I welcome graduate students who are willing to work hard and contribute to understanding of political economy and capitalist economic dynamics.
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
Lu Qianli (M1) "FDI and productivity dynamics in the Japanese firms"
Zhang Yiming (M1) "Automation, wage, and employment in the labour market in Japan"
Reading list 2025
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.
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.
Lu, Y., Tao, Z., & Zhu, L. (2017). Identifying FDI spillovers. Journal of International Economics, 107, 75-90.
Newman, C., Rand, J., Talbot, T., & Tarp, F. (2015). Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers. European economic review, 76, 168-187.
Ni, B., & Obashi, A. (2021). Robotics technology and firm-level employment adjustment in Japan. Japan and the World Economy, 57, 101054.
Dekle, R. (2020). Robots and industrial labor: Evidence from Japan. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 58, 101108.
山本勲（編著）『人工知能と経済』勁草書房，2019年
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