Daisaku GOTO

Professor

Address: 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima 739-8529 JAPAN

E-mail: dgoto [[at]] hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Vita

Education

BA in Policy Studies, Chuo University, March 2000.

MA in Economics, Hitotsubashi University, March 2003.

Ph.D in Economics, Kyushu University, February 2007.

Employment

Professor, The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, October 2022-present.

Associate Professor, The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, April 2022-September 2022.

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, April 2020-September 2022.

Associate Professor, IDEC, Hiroshima University, May 2009-September 2022.

Visiting Researcher, Institute of Policy and Cultural Studies, Chuo University, April 2017-March 2019.

Visiting Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities, April 2017-March 2018.

Assistant Professor, IDEC, Hiroshima University, April 2008-Mar 2009.

COE Researcher, HICEC/IDEC, Hiroshima University, April 2007-Mar 2008.

Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University, April 2006-Mar 2007.

Research

Research Fields

Applied Microeconomics

- - Industrial Economics
  - Environmental Economics
  - Development Economics
  - Law and Economics

Articles/Discussion Papers in English

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Daisaku Goto@IDEAS/RePEc

Refereed Articles (SSCI/SCIE)

1. 1. Truong Pham*, Daisaku Goto and Duc Tran, 2024, "Child online safety education: A program evaluation combining a randomized controlled trial and list experiments in Vietnam", Computers in Human Behavior, Vol.156, 108225.
  2. Hung Manh Nguyen* and Daisaku Goto, 2024, "Unmasking academic cheating behavior in the artificial intelligence era: Evidence from Vietnamese undergraduates", Education and Information Technologies, Vol., ***-***.
  3. Duc Tran, Vu Ha Thu* and Daisaku Goto, 2022, "Agricultural land consolidation, labor allocation and land productivity: A case study of plot exchange policy in Vietnam," Economic Analysis and Policy. Vol.43, 455-473.
  4. Yasunori Ouchida* and Daisaku Goto, 2022, "Strategic non-use of the government's precommitment ability for emissions taxation: Environmental R&D formation in a Cournot duopoly ," Australian Economic Papers. Vol. 61(1), 181-206.
  5. Vu Ha Thu*, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto and Keisuke Kawata, 2020 "Does Experience Sharing Affect Farmers' Pro-environmental Behavior? A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam," World Development, Vol. 136, 105062 .
  6. Vu Ha Thu* and Daisaku Goto, 2020 "Does Awareness about Land Tenure Security (LTS) Increase Investments in Agriculture? Evidence from Rural Households in Vietnam," Land Use Policy, Vol.97, 104721.
  7. Vu Ha Thu* and Daisaku Goto, 2020 "Does Microfinance Improve the Household Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam," Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 20(1), 65-83.
  8. Duc Tran* and Daisaku Goto, 2019 "Impacts of sustainability certification on farm income: Evidence from small-scale specialty green tea farmers in Vietnam," Food Policy, Vol. 83, 70-82.
  9. Thiptaiya Sydavong, Daisaku Goto*, Keisuke Kawata, Shinji Kaneko, Masaru Ichihashi, 2019 "Potential demand for voluntary community-based health insurance improvement in rural Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A randomized conjoint experiment," PLOS ONE 14(1).
  10. Yasunori Ouchida* and Daisaku Goto, 2016 "Environmental research joint ventures and time-consistent emission tax: Endogenous choice of R&D formation," Economic Modelling, Vol. 55, 179-188.
  11. Yasunori Ouchida* and Daisaku Goto, 2016 "Cournot duopoly and environmental R&D underregulator's precommitment to an emissions tax," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 23, 324-331.
  12. Yasunori Ouchida* and Daisaku Goto, 2014. "Do emission subsidies reduce emissions? In the context of environmental R&D organization," Economic Modelling, Vol.36, 511-516.

Refereed Articles (Non-SSCI/Non-SCI)

1. 1. Thiptaiya Sydavong* and Daisaku Goto, 2019. "Household Risk Preferences and Community-based Health Insurance Uptake in Rural Villages, Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Rebuplic: Field Experimental Data," Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol.25, No.1-2, pp.55-67.
  2. Thiptaiya Sydavong* and Daisaku Goto, 2019. "Does Community-based Health Insurance Have Potential Impacts on Direct and Indirect Outcomes? Evidence from Rural Villages, Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic," Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol. 25, No.1-2, pp.69-83.
  3. Yasunori Ouchida* and Daisaku Goto, 2011. "A Note on Environmental R&D under Time-Consistent Emission Tax," International Journal of Business and Economics, Vol.10, pp.257-260.
  4. Luciano Charlita de Freitas*, Shinji Kaneko, Masaru Ichihashi, and Daisaku Goto, 2011. “Current status of the Brazilian ethanol program: Report on Hiroshima University-IDEC’s mission to Brazil,”Journal of International Development and Cooperation, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 111-122.

