Employment

•    Faculty of Economics, Kobe International University

April 2019-March 2022

• Faculty of Economics, Osaka Gakuin University

April 2022-present

Education

• Ph.D. (Economics), Osaka University, Japan, March 2022.

• M.A. (Economics), Osaka University, Japan, March 2016.

• B.A. (Economics), Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, March 2011. 

Research Interest

• Finance

• Empirical Analysis

• Experimental Economics

• Knightian Uncertainty

Published Research Papers

1.         坂本　淳 (2019) 「企業間のディスクロージャーの違いが株式プレミアムに与える影響に関する実証分析」 金融経済研究, 42号, pp.46-63, 2019.(URL)

2.         Y. Saito and J. Sakamoto (2021) “Asset pricing during pandemic lockdown,” Research in International Business and Finance, vol.58, 101449. (DOI)

3.         T. Ogawa and J. Sakamoto (2021) “Welfare Implications of Mitigating Investment Uncertainty,” Annals of Finance, vol. 17, pp.559-582. (DOI)

Working Papers

1.         T. Hidaka, Y. Saito, and J. Sakamoto (2023) “Historical Relationships and International Market Return Predictability: The Role of the UK in the Former British Colonies, Protectorates and Mandates,” Discussion Papers in Economics And Business, 21-8-Rev. (URL)

2.         T. Ogawa and J. Sakamoto (2023) “Migration under Knightian Uncertainty,” SSRN 4652359. (DOI)

3.         T. Ogawa, J. Sakamoto, and M. Shimoshimizu (2025) “Brokerage Commissions in an Uncertain Stock Market,” SSRN 5105107. (DOI)

4.         J. Sakamoto, T. Takasago, and Y. Kinari (2025) “Monetary Policy and Trend-Following Behavior: The Impact of the Expectations Channel 

         under Moderate Rules and Low Interest Rates ,” SSRN 5634688. (DOI)

5.         T. Ogawa and J. Sakamoto (2025) “Knightian Income Uncertainty and International Migration: Evidence from Europe,” SSRN 5730164. (DOI)

Other Articles

1.         坂本　淳 (2022) 「日本市場における共変動プレミアムの検証」　大阪学院大学 経済論集, 第36巻　第1号－第2号, pp. 25-41 (URL)

2025年度

大阪学院大学

• ファイナンスA, B

• データ処理入門

• 経済学入門

• 経済理論A, B

• フレッシュマンゼミナール

• 基礎ゼミナール

• 専門ゼミナール

甲南大学

• 経済学入門Ⅰ（ミクロ経済学）

大阪経済大学

• マクロ経済動学

• マクロ経済動学特論（時系列分析）