He conducts research on property rights and forest resource management. Otsuka is a professor of economics at the Tokyo Metropolitan University. From 1986 to 1989 he was a visiting scientist at the International Rice Research Institute. He received a B.A. degree in agricultural sciences from Hokkaido University, an M.A. degree in economics from Tokyo Metropolitan University, and a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
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