Discussion Papers

1. 1. Duc Tran, Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto, 2020, "Land consolidation and farm production: A difference-in-differences approach with plot exchange in two provinces of Vietnam," IDEC DP2 Series 10-2, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  2. Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto, 2020, "Does Understanding Land Tenure Security (LTS) Increase Investments in Agriculture? Evidence from Rural Households in Vietnam," IDEC DP2 Series 9-2, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  3. Duc Tran and Daisaku Goto, 2020. "Smallholder Farmers’ Preferences for Certification Standards: A Randomized Conjoint Analysis in Vietnam," IDEC DP2 Series 9-1, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  4. Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto and Keisuke Kawata, 2019. "Pecuniary versus Non-pecuniary Interventions to Influence Farmers’ Behavior: Evidence from Field Experiment in Vietnam," IDEC DP2 Series 8-9, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  5. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2019. "Strategic non-use of the government's precommitment ability for emissions taxation: Environmental R&D organization in a Cournot duopoly," Discussion Paper Series No. 2019-2, Faculty of Economics, Hiroshima University.
  6. Thiptaiya Sydavong and Daisaku Goto, 2018. "Household Risk Preferences and Community-based Health Insurance Uptake in Rural Villages, Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Field Experimental Data," IDEC DP2 Series 7-7, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  7. Thiptaiya Sydavong and Daisaku Goto, 2018. "Does Community-based Health Insurance Have Potential Impacts on Direct and Indirect Outcomes? Evidence from Rural Villages, Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic," IDEC DP2 Series 7-6, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  8. Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto, 2017. "Does Microfinance Improve Household Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam," IDEC DP2 Series 7-1, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  9. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2014. "Cournot Duopoly and Environmental R&D Under Regulator's Precommitment to an Emissions Tax," SSRN Working Papers Series.
  10. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2014. "Cournot duopoly and environmental R&D under regulator's precommitment to an emissions tax," IDEC DP2 Series 4-3, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  11. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2014. "Environmental Research Joint Ventures and Time-Consistent Emission Tax," Note di lavoro 2014.035, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
  12. Yutaka Ito, Ram Dhital, Daisaku Goto, Masaru Ichihashi, Takahiro Ito, Shinji Kaneko, Keisuke Kawata, Satoru Komatsu and Yuichiro Yoshida, 2014. "Social Factors Determining the Physical Design Performances of the Solar Water Pumping Systems in Rural Nepal, " IDEC DP2 Series 3-13, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  13. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2012. "What is the socially desirable formation of environmental R&D?," IDEC DP2 Series 2-6, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  14. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2012. "The organization of R&D and environmental policy: So does emission subsidy reduce emissions?,"IDEC DP2 Series 2-13, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  15. Yasunori Ouchida and Daisaku Goto, 2011. "A note on environmental R&D under time-consistent emission tax," IDEC DP2 Series 1-6, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
  16. Daisaku Goto, 2007. “Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation: Incentive Design for Capacity Development,” HICEC Discussion Paper Series, Vol.2007-1．

Articles/Discussion Papers in Japanese (=>See Japanese page)

Books in Japanese (=>See Japanese page)

