Curriculum Vitae

    Last Update: February 23, 2012


YAMADA, Kazuo

    Ph.D candidate, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University
    JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

[Contact Information]
e-mail: yamada@stu.kobe-u.ac.jp
Skype: yamadee

[Education]
2012/03 Ph.D. Kobe University 
Dissertation Title: "Empirical studies on the impact of going public: Effect on the IPO firms and their supply chains"

2009/03 M.A. Kobe University
 Master Thesis: 
Tile: ‘‘Determination and the effect of primary and secondary shares: Evidence from Japanese IPO data (in Japanese)''


[Research Interests]
Corporate Finance (Capital Structure; Network; Entrepreneurial Finance; IPO)

[Publications]
  • ‘‘Determination and the effect of primary and secondary shares: Evidence from Japanese IPO data", Keieizaimu Kenkyu (Japan Journal of Finance), (in Japanese), Forthcoming .

[Working Papers]
  • ``Do industry characteristics affect debt financing of IPO firms? Evidence from Japan,'', January 2012. (Under review)
  • `` Does the intended use of proceeds affect the bank underwriters’ certification and conflicts of interest role? Evidence from seasoned equity offerings,'' (with Katsushi Suzuki), October 2010. (R&R)
  • `` Spillover effect of IPOs on the investment activity of their supply chains,'' (with Kenji Kutsuna), August 2011. 
  • ``Effects of investor sentiment on IPO pricing: Evidence from the Japanese auction method,'' (with Yoji Takahashi), September 2010.
[Work in Progress]
  • ``How bank health affects debt financing and performance of IPO firms? Evidence from Japanese financial crisis''.

[Conference Presentations]
  • 2011
    • Japan Finance Association  (in Japanese)
    • Global Business Conference 
    • The Academy of Japanese Business Studies Annual Conference
  • 2010
    • Nihon Finance Association (in Japanese)
    • Society of the Economics Studies of Securities (in Japanese)
  • 2009
    • Nihon Finance Association (in Japanese)

[Research Experience]

-2011/04 - 2012/03 Research Assistant (Kenji Kutsuna, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University)
-2010/04 - 2011/03 Research Assistant (Toshihiko Okubo, RIEB, Kobe University)
-2009/04 - 2010/03 Research Assistant (Kenji Kutsuna, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University)

[Other Experience]
2011/07                  Seminar at Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University    
2011/06                  One-day Lecturer (Basic Statistics) at Ritsumeikan University

[Programming Language]
Stata, VBA, Ruby(a bit)