Kenmei TSUBOTA

1. Employment

04, 2021 -   Professor, Department of Regional Development Studies, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Toyo University

06, 2021 -   Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

05, 2021 -   Researcher, Center for Sustainable Development Studies, Toyo University

04, 2020 - 03, 2021 Associate Professor, Department of Regional Development Studies, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Toyo University

04, 2010 - 03, 2020  Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

04, 2009 - 03, 2010  Researcher, The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University,

Visiting positions

10, 2015 - 10, 2016  Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

08, 2016 - 08, 2016  Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, German Federal Employment Agency

10, 2014 - 10, 2015  Visiting Research Fellow, King’s India Institute, King’s College London

2. Education

03, 2012             Ph.D., Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University

01, 2008 - 01, 2009  Visiting Doctoral Student, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université catholique de Louvain

03, 2005             M.A., Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University

03, 2002             B.A., Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University

3. Publications

3.1. Papers in refereed journals

In English

1. Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistics Enhancement in Asia, with Satoru Kumagai, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, Economic Modelling, 2013, Vol. 34, pp143-153.

2. Does Aid in Roads Attract Foreign or Domestic Firms? Evidence from Cambodia, with Kiyoyasu Tanaka, Developing Economies, 2013, Vol. 51 (4), pp388-401.

3. Location Choice in Low-income Countries: Evidence from Japanese Investments in East Asia, with Kazunobu Hayakawa, Journal of Asian Economics, 2014, Vol.33, pp30-43.

4. Economic Integration, Location of Industries, and Frontier Regions: Evidence from Cambodia, with Ikuo Kuroiwa, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 2014, Vol.31(3), pp379-394.

5. Directional imbalance of freight rates: Evidence from Japanese inter-prefectural data, with Kiyoyasu Tanaka, Journal of Economic Geography, 2017, Vol.17(1), pp217-232.

6. Myopic or farsighted: Bilateral Trade Agreements among three symmetric countries, with Yujiro Kawasaki, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2019, Vol.12(3), pp233-256.

7. Economic Impacts of the US–China Trade War on the Asian Economy: An Applied Analysis of IDE-GSM, with Satoru Kumagai, Toshitaka Gokan, Ikumo Isono, Kazunobu Hayakawa, and Souknilanh Keola, Journal of Asian Economic Integration, 2021, Vol.3(2), pp127-143. 

8. Tariff Pass-through in Wholesaling: Evidence from Firm-level Data in Japan, with Youngmin Baek, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Shujiro Urata, and Kenta Yamanouchi, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2021, Vol.62, 101164.

9. Sexual Exploitation of Trafficked Children: Survey Evidence from Child Sex Workers in Bangladesh, with Masahiro Shoji, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022, Vol.50(1), pp101-117.

10. Freight rates up and down the urban hierarchy, with David Guerrero, and Hidekazu Itoh, Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2022, Vol. 45, Part A, 100775. 

11. Global Maritime Container Shipping Networks 1969–1981: Emergence of Container Shipping and Reopening of the Suez Canal, with Tomohiro Saito, Ryuichi Shibasaki, Shinsuke Murakami, Takuma Matsuda, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022, Vol.10(5), 602.

12. The Impact of Highways on Commodity Prices: The Price of Butter in Japan, with Kazunobu Hayakawa, Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, Vol. 81, 101503.

13. Sustainable Financing Strategies for the SMEs: Two Alternative Models, with Monzur Hossain, and Naoyuki Yoshino, Sustainability 2023, Vol.15(11), 8488. 

14. Analysis of the Economic Impact of Improved Connectivity in Nepal, with Tadateru Hayashi, Satoru Kumagai, Sanchita Basu Das, Manbar Singh Khadka, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, and Kazunobu Hayakawa, Journal of Asian Economic Integration, 2023, Vol. 5 (2), 145-166.

15. Bright Lights of Cities: Reassessing Siberian Curse through the Lens of Nighttime Lights, with Souknilanh Keola, Kazuhiro Kumo, and Akira Ueda, Regional Research of Russia, 2024, Vol. 14, pp458–467.