Presentations in Conferences/Workshops/Seminars in English

1. 1. Truong Pham and Daisaku Goto "Mitigating online risks toward children: Evidence from a field experiment on cybersecurity education in Vietnam" The 22nd JEPA International Conference, Novembar 18-19, 2023, Ritumeikan University.
  2. Hung Manh Nguyen, Daisaku Goto and Duc Tran "Understanding noncompliance behavior in pesticide application and effective information sources among local communities: Evidence from green tea production in Vietnam, " The 22nd JEPA International Conference, Novembar 18-19, 2023, Ritumeikan University.
  3. Hung Manh Nguyen, Daisaku Goto and Duc Tran "Understanding farmer’s pesticide practice and effective extension services among the local communities: Evidence from the tea production in Vietnam," The Pacific Rim Conference for Digital Technology and Green Growth (International Conference: CSUST-MIE-PRSDA), July 14-17, 2023, Mie University.
  4. Nhu Ngoc Thi Nguyen and Daisaku Goto "The Effect of Feedback based on Real-Time Information on Electricity-Saving Behavior of Vietnamese Households," NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  5. Avik Chowdhury and Daisaku Goto "Alleviating Limited Attention and Strengthening Focus to Trigger Savings Propensity: Seeking Experimental Evidence from Rural Setting of a Developing Economy," NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  6. Pramod Simkhada and Daisaku Goto "Workplace Discrimination in Civil Service: Evidence from List Experiment," NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  7. Juan Xu, Shinji Kaneko and Daisaku Goto "Can Mandatory Non-Financial Information Disclosure Benefit Companies?" NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  8. Vithyea You and Daisaku Goto "Public Perceptions toward Hydropower Development: The Case of Rural Areas in Cambodia," NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  9. Kanae Nakai and Daisaku Goto "The Students' Choice of Cage-free Eggs in Japan: Do Tasting and Information Change Food Choice?" NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  10. Adolf Kwandzo and Daisaku Goto "Physician Behaviour: Patient and Physician Perspectives from Ghana Using List Experiment Approrach," NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  11. Elsy Marielos Quintanilla Perez and Daisaku Goto "Hybrid Interventions to Increase Team Productivity: The Case of Hiroshima University", NERPS Conference 2023, February 28-March 3, 2023, AIT Conference Center, Thailand.
  12. Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Shoji Masahiro, Munenobu Ikegami and Daisaku Goto "Long-term Direct and Spillover Effects of Subsidies on Crop Insurance Adoption in Vietnam," The 62nd Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) Annual Meeting, February 15-18, 2023, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaiʻi, USA.
  13. Kenta Katayama and Daisaku Goto "Less Voting Cost, More Turnout of Students: Evidence from the National Election in Japan," The 21st JEPA International Conference, November 19-20, 2022, Kobe University.
  14. Aino Nakasugi and Daisaku Goto "Gender and Classical Music: Does knowing a composers's sex influence listener preference?" NERPS Conference 2022, March 1-4, Hiroshima University.
  15. Kenta Katayama and Daisaku Goto "Less Voting Cost, More Turnout of Students: Evidence from the National Election in Japan," NERPS Conference 2022, March 1-4, Hiroshima University.
  16. Duc Tran, Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto "Land consolidation and farm production: A difference-in-differences approach with plot exchange in two provinces of Vietnam," The 60th Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) Annual Meeting, February 23, 2021, Virtual.
  17. Duc Tran, Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto "Land consolidation and farm production: A difference-in-differences approach with plot exchange in two provinces of Vietnam," The 19th JEPA International Conference, November 14-20, 2020, Online.
  18. Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto and Keisuke Kawata "Does Experience Sharing Affect Farmers' Pro-environmental Behavior? A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam," SSJDA Seminar, Center for Social Research and Data Archives, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Online.
  19. Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto and Keisuke Kawata "Does Experience Sharing Affect Farmers' Pro-environmental Behavior? A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam," ESA North American Meeting 2019, October 10-12, 2019, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  20. Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto, and Keisuke Kawata "Encouraging Farmers to Adopt Organic Fertilizer: Evidence from Field Experiment in Vietnam," Spring 2019 Microeconomics Workshop, March 26, 2019, UH-Mānoa Economics, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  21. Thu Ha Vu, Duc Anh Tran, Daisaku Goto, and Keisuke Kawata "Pecuniary versus Non-pecuniary Interventions to Influence Farmers' Behavior: Evidence from Field Experiment in Vietnam," WEAI 15th International Conference, March 21-23, 2019, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
  22. Xiaoxiao Chen and Daisaku Goto "The impact of School Boarding on Adolescents' well-being in Rural China," The 10th International RAIS Conference on Social Science and Humanities, August 22-23, 2018, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  23. Duc Anh Tran and Daisaku Goto "Can certification improve the impacts of tea cooperatives? Evidence from tea producers in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam," The 16th JEPA International Conference, November 4-5, 2017, Okinawa Jichikaikan Hall, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
  24. Thiptaiya Sydavong and Daisaku Goto "Rural Household Preferences on Community-based Health Insurance in Lao PDR," 25th Pacific Conference of the RSAI, May 17-20, 2017, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  25. Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto "Does Microfinace Improve Households' Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Privince, Vietnam," 25th Pacific Conference of the RSAI, May 17-20, 2017, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  26. Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto "Does Microfinace Improve Households' Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Privince, Vietnam," Western Regional Science Association 56th Annual Meeting, February 15-18, 2017, La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NM.
  27. Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto "Impact Evaluation of Microfinance Program on Rural Households in Northern Mountainous Region, Vietnam," The 15th JEPA International Conference, October 29-30, 2016, Onuma International Seminar House with the support of Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Hakkaido, Japan.
  28. Duc Anh Tran, Daisaku Goto and Nobukazu Nakagoshi "Economic Contribution of Forest Products to Rural Livelihoods in Northern Mountainous Villages, Vietnam," The 15th JEPA International Conference, October 29-30, 2016, Onuma International Seminar House with the support of Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Hakkaido, Japan.
  29. Phonethip Phimmasone and Daisaku Goto "The Impact of Village Banking on Household Welfare: A Case Study of Villabouly District, Savanhnakhet Province, Lao PDR," The 14th JEPA International Conference, November 7-8, 2015, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
  30. Katsuhiro Ando and Daisaku Goto "The impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Jessore District Using Average Treatment Effects from Propensity Score Matching," The 14th JEPA International Conference, November 7-8, 2015, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
  31. Tun Lynn Aun and Daisaku Goto "The Impact of the Microfinance on the Welfare of Rural Households in Myanmar," The 13th JEPA International Conference, November 8-9, 2014, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.
  32. Daisaku Goto and Md Shakil Mahamud "Household Behavior and Risk Preference after Climatic Disasters in the Costal Areas of Bangladesh," Special Seminar, The Development Mission and Higher Education: Who See What?, September 9, 2014, Faculty of Social Science, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  33. Daisaku Goto and Liqing Quan "Assessing Consumer Preference for Solar Water Heaters: Choice Experiment in Kunming City, China," UPSE-PCED Seminars, March 7, 2014, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
  34. Thiptaiya Sydavong and Daisaku Goto, "Economic Growth and Substitution Possibilities of Inter-fuels and Inter-factors in Lao PDR: Approach of Morishima Elasticity of Substitution," 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, September 21-22, 2013, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  35. Tomoyo Toyoda, Daisaku Goto and Shinji Kaneko “Ecological assessment of agricultural modernization with ecological footprint in Japan, Korea and China,”5th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, International Society for Industrial Ecology, June 21-24, 2009, Lisboa, Portugal.
  36. Daisaku Goto “An Economic Analysis of the Green Purchasing Promotion Law and False Eco-Labeling,” 2008 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, September 27-28, 2008, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  37. Daisaku Goto “Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation,” 6th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, December 8-9, 2007, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.
  38. Daisaku Goto “Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation,” 2007 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association (http://aslea.org/Accepted Papers/Goto.pdf ), August 16-17, 2007, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
  39. Daisaku Goto “Comparative Economic Analysis of Liability for Soil Contamination Cleanup,” 19th Paciﬁc Regional Science Conference, July 25-28, 2005, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
  40. Daisaku Goto and Moriki Hosoe “Comparative Economic Analysis of Liability for Soil Contamination Cleanup,” 2005 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association (http://aslea.org/paper/goto.pdf ), June 23-24, 2005, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
  41. Daisaku Goto and Moriki Hosoe “On the Optimal Use of Deposit-refund System and Liability for Soil Contamination Damages,” 51st North American Meeting Regional Science Association International, November 29-30, 2004, the Renaissance Madison Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA.
  42. Daisaku Goto “Who Should Be Liable? -An economic Analysis of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law in Japan-,”2nd International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, November 29-30, 2003, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

