Haruaki Hirota
1-26-1 Toyotamakami, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: hirota[at]cc.musashi.ac.jp
1-26-1 Toyotamakami, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: hirota[at]cc.musashi.ac.jp
I am a professor of Public Economics at Faculty of Economics, Musashi University. My research interests are local public finance, municipal mergers,intergovernmental transfers and fiscal consolidation in Japan. I got a Ph. D (Economics) in 2010 at Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University. I also held the post of committee member at Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and visiting fellow at Crawford School of Economics, Australian National University. 2018 Japan Association of Local Public Finance Sato Prize.