Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
[41] Alexander R. Keeley, Andrew J. Chapman, Sunbin Yoo, Kenichi Kurita, Junya Kumagai et al., "Scalable Carbon Solutions: Life Cycle Insights and Public Willingness to Adopt Direct Air Capture and Utilization Systems", Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (2026).
[40] Dohyung Kim, Sunbin Yoo, Keigo Karakida, Shunya Higuchi and Shunsuke Managi, "When Rail Raises Carbon: Vertical Densification and CO2 Emissions in the Tokyo 23 Wards", Sustainable Cities and Society, 107912 (2026).
[39] Keigo Karakida, Sunbin Yoo and Junya Kumagai, "Impact of High-Speed Rail and Maglev Train Expansion on Natural Capital and Economic Activity", Journal of Transport Geography, 137, 104819 (2026).
[38] Dohyung Kim, Sunbin Yoo, Shunsuke Managi and Zheng Chang, "Beyond Efficiency: Societal Benefit Perception as a Driver of Public Acceptance for UAM-Based Last-Mile Delivery in Japan", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 215, 105127 (2026).
[37] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Longfei Zheng, Sung Hoo Kim, Paul H. Jung and Zheng Chang, "High-Speed Rail, Expressways, and Revitalization after the Great East Japan Earthquake", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 212, 105157 (2026).
[36] Sunbin Yoo, Seongjin Choi and Dohyung Kim, "Can Renewable Energy Meet the Surging Power Demand of Artificial Intelligence? A Systematic Review", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 240, 117213 (2026).
[35] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Hung-Jui Lin, Tomoaki Nakaishi and Lisa I-Yun Hsieh, "Sector-specific Decarbonization Effects of High-Speed Rails Expansions", Energy Economics, 158, 109355 (2026).
[34] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Bingqi Zhang and Longfei Zheng, "High-Speed Rail, Land-Use Transformation, and Natural Capital Depletion: A Comparative Analysis of China and Japan", Land Use Policy, 165, 107992 (2026).
[33] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, TaeWoo Roh and Shunsuke Managi, "The Pivotal Role of Social Support in the Adoption of Fully Automated Vehicles by Elderly Individuals", Cities, 170, 106646 (2026).
[32] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Sung Hoo Kim and Shunsuke Managi, "Shared E-Mopeds and Equity Implications: Insights from Trip-Level Data in Fukuoka, Japan", Journal of Transport Geography, 130, 104445 (2026).
[31] Tomoaki Nakaishi, Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi, "Residential Solar PV and Electricity Consumption: Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Technology Adoption, and Pathways to a Low-Carbon Society", Cities, 168, 106449 (2026).
[30] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Hiroshi Matsushima, Madhu Khanna and Shunsuke Managi, "Railway Expansion Reduces Carbon Emissions by Passenger Modal Shift from Road to Railways, 1990-2019", Journal of Cleaner Production, 522, 146179 (2025).
[29] Junya Kumagai, Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi: Impacts of Urban-Rural Migration on Domain-Specific Satisfaction. Cities, August 2025, 106056. Journal Link.
[28] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Ryosuke Aki and Shunsuke Managi: Railway Network Expansion Reduces Air Pollution in Tokyo Over 25 Years. Sustainable Cities and Society. June 2025, 106408. Journal Link.
[27] Thierry Coulibaly, Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi: Spatially Varying Impacts of Sea Surface Temperature on Coral Bleaching: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 124979. Journal Link.
[26] Junya Kumagai, Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi: Railway expansions and human capital growth: A 20-year causal analysis in Tokyo. Journal of Transport Geography. 123, 104076. Journal Link.
[25] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Thierry Coulibaly and Shunsuke Managi: Postmaterial Values Contribute to and Alleviate Global Well-Being Disparities: Evidence from Gallup World Poll Data. Cities. 156, 105510 Journal Link.
[24] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Sho Kojiro and Shunsuke Managi: Impact of High-Speed Railway on Gentrification and Regional Inequality in Japan. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 134, 104346 Journal Link.
[23] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi: Urban-Rural Gap induced by High-Speed Rail: 35 Years of Evidence from Japan. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 55, 101131 Journal Link.