Presentations in Conferences/workshops/Seminars in Japanese

Referees

- - Agricultural Economics
  - Economic Modeling
  - Energy Economics
  - Environmental Modeling & Assessment
  - Health Research Policy and Systems
  - PLOS ONE
  - International Journal of Economic Policy Studies
  - Studies in Applied Economics (Japanese)
  - Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (Japanese)

Teaching

Lectures for graduate students in English

- - Development Microeconomics I (2 credits), GSHSS, Hiroshima University, 2020-present.
  - Development Microeconomics II (2 credits), GSHSS, Hiroshima University, 2020-present.
  - Applied Econometrics I (2 credits), GSHSS, Hiroshima University, 2023-present.
  - Applied Econometrics II (2 credits), GSHSS, Hiroshima University, 2023-present.
  - Arts and Science for Evidence-based Desicion Making (2 credits), , SmaSo, Hiroshima University, 2024-present.
  - Business Economics (4 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2012-2019.
  - Institutional Economics for Development (2 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2011-2019.
  - Development Microeconomics (4 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2008-2019.

Lectures for undergraduate students in English

- - Experiments in Environmental Economics I & II (2credits), School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Department of Integrated Global Studies, Hiroshima University, 2019-present.

Lectures for undergraduate students in Japanese

- - Development Cooperation (2 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2011-2015.
  - Economics in English (2 credits), School of Economics, Kyushu University, 2006.

Seminars for graduate students in English

- - Seminar on Economic Development (4 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2009-present.
  - Special Seminar for Linkage Program (4 credits), IDEC, Hiroshima University, 2011-present.

Seminars for undergraduate students in Japanese

- - Basic Seminar (2 credits), School of Economics, Kyushu University, 2006.