Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University
Contact
k-kamei [at] seinan-gu.ac.jp
Research Interests
International Trade, Industrial Organization, Imperfect Competition
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Kyoto University, March 2015
M.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, March 2011
B.A. in Economics, Tohoku University, March 2009
Publications in Refereed Journal
"Market integration with heterogeneous firms in general oligopolistic equilibrium" (with Kenji Fujiwara). The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (2026), Advance online publication, pp. 1-17. Published online 15 September 2026.
"Trade Integration, Global Common Ownership, and Unemployment under Right-to-Manage Bargaining". Bulletin of Economic Research (2026), Advance online publication (Early View). Published online 7 September 2026.
"Tariffs and Supply-Function Competition in General Equilibrium". Review of International Economics (2026), Vol. 34(4), pp. 904-913.
"Common ownership and entry with dominant firms and a competitive fringe". Economics Bulletin (2026), Vol. 46(1), pp. 285-292.
"A model of economic integration with ownership structure in general equilibrium oligopoly". Economics Letters (2024), Vol. 236, Article 111622.
"Wasteful trade barriers in oligopoly" (with Kentaro Inomata). Applied Economics Letters (2024), Vol. 31(18), pp. 1856-1861.
"Transportation price, product differentiation, and R&D in an oligopoly" (with Daishoku Kanehara). PLOS ONE (2022), Vol. 17(9), Article e0273904.
"Dynamic Game of International Pollution Control with General Oligopolistic Equilibrium: Neary Meets Dockner and Long" (with Akihiko Yanase). Dynamic Games and Applications (2022), Vol. 12(3), pp. 751-783.
"Does more stringent environmental policy harm or benefit polluting firms? A GOLE approach" (with Akihiko Yanase). Economics Bulletin (2021), Vol. 41(4), pp. 2267-2274.
"Trade Liberalization, Division of Labor and Welfare under Oligopoly" (with Kenji Fujiwara). The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (2018), Vol. 27(1), pp. 91-101.
"Trade Induced Firm Productivity and Division of Labor in a General Equilibrium with Oligopoly". Economics Bulletin (2017), Vol. 37(4), pp. 2384-2393.
"Agricultural Productivity, Infrastructures, and the Optimal Timing of Opening Trade" (with Hiroaki Sasaki). The Manchester School (2016), Vol. 84(5), pp. 621-641.
"Pro-Competitive Effect, Division of Labor, and Firm Productivity". Economics Letters (2014), Vol. 124(1), pp. 132-135.
"Dynamic Voluntary Advertising and Vertical Product Quality" (with Yohei Tenryu). Economics Bulletin (2013), Vol. 33(1), pp. 564-574.
"Note on a Continuum Multi-Country and International Trade". Theoretical Economics Letters (2012), Vol. 2(2), pp. 221-225.