In Japanese

  1.「京町家証券化の出資者意向調査からみた保存再生ファイナンスのあり方の考察」日本不動産学会誌、丸谷浩明・木下信との共著、2007年.

     "Study on Reservation/Renewal Finance Method Based on the Survey on the Investors for the Securitization Project of the Traditional Townhouses in Kyoto," The Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences, with Shin Kinoshita, and Hiroaki Maruya, 2007, pp87-97.

  2.「まちづくり活動への参加意識及びその促進方策に関する考察－鳥取県倉吉市白壁土蔵群を例として－ 」日本都市学会年報、横田正文・林健太との共著、2010年.

     "Preference for participation in community activities and encouraging measures: case study on Shirakabe-Dozogun in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture," Japan Society for Urbanology Annual Report with Masafumi Yokota, and Kenta Hayashi, 2010, pp125-134.

  3.「AIS等の船舶動静データの利用に関する研究レビューと今後の展望 」日本船舶海洋工学会論文集、2021, 34 巻、和田 祐次郎, 柴崎 隆一, 小坂 浩之, 渡部 大輔, 伊東 弘人, 荒谷 太郎, 泉山 卓, 岩佐 竜至との共著

   "Literature Review and Future Prospects on Vessel Movement Data Usage including AIS －Focusing on Logistics, Shipping, Shipbuilding, Environment, and Cruise Fields－," Journal of Marine Science and Technology with Yujiro Wada, Ryuichi Shibasaki, Hiroyuki Kosaka, Daisuke Watanabe, Hirohito Ito,  Taro Aratani, Taku Izumiyama,  and Ryuji Iwasa, 2021, Vol. 34, pp123-138.

3.2. Chapters in books

In English

1. Disentangling agglomeration economies: institution, organization and network, PhD dissertation, Kyoto University, 2012.

2. Economic Integration and Industry Location in Cambodia, with Naomi Hatsukano and Ikuo Kuroiwa in Ikuo Kuroiwa (eds.), Economic Integration and the Location of Industries: The Case of Less Developed East Asian Countries, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

3. Partition, independence, and maritime networks in South Asia, with Atiya Kidwai and Cesar Ducruet, in Cesar Ducruet (eds.) Advances in Shipping Data Analysis and Modeling: Tracking and Mapping Maritime Flows in the Age of Big Data, Routledge, 2017, pp415-431.  

4. China–Kyrgyzstan Railway Meets IDE–GSM, with Satoru Kumagai, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, Kazunobu Hayakawa and Toshitaka Gokan, in Linggui Wang and Jianglin Zhao (eds) The Belt and Road Initiative in the Global Context, World Scientific, 2019, pp 89–97. 

5. Maritime Networks of Africa and Asia, with Cesar Ducruet, in Ayodeji Olukoju and Daniel Castillo Hidalgo (eds)  African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp203-218. 

6. Economic Potential of Road Infrastructure Development in and around the North Eastern Region with Satoru Kumagai, in Mayumi Murayama, Sanjoy Hazarika, and Preeti Gill (eds) India's North-East and Japan: Engagement through Connectivity, Routledge India, 2021, pp100-125. 

7. Corridor Developments for Transforming Central Asia: A Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Model, with Satoru Kumagai and Toshitaka Gokan, in Dina Azhgaliyeva and Yelena Kalyuzhunova (eds.) Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor, Asian Development Bank Institute,  2021, pp166-186.

8. Containerization and Semi-containerships in the Aage of Globalization: Diverse Regional Trends, with Hidekazu Itoh, and Cesar Ducruet, in Ryuichi Shibasaki (eds.) Maritime Big Data: Shipping and Logistics Analysis using Automatic Identification System Data, Taylar and Francis, forthcoming.

