Nori Tarui
樽井礼

September 2021
Department of Economics
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2424 Maile Way, 518 Saunders HallHonolulu, HI 96822 USA

Phone: +1-808-956-8427
Fax: +1-808-956-4347
nori@hawaii.edu
www2.hawaii.edu/~nori

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONSUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Professor
Department of Economics
Senior Advisor to the Dean on Global College Initiatives
College of Social Sciences
Co-Director
Renewable Energy and Island Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program
Associate Professor
Department of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Graduate Chair, August 2010-July 2013Research Fellow
University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO)
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Earth Institute Fellow
The Earth Institute

August 2018August 2018May 2017August 2010-

August 20142006-2010

2004-2006

Visiting positions
Visiting Associate Professor
June 2018-August 2018
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Keio University
Visiting Researcher
July 2016Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management, Waseda University
Guest Associate Professor
April 2016-September 2016
Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Faculty Fellow
January 2016Urban Institute, Kyushu University
Visiting Associate Professor
July 2013-December 2013
Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesVisiting Associate Professor
January 2014-May 2014
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Affiliate Faculty
August 2011-2017
Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Instructor
2005-2006
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University- 1 -Graduate Assistant
Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

EDUCATION
PhD Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
MA Economics, Keio University
BA Economics, Keio University
University of Wisconsin-Madison (exchange study)

