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Ayako Matsuda

ayakom[at]berkeley[dot]edu

Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
318 Giannini Hall, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3310 USA

 

 

 

Education

2008-                               PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley

2011                                MSc in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley

2007                                 MA in Economics, the University of Tokyo

2005                                 BA in International Economics, the University of Tokyo

 

 

Research Interests

Micro Insurance, Behavioral, Labor, Applied Econometrics

 

 

Papers

·  "On the Role of Technical Cooperation in International Technology Transfers” (with Yasuyuki Sawada and Hidemi Kimura) Journal of International Development  (2012) 24, 316–340

 

Others

  • The Daily Sun (Hindi newspaper) May 21, 2011



Referee Service
    World Development


Research Experience

2009- April      Graduate Student Researcher of Professor David Levine, University of California, Berkeley

2009 summer   Graduate Student Researcher of Jeremy Magruder and Lori Beaman, University of California, Berkeley

2006-2008       Research Assistant, Economics of Foreign Aid Group, Research Institute of Economy, Industry and Trade, Tokyo, MITI, Japan

2007-2008       Research Assistant for Professor Yasuyuki Sawada, the University of  Tokyo                                                                                                                                        

 

 

Teaching Experience

2011 Spring    Graduate Student Instructor ECON119 Psychology and Economics (taught by Professor Dan Acland) University of California, Berkeley

2010 Fall       Graduate Student Instructor EEP100 Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural Resources 
                        (taught by Professor Ethan Ligon) University of California, Berkeley

2006 Fall       Teaching Assistant, International Trade (undergraduate), the University of Tokyo

2005 Fall       Teaching Assistant, International Trade (undergraduate), the University of Tokyo

 

 

Honors and Awards

  • Dissertation Research Award, Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
  • Nonresident Tuition Scholarship, University of California Berkeley, 2010-2011 
  • Nakajima Foundation Scholarship, 2008-2013 (expected)
  • JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), 2008
  • Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japanese equivalent of NSF), 2008
  • Academic Research Grant, Hirofumi Kang Fellowship, the University of Tokyo, 2007

 

 

Presentations

  • Keio University, July 1, 2011, Tokyo Japan
  • Yale University Summer Session, August 9, 2007, Tokyo, Japan
  • Microeconomics Workshop, the University of Tokyo, January 23, 2007
  • Development Economics Seminar, the University of Tokyo, July 6, 2006 


Field Research Experience
 
  • Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, August 2010, March 2011, May 2011, October-November 2011
  • Kolkata, West Bengal, India, June-July 2009
  • Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, May 2008
  • Luc Yen, Yen Bai, Vietnam, September 2006

 

 

Computer Skills

Matlab, R, STATA, LaTex, HTML, ArcGIS

  

Language Skills

English(fluent), Japanese(native), Hindi (preliminary)