9. Steamers and Sailings: Digitizing Global Shipping Networks in 1880, with Tomohiro Saito, Ryuichi Shibasaki, Cesar Ducruet, in Ryuichi Shibasaki (eds.) Maritime Big Data: Shipping and Logistics Analysis using Automatic Identification System Data, Taylar and Francis, forthcoming.

10. Shipping Networks of British India: 1841-1919, in Kaoru Sugihara (eds.) Studies in Indian Ocean Trade, c.1800-1950: Hubs, Hinterlands and Environmental Diversities, forthcoming.

In Japanese

  1. 第十章「地域格差」黒岩郁雄との共著、黒岩郁雄編『東アジア統合の経済学』日本評論社, 2014.

     “Regional Disparity”, with Ikuo Kuroiwa in Ikuo Kuroiwa (eds.), Economics of East Asian Integration, Nihon Hyoron sha , 2014.

  2. 第一章「ジュート」、村山真弓・山形辰史編『知られざる工業国：バングラデシュ』アジア経済研究所, 2014. 

     “Jute” in Mayumi Murayama and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds.), An unknown Industrial Country: Bangladesh, IDE-JETRO 2014.

  3. 第三章「革・革製品」村山真弓との共著、村山真弓・山形辰史編『知られざる工業国：バングラデシュ』アジア経済研究所, 2014. 

     “Leather and leather products” with Mayumi Murayama, in Mayumi Murayama and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds.), An unknown Industrial Country: Bangladesh, IDE-JETRO 2014.

  4. 第七章「造船・船解体」、村山真弓・山形辰史編『知られざる工業国：バングラデシュ』アジア経済研究所, 2014. 

     “Shipbuilding and breaking” in Mayumi Murayama and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds.), An unknown Industrial Country: Bangladesh, IDE-JETRO 2014.

  5. 補論「製造業統計」アブ・ションチョイとの共著、村山真弓・山形辰史編『知られざる工業国：バングラデシュ』アジア経済研究所, 2014. 

 “Manufacturing Statistics” with Abu Shonchoy, in Mayumi Murayama and Tatsufumi Yamagata (eds.), An unknown Industrial Country: Bangladesh, IDE-JETRO, 2014

  6. 第四章「IDE-GSMで用いるデータ」熊谷聡、早川和伸、ケオラ・スックニランとの共著、熊谷聡・磯野生茂編『経済地理シミュレーションモデル ——理論と応用—— 』アジア経済研究所, 2015. 

     "Data for IDE-GSM" with Satoru Kumagai, Kazunobu Hayakawa, and Keola Souknilan in Satoru Kumagai and Ikumo Isono (eds.), Geographical Simulation model- Theory and Application-, IDE-JETRO, 2015.

  7. 第二章「人身取引と経済学」、山田美和編『人身取引の学際的研究』アジア経済研究所、2016.

     "Economics and Human Trafficking", in Miwa Yamada (eds.), Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Trafficking, IDE-JETRO, 2016.

  8. 経済活動を理解するためのフィールドワーク、東洋大学国際共生社会研究センター編『フィールドワークで世界を見る』、2024.

     "Fieldwork for Economic studies", Center for Sustainable Development Studies, Toyo University (eds.) Understanding the world through fieldworks, 2024.

3.3. Discussion papers

   Discussion papers are available from the following link. https://ideas.repec.org/e/pts174.html 

1. 「清水七夕まつりへの市民意識と市民参加の可能性の考察」丸谷浩明・木下信との共著、"Awareness and the possibility of citizens’ voluntary participation to a regional festival; a case study of Shimuzu with travel cost analysis," KIER DP No. 0807 with Shin Kinoshita, and Hiroaki Maruya, 2008. [pdf]

2. Agglomeration and wage bargaining, KIER DP No.675, 2009. [pdf]

3. Location and organization choice of firms, KIER DP No.679, 2009. [pdf]

4. Myopic or farsighted: Bilateral Trade Agreements among three symmetric countries, with Yujiro Kawasaki, IDE Discussion Paper No.274, 2011, accepted.