2000-2004
20032004
19991997
1995-96

RESEARCH PAPERS
PublicationsDaitoh, Ichiroh; Tarui, Nori “Open Access Renewable Resources, Urban Unemployment, and theResolution of Dual Institutional Failures,” Environment and Development Economics,forthcoming.
Ishikawa, Jota; Tarui, Nori “You Can't Always Get What You Want: Protectionist Policies with theTransport Sector,” Economics Letters, 207, 110009, 2021.
Brucal, Arlan; Tarui, Nori “The Effects of Utility Revenue Decoupling on Electricity Prices,” Energy
Economics, 101, 105440, 2021.
Smith, L.Vanessa; Tarui, Nori; Yamagata, Takashi “Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on global
fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions,” Energy Economics, 97, 105170, 2021.
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Ishikawa, Jota; Tarui, Nori “What Goes Around Comes Around: ExportEnhancing Effects of Import-Tariff Reductions,” Journal of International Economics, 126,103362, 2020.
Ishikawa, Jota; Tarui, Nori “Backfiring with Backhaul Problems: Trade and Industrial Policies withEndogenous Transport Costs,” Journal of International Economics, 111, 81-98, 2018.
Mason, Charles F.; Polasky, Stephen; Tarui, Nori “Cooperation on Climate-Change Mitigation.”
European Economic Review, 99, 43-55, 2017 (Earlier version: CESifo Working Paper No.
5698, 2016)
Tarui, Nori “Electric utility regulation under enhanced renewable energy integration and distributedgeneration.” Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 19(3) 503–518, 2017.
Lynham, John; Nitta, Kohei; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi; Tarui, Nori “Why does real-time information reduceenergy consumption?” Energy Economics, 54 173-181, 2016.
Sherstyuk, Katerina; Tarui, Nori; Ravago, Majah-Leah V.; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi “Inter-Generational
Games with Dynamic Externalities and Climate Change Experiments.” Journal of theAssociation of Environmental and Resource Economists, 3(2) 247-281, 2016.
Konishi, Yoshifumi; Tarui, Nori “Emissions Trading, Firm Heterogeneity, and Intra-Industry
Reallocations in the Long Run.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists, 2(1) 1-42, 2015. (Earlier version available as the Center for Economic
Institutions Working Paper 2014-1, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.)
Yomogida, Morihiro; Tarui, Nori “Emission Taxes and Border Tax Adjustments for Oligopolistic
Industries.” Pacific Economic Review, 18 (5) 644–673, 2013.
- 2 -Sherstyuk, Katerina; Tarui, Nori; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi “Payment schemes in infinite-horizon
experimental games.” Experimental Economics, 16 (1) 125-153, 2013.
Heal, Geoffrey; Tarui, Nori “Investment and Emission Control under Technology and Pollution
Externalities.” Resource and Energy Economics, 32 (1) 1-14, 2010.
Tarui, Nori; Mason, Charles F.; Polasky, Stephen; Ellis, Gregory M. “Cooperation in the Commonswith Unobservable Actions.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 55 (1)37-51, 2008.
D’Evelyn, Sean T.; Tarui, Nori; Burnett, Kimberly; Roumasset, James A. “Learning-by-Catching:
Uncertain Invasive-Species Populations and the Value of Information.” Journal ofEnvironmental Management, 89(4) 284-292, 2008.
Tarui, Nori “Inequality and Outside Options in Common-Property Resource Use.” Journal ofDevelopment Economics, 83(1), 214-239, 2007.
Polasky, Stephen; Tarui, Nori; Ellis, Gregory M.; Mason, Charles F. “Cooperation in the Commons.”
Economic Theory, 29(1) 71-88, 2006.
Tarui, Nori; Polasky, Stephen “Environmental Regulation with Technology Adoption, Learning andStrategic Behavior.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50(3), 447-467,
2005.
Publication (not peer-reviewed)
Tarui, Nori; Peng, Marcus; Eversole, Dolan “Economic Impact Analysis of the Potential Erosion ofWaikīkī Beach.” University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program Report, 2018.
Book chapters“The Role of Institutions in Natural Resource Use” in A. Balisacan, U. Chakravorty, and M-L
Ravago, eds., Resources, Development and Public Policy: Concepts, Practice andChallenges, Elsevier, 2014.
“Real-Time Information and Consumption: What Can Water Demand Programs Learn From
Electricity Demand Programs?” with J. Lynham, in K. Burnett, R. Howitt and J. Roumasset,eds., Handbook of Water Economics and Institutions, Routledge, forthcoming.
“Renewable Energy Policy Development in Hawaii” in Y. Fujita, K. Toguchi, S. Karimata, eds.,
島嶼地域の新たな展望：自然・文化・社会の融合体としての島々 (New Perspectives on
Island Studies: Islands as a Harmony of Nature, Culture, and Society)” Kyushu University
Press, in Japanese, 2014.
“Institutional aspects of environmental conservation” in 環境経済学 (Environmental Economics), Eiji
Hosoda ed., Minerva Shobo, in Japanese, 2012.
“Trade Restrictions and Incentives to Tax Pollution Emissions,” with Morihiro Yomogida and Cynthia
Yao, in地球温暖化対策と国際貿易(Climate Change Policies and International Trade), Toshi
Arimura, Morihiro Yomogida, Tsuyosi Kawase, eds. University of Tokyo Press, in Japanese,2012.
“Game theory and international agreements on climate change mitigation,”in地球温暖化対策と国際貿易(Climate Change Policies and International Trade), Toshi Arimura,
Morihiro Yomogida, Tsuyosi Kawase, eds. University of Tokyo Press, in Japanese, 2012, inJapanese, completed May 2011.
Editorial work
Special Issue “Environmental Governance in Asia,” Guest editors: Fuhai Hong, Nori Tarui, 2020.
- 3 -Special Issue “Enhancing renewable energy and energy efficiency: Japanese and U.S. policies withimplications for Asia,” Guest editors: Toshi H. Arimura, Nori Tarui, 2017.
Working papers“The Local Economic Impacts of Natural Resources: Evidence from Ghana’s Mining” with Tomomi
Tanaka and Josephine Ofori Adofo, The World Bank Report,
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/831221546845499574/The-Local-EconomicEffects-of-Natural-Resources-Evidence-from-Ghana“Open Access Renewable Resources, Urban Unemployment, and the Resolution of Dual InstitutionalFailures” with Ichiroh Daitoh, UH Mānoa Department of Economics Working Paper 19-06.
Formerly circulated as “Open-access Renewable Resources and Urban Unemployment: Dual
Institutional Failures in a Small Open Economy,” with Ichiroh Daitoh, Discussion Paper
DP2016-009, Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University, 2016.
“Governing the Resource: Scarcity-Induced Institutional Change,” with James A. Roumasset. UHMānoa Department of Economics Working Paper 10-15.
“Intra-Industry Reallocations and Long-run Impacts of Environmental Regulations,” with Yoshifumi
Konishi, UH Mānoa Department of Economics Working Paper 13-7.
“Other-regarding behavior under collective action,” with Katerina Sherstyuk, Melinda Podor, Jay
Viloria, Tatsuyoshi Saijo. UH Mānoa Department of Economics Working Paper 14-4.
“Designing Optimal Environmental Policy with Uncertainty, Investment, and Strategic Behavior,”
with Stephen Polasky.

