Research
1-26-1 Toyotamakami, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: hirota[at]cc.musashi.ac.jp
Haruaki Hirota (2024) "The fiscal effects of cross-prefectural border municipal mergers: Evidence from Japan using the synthetic control method" Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota (2023) "Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities" European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 78, June 2023, 102358 . →Working paper version [PDF]
Hitoshi Saito, Haruaki Hirota, Hideo Yunoue, Miki Miyaki (2022) "Do municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities", The Annals of Regional Science, 70(2), pp.379-406 → Working paper version [PDF]
Haruaki Hirota, Kazuyuki Iwata, Kenta Tanaka (2022) "Is public official training effective at reducing costs? Evidence from survey data on Japanese municipal mergers"(Open access), Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 75, September 2022, pp.145-158.
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2022) "Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities"(Open access), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 63, March 2022, 101172. →Working paper version [PDF]
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2020) "Public investment and the fiscal common pool problem on municipal mergers in Japan", Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 67, September 2020, pp. 124-135. →Working paper version. [PDF]
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2017) "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data", Regional Science and Urban Economics , Vol. 66, September 2017, pp. 132-149. →Working paper version [PDF]
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2014) "Municipal mergers and special provisions of local council members in Japan", The Japanese Political Economy, Vol.40 Issue 3-4, pp.96-116. →Working Paper version [PDF]
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2014) "Does local council size affect land development expenditure?Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" The Empirical Economics Letters Vol.13 No.9 September 2014
Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue (2008) "Does broader-based local government affect expenditure on public long-term care insurance? The case of Japan" , Economics Bulletin, Vol.8, No.11 pp.1-20
Selected Conference and Seminar Presentations
19 August 2020 Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota "Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities", (76th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Online)
19 August 2020 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities", (76th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Online)
10 December 2019 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities" (2019 Australasian Public Choice Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia）
22 December 2018 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (Public Economics workshop, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
2 November 2018 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (University of Adelaide, Australia)
31 October 2018 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) seminar, Crawford School of Public Polcy, Australian National University)
21st August 2018 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (The 74th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2018), University of Tampere, Finland)
20th August 2018 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (Workshop on Municipal Mergers and Local Public Finance, VATT, Helsinki, Finland)
4, 5 December 2017 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (2017 Annual Australasian Public Choice Conference, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Melbourne, Australia)
19 August 2017 Hitoshi Saito, Haruaki Hirota, Hideo Yunoue, Miki Miyaki "Does municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
21 July 2017 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (Public Finance and Public Economics workshop, University of Tokyo)
15 February 2017 Hitoshi Saito, Haruaki Hirota, Hideo Yunoue, Miki Miyaki "Does municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) seminar, Crawford School of Public Polcy, Australian National University)
30 December 2016 Hitoshi Saito, Haruaki Hirota, Hideo Yunoue, Miki Miyaki "Does municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities" (Local Public Finance Seminar, Konan University)
9 December 2016 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (2016 (9th) Australasian Public Choice Conference, Australian National University)
3 May 2016 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) seminar, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University)
26 Feburary 2016 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (Cyukyo University)
10 January 2016 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (Western Economic Association International, 12th International Conference, January 7-10, 2016, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
28 December 2015 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (Local Public Finance seminar)
5 September 2015 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Evaluation of the fiscal effect on municipal mergers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data" (International Research Forum Political economics on the market, non-market, and collective activity, Kyoto Sangyo University)
22 August 2013 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Does local council size affect land development expenditure? Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data"( 69th Annual Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, August22-25 2013, Taormina/Sicily, Italy)
6 August 2013 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Does local council size affect land development expenditure? Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data"(Local Public Finance Seminar Osaka Gakuin University)
15 March 2013 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Does local council size affect land development expenditure? Quasi-experimental evidence from Japanese municipal data"(International Research Forum：Interaction between Private and Public Sectors, Kyoto Sangyo University)
10 December 2012 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue “Local Government Expenditure and Council Size: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Japan.” (The 5th Australasian Public Choice Conference 10 - 11 December 2012, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia)
17 August 2012 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue “Local Government Expenditure and Council Size: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Japan.” ( CLAIR Forum 2012 ACELG-CLAIR-OSIPP Forum on Local Government. Improving local government efficiency and performance: recent experiences in Australia and Japan., UTS Center for Local Government in Australia)
15 June 2011 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan"(Chuo University)
29 April 2011 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan" (The 2011 Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, University of Rennes 1, France)
23 April 2011 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan"(Yokohama city University)
18 March 2011 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan" (Local Public Finance seminar, Osaka University)
27 January 2011 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan" (Tohoku Gakuin University)
7 February 2009 Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue "Does Broader-Based Local Government affect Expenditure? The Case of Japan."(Hitotsubashi University)
Grants
2020-2023 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B), No. 20H01450), Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Nobuo Akai)
2020-2023 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B), No. 20H01504), Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Kenta Tanaka)
2019-2021 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B), No. 19H01500, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Takero Doi)
2018-2021 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), No, 18K01662, Principle Researcher
2018 Institute for General Research, Musashi University, Principal Researcher
2018-2021 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scienti c Research(B), No.18H03433 , Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Kazuyuki Iwata)
2016-2018 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, No.16K13371 Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Kazuyuki Iwata)
2017 Institute for General Research, Musashi University, Principal Researcher
2016 Institute for General Research, Musashi University, Principal Researcher
2015-2019 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reserch(B), No.15H03361, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Nobuo Akai)
2014-2017 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B), No.26780181, Principal Researcher
2013 Reserch Grant, the Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance, Principal Researcher
2011-2014 JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scienti c Reserch(B), No.23330105, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Nobuo Akai)
2010-2012 JSPSGrant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B), No.22730266, Principal Researcher