[22] T. Nakaishi, Sunbin Yoo, Shigemi Kagawa and Shunsuke Managi: The Impact of Air Pollution on Human Morality: Multinational Evidence. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11 (1), 1-11 Journal Link.
[21] Sunbin Yoo et al., "Buy and/or Pay Disparity: Evidence from Fully Autonomous Vehicles", Applied Sciences, Forthcoming.
[20] Sunbin Yoo et al., "Economic and Air Pollution Disparities: Insights from Transportation Infrastructure Expansion." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Forthcoming.
[19] Sunbin Yoo et al., ""Who to Sacrifice? Modeling the Driver's Dilemma." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Volume 178, December 2023, 103872. Journal Link.
[18] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi, "Trust more, Fear less: The Role of Social Supports in Fully Automated Vehicle Choice". Forthcoming, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2022)
[17] Akihiro Okuyama, Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi, "Children Mirrors Adults for Worse: Evidence from Suicide Rates due to Air Pollution and Recessions", Journal Link BMC Public Health 22, Article Number 1614 (2022)
[16] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Yuta Kawabata, Alexander R. Keeley and Shunsuke Managi, "Insuring Well-Being: psychological adaptations to natural disasters", Journal Link Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2022)
[15] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Kohei Kawasaki, Sungwan Hong, Bingqi Zhang, Takuya Shimamura and Shunsuke Managi, ''Double-Edged High-Speed Railways: Economic Outcomes and Regional Disparity of High-Speed Railways'' Transport Policy. January 2023. Journal Link
[14] Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi, "To Fully Automate or not? Investigating demands and Willingness to Pay for Autonomous Vehicles based on Automation Levels", IATSS Research, 45, 4, December 2021, Pages 459-468. Journal Link
[13] Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi ''Lockdowns Save People from Air Pollution: Evidence from Global Tropospheric NO2 Satellite Data'' Sustainability, 13, 21, October 2021, Article 11777. Journal Link
[12] Akihiro Okuyama, Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Alexander Ryota Keeley and Shunsuke Managi ''Can Residential Solar Photovoltaics Reduce Emissions?'' Resource, Conservation& Recycling, 176, January 2022, 105924. Journal Link
[11] Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi, "A Review on Challenges in Climate Economics", (Frontiers in Climate, Forthcoming)
[10] Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi, "Disclosure or Action: Evaluating ESG Behavior towards Financial Performances", Finance Research Letter, 102108, May 2021. Journal Link
[9] Sunbin Yoo, Alexander R. Keeley and Shunsuke Managi, "Does ESG Performance Matter During Financial Crisis?: Investigating the Case of COVID-19 Using Daily Data", Energy Policy. 155, 112330, August 2021. Journal Link
[8] Sunbin Yoo, Naoki Wakamori and Yoshikuni Yoshida, “Preference of Technology? Evidence from the Japanese Automobile Industry”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 96, 102846, July 2021. Journal Link
[7] Sunbin Yoo, Kyung Woong Koh and Yoshikuni Yoshida, “Are Consumers Abandoning Diesel Automobiles because of Contrasting Diesel Policies? Evidence from the Korean Automobile Market”, Energy Economics. October 2020, Article 104969. Journal Link
[6] Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi, "Global Mortality Benefits of COVID-19". Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Article 120231. November 2020. Journal Link
[5] Sunbin Yoo, Arum Cho, Faris Salman and Yoshikuni Yoshida, “Green Paradox: Factors Affecting Travel Distances and Fuel Usages, Evidence from Japanese Survey” Journal of Cleaner Production, 273, 122280, November 2020. Journal Link
[4] Sunbin Yoo, Kyungwoong Koh, Yosikuni Yoshida and Naoki Wakamori, “Revisiting Jevons’s Paradox of Energy Rebound: Policy Implications and Empirical Evidence in Consumer-Oriented Financial Incentives from the Japanese Automobile Market, 2006-2016” Energy Policy, 133, Article 110923, October 2019. Journal Link
[3] Sunbin Yoo and Yoshikuni Yoshida, “Consumer preferences and energy policy implications: The Case study of Japanese Automobile Industries from 2001 to 2011”, Transport Policy, 81, 220-229. September 2019. Journal Link
[2] Sunbin Yoo, “Review of Energy Policies and Limitations of Promoting Electric Vehicles in East Asia.” Urban Research, 13: 341-357. June 2018.