Work in progress“Understanding Price Response for Commercial and Industrial Customers: Does Rate Schedule Change
Make Customers More Price-Elastic?” with Asahi Oshiro.
“Preference for Cash Dividend and Non-Cash Shareholder Perks: A Comparison between the UnitedStates and Japan” with Taeko Yasutake and Motoki Watanabe.
“Are energy conservation “nudges” effective? Evidence from a randomized residential field experiment in
the Philippines,” with Majah-Leah V. Ravago and Arlan Brucal.
“Child Maltreatment and Educational Attainment: Evidence from AddHealth Data,” with Xiangming
Fang.
“Self Governance of Natural Resources: Emergence of Entry Deterrence.”
GRANTS
Tarui, Nori, PI “A Comprehensive Approach to Value Waikīkī Beach,” University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
College Program, 2020-2022, $116,634.
Tarui, Nori, PI “Scoping research on Hawaiiʻs experience in electiral energy transition,” Panasonic
Corporation, 2019-2020, $10,000.
Tarui, Nori, PI “Conditional Demand Analysis of Residential Energy Use Survey,” Hawaiian ElectricCompany, 2020, $50,000.
Konan, Denise, PI, Tarui, Nori, Co-PI “Informing Smart Customer Load,” contract with Hawaiian
Electric Company, 2016-2019, $150,000.
Tarui, Nori, PI “Economic Impact Analysis of Waikiki Beach Erosion” Waikiki Beach Special
Improvement District Association and University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program Award,
2016-2017, $32,224.
- 4 -Tarui, Nori, Katerina Sherstyuk, Co-PIs. “Other-regarding behavior, generosity, and implications fordynamic collective action problems,” Research Support Fund, College of Social Sciences,
University of Hawaiʻi, 2008-9.
Tarui, Nori, PI. (James A. Roumasset, Co-PI.) “Optimal prevention and control of invasive species under
uncertainty,” Research Relations Fund Award, University of Hawaiʻi Research Council, 2006-7.
Research Support Fund, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi.
Arimura, Toshihide PI. (With eight investigators including Nori Tarui.) “The Impact of Domestic
Emissions Trading on Competitiveness and International Climate Change Negotiation: A Law andEconomics Approach,” Sumitomo Foundation, 2009-2010.
Arimura, Toshihide PI. (With eight investigators including Nori Tarui.) “The Impact of Domestic
Emissions Trading on Competitiveness and International Climate Change Negotiation: A Law andEconomics Approach,” Mitsui & Co. Ltd, Environmental Fund, 2009-2012.
Arimura, Toshihide PI. (With eight investigators including Nori Tarui.) “The Impact of DomesticEmissions Trading on Competitiveness and International Climate Change Negotiation: A Law andEconomics Approach,” Japan Foundation Center for the Global Partnership, 2009-2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa
Mathematics for Economics (graduate), Resource Economics (graduate,), Microeconomic Theory I, II(graduate), Renewable Energy Economics and Policy (graduate), Environmental Economics(undergraduate), Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate), Economics of Climate Change(undergraduate), Energy Economics (undergraduate)
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
2005-6: Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development (Co-Instructor) and Human Ecology andSustainable Development (Co-Instructor) in the PhD Program in Sustainable Development,
Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2002-4: Mathematics Review (Instructor), Econometric Analysis I, II (Teaching Assistant)
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
2003: Agricultural Economics II (Instructor)
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2021: Keio University, At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice,Western Economic Association International Annual Conference
2020: Keynote Speech, Society of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Annual Meeting(online), Sep. 25, 2020 “Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Coastal Management.”
2019: Western Economic Association International Conference, Northeast Asia Economic Forum
Young Leadership Program
2018: Chiba University, Waseda University, The Fifth World Congress of Environmental and Resource
Economists, Northeast Asia Economic Forum Young Leadership Program, Hawaii Economic
Association Conference, The Fourth Annual Conference on Applied Econometrics in Hawaii,
Asian Development Bank, Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) AnnualConference
2017: London School of Economics, Waseda University, Northeast Asia Economic Forum YoungLeadership Program, The Third Annual Conference on Applied Econometrics in Hawaii
2016: Waseda University, Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Tohoku University, Kyoto
University, Northeast Asia Economic Forum Young Leadership Program- 5 -2015: Nihon University, Keio University, Western Economic Association International AnnualConference
