Hiroshi Nishi's website

I welcome graduate students who are willing to work hard and contribute to advancement of political economy and capitalist economic dynamics. I also appreciate those who want to research other fields as far as he/she is respectful of diversity of economic thoughts.
My mission is to encourage students to engage in research activities in their own field. My lab members' mission is to acquire analytical skills in political economy (through theory or empirical methods), as well as academic writing and presentation skills.
Applicants to my labo should carefully read the Graduate school and MPED websites at Ritsumeikan, and contact me in advance of submitting application.

Members and research themes for Master thesis

Lu Qianli (M2) "Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity in Japanese Firms: With a focus on the revision of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act"

Zhang Yiming (M2) "Impact of Robotisation on Employment: Focusing on Skill Level and Gender in the Japanese Labour Market"

Reading list for AY 2025
1. Kiyota, K. (2026). Lessons from Japan’s experience with trade and foreign direct investment: a survey: K. Kiyota. The Japanese Economic Review, 1-49.
2. Gentili, A., Compagnucci, F., Gallegati, M., & Valentini, E. (2020). Are machines stealing our jobs?. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 13(1), 153-173.
3. Hoshi, T., & Kiyota, K. (2019). Potential for inward foreign direct investment in Japan. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 52, 32-52.
4. Ikenaga, T., & Kambayashi, R. (2016). Task Polarization in the Japanese Labor Market: Evidence of a Long‐Term Trend. Industrial Relations, 55(2), 267-293.
5. Meyer, K. E., & Sinani, E. (2009). When and where does foreign direct investment generate positive spillovers? A meta-analysis. Journal of international business studies, 40(7), 1075-1094.
6. Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2018). Low-skill and high-skill automation. Journal of Human Capital, 12(2), 204-232.
7. Javorcik, B. S. (2004). Does foreign direct investment increase the productivity of domestic firms? In search of spillovers through backward linkages. American economic review, 94(3), 605-627.
8. Zhang, Y., Li, H., Li, Y., & Zhou, L. A. (2010). FDI spillovers in an emerging market: the role of foreign firms' country origin diversity and domestic firms' absorptive capacity. Strategic Management Journal, 31(9), 969-989.
9. Lu, Y., Tao, Z., & Zhu, L. (2017). Identifying FDI spillovers. Journal of International Economics, 107, 75-90.
10. Newman, C., Rand, J., Talbot, T., & Tarp, F. (2015). Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers. European economic review, 76, 168-187.
11. Ni, B., & Obashi, A. (2021). Robotics technology and firm-level employment adjustment in Japan. Japan and the World Economy, 57, 101054.
12. Dekle, R. (2020). Robots and industrial labor: Evidence from Japan. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 58, 101108.
13. 山本勲（編著）『人工知能と経済』勁草書房，2019年
14. 田中隆一『計量経済学の第一歩 -- 実証分析のススメ』有斐閣ストゥディア，2015年

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