5. Location Choice in Low-income Countries: Evidence from Japanese Investments in East Asia, with Kazunobu Hayakawa, IDE Discussion Paper No.301, 2011, accepted.

6. Multiplant strategy under Core-Periphery Structure, IDE Discussion Paper No.346, 2012. [pdf]

7. Geographical simulation analysis for logistics enhancement in Asia, with Satoru Kumagai, Toshitaka Gokan, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola IDE Discussion Paper No.369, 2012, accepted.

8. Economic Integration, Location of Industries, and Frontier Regions: Evidence from Cambodia, with Ikuo Kuroiwa, IDE Discussion Paper No.399. 2013, accepted.

9. Directional imbalance of freight rates: Evidence from Japanese inter-prefectural data, with Kiyoyasu Tanaka, IDE Discussion Paper No.441, 2014, accepted.

10. Agglomeration and directional imbalance of freight rates: The role of density economies in the transport sector, IDE Discussion Paper No.488, 2015. [pdf]

11. Economic Impact of Political Protests (Strikes) on Firms: Evidence from Bangladesh, with Abu Shonchoy, IDE Discussion Paper No. 518, 2015 and Munich Personal RePEc Archive No.74146, 2016.

12. Comparing the Economic Impacts of Asian Integration by Computational Simulation Analysis, with Ikumo Isono , Satoru Kumagai , Kazunobu Hayakawa , Souknilanh Keola , and Toshitaka Gokan, IDE Discussion Papers No. 567, 2016. [pdf]

13. Some notes on the spatial representations, with Souknilanh Keola, IDE Discussion Papers No. 589, 2016. [pdf]

14. Partition, Independence, and Population Geography in Bengal, IDE Discussion Papers No. 590, 2016. [pdf]

15. China-Kyrgyzstan railway meets IDE-GSM, with Satoru Kugamai, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Toshitaka Gokan,IDE Discussion Paper No. 630, 2017, published as a book chapter. [pdf]

16. Forced Labour and Risk Factors for Inferior Working Conditions in Thai Fishing Sector, with Yutaka Arimoto and Tomohiro Machikita, IDE Discussion Papers 685, 2018. [pdf]

17. Broker versus Social Networks in Adverse Working Conditions: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Cambodian Migrants in Thailand, with Yutaka Arimoto and Tomohiro Machikita, IDE Discussion Papers No. 686, 2018. [pdf]

18. Analysis of Economic Potential and Economic Corridor Development in and around Bhutan, with Satoru Kumagai and Ikumo Isono, IDE Discussion Papers 702, 2018. [pdf]

19. Regional Disintegration in South Asia: Evidence from the End of British Empire on maritime networks with Cesar Ducruet, IDE Discussion Papers No. 708, 2018. [pdf]

20. Displacement in Bengal revisited with Takashi Kurosaki and Abu Shonchoy, IDE Discussion Papers No. 709, 2018. [pdf]

21. The Structure of Coasting Trade in British India from 1901 to 1931 with Michihiro Ogawa and Noriyuki Osada, IDE Discussion Papers No. 710, 2018. [pdf]

22. Distributional Impact of Political Violence: Evidence from Differential Impacts on Commodity Price with Kazi Iqbal, Abu Shonchoy and Mainul Hoque, IDE Discussion Papers No. 711, 2018. [pdf]

23. Political Instability and Stock Market Returns: Evidence from Firm-level Panel data of Securities in Bangladesh with Kazi Iqbal, Abu Shonchoy and Mainul Hoque, IDE Discussion Papers No. 712, 2018. [pdf]

24. Sexual Exploitation of Trafficked Children: Evidence from Bangladesh with Masahiro Shoji, JICA-Research Institute Working Paper No.175, 2018, accepted. [pdf]

25. Economic Impacts of the US–China Trade War on the Asian Economy: An Applied Analysis of IDE-GSM, with Satoru Kumagai, Toshitaka Gokan, Ikumo Isono and Kazunobu Hayakawa, IDE Discussion Papers, No. 760, 2019, accepted. [pdf]