2014: Waseda University, Keio University, Hitotsubashi University, Tohoku University, Kochi
University of Technology, Yokohama National University, Kobe University, The Fifth World
Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Behavior, Energy & Climate Change(BECC) Conference, Singapore Management University, Nanyang Technological University
2013: Asia-Pacific Economic Science Association Conference, Tokyo, Japan; Osaka University; Global
Environmental System Leaders Program Conference, Keio University; Western Economic
Association International 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference, Tokyo, Japan; Sophia
University; Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) SummerConference, College of Saint Benedict, University of Minnesota, University of WisconsinMadison
2012: Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference, Hawaii; Southern
Economic Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana; University of the Ryukyus andUniversity of Hawai’i Joint Symposium, Okinawa, Japan; East-West Center
2011: Industrial Ecology and Island Sustainability Conference, Hawaiʻi; Toyama University
2010: The Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Montreal, Canada;Sophia University; Aoyama Gakuin University
2009: Keio University; Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society Meeting, Tokyo,Japan; Sophia University; Kwansei Gakuin University; Western Economic Association
International Meeting; Eastern Economic Association Meeting
2008: TIGS (Transdisciplinary Initiative for Global Sustainability) Symposium on the “Adaptation
Strategies for Climate Change”; Occasional California Workshop on Environmental andResource Economics; University of Minnesota; American Society of Health Economists
Conference; Western Economic Assocation International Annual Conference; Nihon University;
Hitotsubashi University; Sophia University; Keio University; University of Tokyo; OsakaUniversity
2007: ASSA Meetings; University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa; Doshisha University; Japanese EconomicAssociation Meeting; Hitotsubashi University; University of Tokyo (Economics); University ofTsukuba; Tokyo Tech; Kobe University; University of Tokyo (TIGS, Transdisciplinary Initiativefor Global Sustainability); Keio University; DISCCRS III Symposium (Dissertations Initiative for
the Advancement of Climate Change Research)
2006: University of Wyoming; University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa; University of Wisconsin-Madison; YorkUniversity; The Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Kyoto, Japan
2005: Columbia University; Keio University; Bard College; Eastern Economic Association Meeting
2004: University of Minnesota; Princeton University
2003: University of Minnesota; Keio University; Annual Meeting for the American Agricultural
Economics Association
2002: University of Minnesota; Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop;
International Atlantic Economic Conference; Annual Meeting for the American AgriculturalEconomics Association
2001: Keio University; University of Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2009-2015
Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2010- 6 -International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2012-2020
Associate Editor, Singapore Economic Review, 2018Referee for B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Canadian Journal of Economics, China
Agricultural Economic Review, Ecological Economics, Economic Bulletin, Economic Inquiry,Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Energy Journal, Environmental and DevelopmentEconomics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and PolicyStudies, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International EconomicReview, International Journal of Economic Theory, International Review of Economics andFinance, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal ofDevelopment Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal ofEnvironmental Economics and Management, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal ofthe Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of the Japanese andInternational Economies, Journal of Public Economics, Metroeconomica, Nature Energy,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Public Finance and Management, Resourceand Energy Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Social Choice and Welfare, Strategic
Behavior and the Environment, Sustainability Science
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
American Economic Association, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Society for
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