting of the Econometric Society (June), Kobe University (June), AEI Joint Workshop(April)

2017

City University of Hong Kong (October), European Meeting of the Econometric Society(August), Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (August), DSGE Workshop at CIGS(July), International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (June),Workshop for Heterogeneous Macro Models at Kobe University (June), Asian Meetingof the Econometric Society (June), AEI Joint Workshop (May), GRIPS (May),
Hitotsubashi University (May), Kansai University (April)

2016

National University of Singapore (October), University of Melbourne (September),
University of Queensland (September), Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society(August), Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (June), Taipei International
Conference on Growth, Trade and Dynamics (June), Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings(May), AEI Joint Workshop (April)2015

Okayama University (October), Kyoto University (October), Koc-Kyoto Workshop on
Macroeconomics (September), Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (August),
International Conference on Nonlinear Economic Dynamics (June), International
Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (June), CIGS Conference on
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (May), AEI Joint Workshop (March), DSGE
Conference (March), Meiji University Conference (March), Kobe University (March)

2014

Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings (November), Bank of Canada (November),
European Meeting of the Econometric Society (August), Summer Workshop on
Economic Theory (August), Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society (July),
Kyoto University (June)

2013

IEFS Japan Annual Meeting (December), University of Kent (September), European
Meeting of the Econometric Society (August), Japanese Economic Association Spring
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Econometric Society (June), Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society (April),
AEI Joint Workshop (March)
2012

Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (December), University of Tokyo(December), Macroeconomics Workshop at Osaka University (November), Midwest
Macroeconomics Meetings (November), DSGE Workshop at Senshu University(September), University of Adelaide (February), Bank of Japan (February), Kyoto
University (January), Development Bank of Japan (January)

2011

Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting (March), Eastern Economic
Association Annual Conference (February)

Teaching Experience
Kyoto University
Advanced Macroeconomics (Graduate)
Computational Economics 1 & 2 (Graduate)
Applied Macroeconomics (Graduate)
Introduction to Economics (Undergraduate)
The Ohio State University
Money and Banking (Undergraduate)
Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate, TA)
Professional Experience
Summer Intern, International Monetary Fund (Strategy, Policy, and Review Department),
June 2009-August 2009
Referee for American Economic Review, Economics Bulletin, Economic Systems, Gendai
Keizaigaku no Choryu, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal ofMacroeconomics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Mathematical
Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Southern
Economic Journal
Program Committee Member, 2016 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association
CPA Exam Committee Member (2019, 2020)
Co-Organizer, Applied Macroeconomic Workshop at Kyoto University
Co-Organizer, Workshop for Heterogeneous Macro Models (January 2018)
Assistant Editor, International Journal of Economic Theory (April 2016-)
Discussions“The Timing of Government Debt Reductions in the Presence of Inequality,” by Akio Ino andKeiichiro Kobayashi, Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, May 2020
“Risk-Takings, Inequality and Output,” by Shuhei Aoki, Makoto Nirei, and Kazufumi Yamana,
University of Tokyo-Bank of Japan Joint Conference, November 2017
“A Note on Anticipated Shocks and Liquidity Traps,” by Kohei Hasui, Japan Society ofMonetary Economics Autumn Annual Meeting, October 2016
“TFP Growth, Monetary Policy, and Inequality in Japan,” by Nao Sudo and Tomoaki Yamada,Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, June 2016

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“Liquidity Trap and Optimal Monetary Policy Revisited,” by Kohei Hasui, Tomohiro Sugo, andYuki Teranishi, Macroeconomic Conference, November 2015
“Open Market Operations as Wash Sales: A Japanese Experience,” by Masahiko Nakazawa andMakoto Yano, IEFS Japan Annual Meeting,” May 2015
“The Impact of Macrostructural Shocks on Choices of Residence Status: Analysis Using a DSGE
Model (in Japanese), by Yuta Nakamura, Modern Monetary Economic Workshop,
September 2014
“Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents,” by Nils Gornemann, Keith Kuester, and Makoto
Nakajima, CIGS Conference on Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, June 2013
Other Talks
Lecturer, Kyoto University Summer School 2018, August 2018
Presenter, 13th Symposium of Kyoto University Research Institutes and Centers, March 2018
MembershipJapanese Economic Association, American Economic Association, Econometric Society,IEFS Japan

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