26. Tariff Pass-through in Wholesaling: Evidence from Firm-level Data in Japan with Youngmin Baek, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Shujiro Urata, and Kenta Yamanouchi, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry Discussion Paper 19-E-064, 2019, accepted. [pdf]

27. The Impact of Highways on Commodity Prices: The Price of Butter in Japan, with Kazunobu Hayakawa, IDE Discussion Papers, No. 767, 2020. [pdf]

28. Economic Impact Analysis of Improved Connectivity in Nepal, with Tadateru Hayashi, Basu Das, Sanchita Khadka, Manbar Singh, Ikumo Isono, and Souknilanh Keola, ADB South Asia Working Paper Series, No.75, 2020. [pdf]

29. Simulating the decoupling world under Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: An application of IDE-GSM, with Satoru Kumagai, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Ikumo Isono, Toshitaka Gokan, Souknihlan Keola, and Hiroya Kubo, IDE Discussion Papers, No. 874, 2023. [pdf]

30. Economic Impacts of the blockage of the Suez Canal: an Analysis by IDE-GSM, with Toshitaka Gokan, Satoru Kumagai, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, and Hiroya Kubo, IDE Discussion Papers, No. 919. 2024. [pdf]

4. Experiences

09/2024 - 06/2025    Short term consultant, ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia)

05/2020 - 10/2021    Short term consultant, Asian Development Bank 

09/2019 - 03/2020    Adjunct lecturer on International Economics and Development Economics, Toyo University

05/2019 - 12/2019    Short term consultant, Asian Development Bank

10/2019 - 11/2019     Adjunct lecturer on Geospatial data, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

04/2019 - 09/2019    Short term consultant, Asian Development Bank 

02/2019 - 02/2019     Adjunct lecturer on Geospatial data, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

11/2018 - 11/2018     Adjunct lecturer on Geospatial data, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

04/2018 -  03/2019    Adjunct lecturer on International Economics, Hosei University

03/2018 - 04/2018     Technical Advisor, Solomon Islands Government

04/2015 - 06/2015     Short term consultant, World Bank

01/2015 - 03/2015     Short term consultant, World Bank

05/2010 - 06/2010     Short term consultant, World Bank

10/2009 - 03/2010     Adjunct lecturer on Microeconomics and Economics in English, Ritsumeikan University

05/2009 - 10/2009     Adjunct lecturer on Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, The University of Shiga Prefecture

11/2007 - 12/2007     Research Assistant, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University

08/2007 - 10/2007     Research Assistant, Institute of Social Economic Research, Osaka University

08/2005 - 03/2007    Research Assistant, The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University

5. Grants

04/2025- 03/2026       Research Grant from Yamagata Maritime Institute (PI)

04/2024 - 03/2028      Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PI: Dr. Ryuichi Shibasaki)

04/2022 - 03/2026      Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PI)

04/2021 - 03/2024      Priority Research Promotion Program, Toyo University (PI: Dr. Tatsuro Goda)

04/2020 - 03/2024      Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PI: Dr. Ryuichi Shibasaki)

04/2020 - 03/2022    Bilateral Joint Research Grant between Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (PI with Dr. Dibyendu Maiti)

04/2019 - 03/2022      Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PI: Dr. Kaoru Sugihara)

11/2018 - 03/2024      Research Grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PI)

01/2008 - 01/2009     Scholarship for post-graduate studies in Belgium for Japanese students, Le Commissariat général aux Relations internationales de la Communauté française, Belgique

01/2009               Travel grant for conference presentation, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgique

10/2008               Travel grant for conference presentation, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, UCL

07/2008               Travel grant for summer school, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

01/2008               Travel grant, Kyoto University Foundation

2006 - 2007           Research Grant for young researcher, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University

6. Award

2021.  Toyo University Excellence in Educational Activities Award (東洋大学優秀教育活動賞)