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KIYOYASU TANAKA
Affiliation

Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Title

COE ResearcherDegree

Ph.D. in Economics (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

FieldsInternational Economics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics

Research

Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment, Comparative Analysis ofInterests

Japanese and U.S. Multinational Enterprises, Service Sector and Productivity

Emailtanakak@ier.hit-u.ac.jp

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA, 2008
Dissertation“Essays on Japanese and U.S. Multinational Enterprises”

Advisor

Professor Theresa M. Greaney

M.A. in Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA, 2005
B.A. in Economics, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2009 – present

Project coordinator for the project on producer dynamics in East Asia, Economic
and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

April 2009 – present Research assistant, Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry
February 2009

COE Researcher, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University– presentMay 2007

Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa,– July 2008

Intermediate microeconomics at the undergraduate level

October 2005

Teaching Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa,– May 2008

Undergraduate courses: principles of macroeconomics, introductory statistics,
Japanese economy, Chinese economy, monetary theory and policy.
Graduate courses: advanced microeconomics and mathematics for economics.

January 2004

Project Assistant, North East Asian Economic Forum, East West Center, USA– October 2005

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RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
August 2009

“Does Offshoring Improve Domestic Productivity? Evidence from the Japanese
Manufacturing Industries” with Keiko Ito
Forthcoming in RIETI discussion paperJuly 2009

“Producer Services and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence from Japan Industrial
Productivity Database”
Hitotsubashi University, Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series 76

March 2009

“Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Multinational
Enterprises”
Hitotsubashi University, Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series 46
Submitted to “Journal of the Japanese and International Economies”

December 2008 “Essays on Japanese and U.S. Multinational Enterprises”
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa
March 2008

“The Complex Expansion Strategies of Japanese and U.S. Multinational Firms”
Journal of Economics, Vol. 48, no 3-4, Chuo University, Economics Department

WORK IN PROGRESS2009“Estimating Transport Technology: Evidence from Logistics Census”

2009“Comparative Advantage Motives of Japanese and U.S. Multinational Enterprises”
with Shujiro Urata and Toshiyuki Matsuura

2008“The Effect of Exchange Rates on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence
from Japan and the United States”, Dissertation Chapter 2

2008“Re-estimating the Knowledge Capital Model: Evidence from Japanese and U.S.
Multinational Enterprises”, Dissertation Chapter 3

2008“The Structure of Japanese and U.S. Multinational Activity and Host-Country
Characteristics”, Dissertation Chapter 4

2007“The Relative Importance of Horizontal and Vertical FDI: Evidence from Japaneseand U.S. Multinational Enterprises”

ARTICLEMay 2009

“Trade Collapse and International Supply Chains: Evidence from Japan”
VoxEU, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

April 2009

“Trade Collapse and Vertical Foreign Direct Investment (in Japanese)”
Hitotsubashi University Global COE Hi-Stat Vox No.7

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April 2009

“Trade Collapse and Vertical Foreign Direct Investment (in English)”
Hitotsubashi University Global COE Hi-Stat Vox No. 7

CONFFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
June 2009“Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Multinational
Enterprises”
The Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

June 2009“Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Multinational
Enterprises”
The Japan Society of International Economics Kanto, Nihon University, Tokyo

May 2009“Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Multinational
Enterprises”
Global COE Trade and Investment Seminar, Keio University, Tokyo

April 2009

“Do Service Sectors Improve Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Japan
Industrial Productivity Database”
Service Productivity Workshop, RIETI, Tokyo

March 2009

“Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Multinational
Enterprises”
One-Day Trade Workshop, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

October 2008

“The Effects of Exchange Rates on Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions:
Evidence from Japan and the U.S.”
Young Leadership Program in Regional Cooperation, North East Asia EconomicForum, Tianjing University, Tianjing

March 2008

“The Complex Expansion Strategies of Japanese and U.S. Multinational Firms”
The 7th East West Center International Graduate Student Conference, University ofHawaii at Manoa, Honolulu

July 2007“Re-estimating the Knowledge Capital Model: Evidence from Japanese and U.S.
Multinational Enterprises”
The Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, Shanghai University of Economics and Finance,Shanghai

February 2007

“The Relative Importance of Horizontal versus Vertical FDI: Evidence fromJapanese and U.S. Multinational Firms”
The 6th East West Center International Graduate Student Conference, University ofHawaii at Manoa, Honolulu

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TRANSLATION2009“Korean Modernization: Era of Park Chung Hee (translated in Japanese)” edited byCho, Lee J. (Former director of East West Center) , Toshio, Watanabe (Chancellor ofTakushoku University), and Eckert, Carter (Professor at Harvard University)
Forthcoming in the University of Tokyo Press

June 2009“Why was the Industrial Revolution British? (translated in Japanese)”, Robert C.
Allen (Oxford University),

March 2009

Hitotsubashi University Global COE Hi-Stat Vox No.9

“Help! Not just anybody: The Location Choice of Japanese MNC Affiliates(translated in Japanese)”, Sandra Poncet (University of Paris 11 and CEPII),
Hitotsubashi University Global COE Hi-Stat Vox No.6

March 2009

“Structural Lessons for and from Economics (translated in Japanese)”, Daron
Acemoglu (MIT and CEPR), Hitotsubashi University Global COE Hi-Stat Vox No.5

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, and FELLOWSHIPS2008

Burnham O. Campbell Dissertation Scholarship, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2007

Travel Grant, Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2005 - 2008

Graduate Assistant Fellowships, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2004 - 2005

Economics Department Tuition Waiver, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2003

Asia Pacific Tuition Differential Exemption, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2000 - 2003

Scholarship for Excellence of Grades, Chuo University

REFEREE ACTIVITY
Japan and the World Economy, Journal of Asian Economics, Southern Economic Journal

AFFILIATION OF SCOCIETY
Japanese Economic Association, Japan Society of International Economics, International Economics
and Finance Society Japan

REFERENCE
Professor Jota Ishikawa, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Email: jota@econ.hit-u.ac.jp

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