[1] Tae Yong Jung, Jihyun Sohn, Yongjun Baek and Sunbin Yoo, The Effect of an Urban Park View on the Price of Apartment: A Case of Songdo Central Park, Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 25, 6, 457-465, December 2016.
Presentations at International Conferences (Peer-Reviewed)
Tae Yong Jung, Sunbin Yoo, Jihyun Sohn and Yongjun Baek , "The Effect of an Urban Park View on the Price of Apartment: A Case of Songdo Central Park" (International Student Conference on Environmental and Sustainability (ISCES), hosted by UNEP and Tongji University, Shanghai), June 2016.
Sunbin Yoo and Yoshikuni Yoshida, "Testing the Granger Causality of Environmental Awareness and Fuel Economy in East Asia" - Korean and World Economy, July 2017.
Sunbin Yoo, "Estimating Utility Function in the Japanese Automobile Industries" Systematic Engineering Mechanisms Workshop in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 2018.
Sunbin Yoo and Yoshikuni Yoshida, "Evaluating Japanese Energy Policies through Automobile Industries: A Discrete-Choice with Product Differentiation Approach” World Congress of Environment and Resource Economics, June 2018.
Sunbin Yoo, Naoki Wakamori and Yoshikni Yoshida,"Energy Policies and Emissions Consequences: Results from the Japanese Automobile Industry" Western Economics Association International, March 2019.
Sunbin Yoo, Naoki Wakamori and Yoshikuni Yoshida, "Do Environmental Policies decrease emissions? Evidence from Japanese Automobile Markets", East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, August 2019.
Sunbin Yoo, Naoki Wakamori and Yoshikuni Yoshida, “Which Comes First in CO2 Emissions, Preference of Technology? Evidence from the Japanese Automobile Industry” Econometric Models of Climate Change Conference, August 2019.
Sunbin Yoo, Kyungwoong Koh and Yoshikuni Yoshida “Do Consumers Abolish Diesel with Paradoxical Diesel Policies? Evidence from Korean Automobile Market”, Western Economics Association International, March 2020.
Sunbin Yoo, Alexander R. Keeley, Hidemichi Fujii and Shunsuke Managi: Kyushu-Illinois Strategic Partnership Colloquia Series #3 - Environmental Economics
Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi: Kyushu-Illinois Strategic Partnership Colloquia Series #4
Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Yuta Kawabata and Shunsuke Managi "Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Supports", RIETI Discussion Paper. (Under Review: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice)
Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Kohei Kawasaki, Sungwan Hong, Bingqi Zhang, Takuya Shimamura and Shunsuke Managi, ''No cities left behind: Economic outcomes of High-speed-rail system'' RIETI Discussion Paper.
Tomoaki Nakaishi, Sunbin Yoo, Shigemi Kagawa and Shunsuke Managi, "The Impact of Air Pollution on Human Morality: Evidence from 30 Countries", The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS).
Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Sungwan Hong, Kohei Kawasaki, Bingqi Zhang and Shunsuke Managi: Economic and Air Pollution Disparities: Insights from Transportation Infrastructure Expansion. 2023 WEAI Melbourne.
SEEPS 2024, SEEPS 2025, WEAI Seattle 2024, TRB 2026 (forthcoming)
Working Papers
Junya Kumagai, H. Sawada, Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi, "Railway Transfer Penalties and Micromobility Use: Evidence from Tokyo", SSRN Working Paper (2026).
Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Y. Noritake, Y. Imoto and E. Lee, "Micromobility After Midnight: How E-scooters Fill the Gap When Trains Stop", SSRN Working Paper (2026).
Seongjin Choi, Sunbin Yoo and S. Lee, "Do E-Scooter Speed Governance Policies Reduce Harsh Acceleration and Deceleration? Evidence from 19.5 Million Trips Around a Regulatory Ban", arXiv preprint (2026).