Hitoshi Saito

Associate Professor

Faculty of Economics , Wakayama University

Contact:

Address: Sakaedani 930, Wakayama-city 640-8510, JAPAN

Tel: +81-(0)73-457-7007

E-mail: hsaito[at]wakayama-u.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @)

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Applied Economics, Osaka University,February 2016

  • M.A. in Applied Economics, Osaka University, March 2010

  • B.A. in Economics, Tezukayama University ,March 2008

Fields of Interest:

Public Economics, Public Finance, Local Public Finance,Educational Finance, Efficiency of Public Sector.

Academic Affiliations:

・American Economic Association

・Econometric Society

・International Institute of Public Finance

・Japanese Economic Association

・Japan Association of Public Finance

・Japan Association of Local Public Finance

・Japan Public Choice Society

Research

Working Papers:

  1. "The effects of population ageing on public education in Japan : A reinterpretation using micro data",MPRA paper No.79848,June 2017

Published Papers in Refereed Journals :

  1. “Do municipal mergers internalise spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities”Open Access(With Haruaki Hirota ,Hideo Yunoue and Miki Miyaki)The Annals of Regional Science, July 2022→Working paper version(MPRA paper No.76833)

  2. "Yardstick competition of medical subsidy for infants and children"(With Yoshimi Adachi)(in Japanese) The quarterly of social security research(kikan shakai hosho kenkyu),pp.369-380 Vol.51,No.3-4, February 2016

  3. "Reference behavior in Japanese local public education"(in Japanese) Planning Administration,Vol.36,No.4,pp.33-39. November 2013

  4. ”The Cost efficiency of Public Primary Education in Japan”(in Japanese) Kaikei-kensa Kenkyu, Vol.44. pp.41-53. September 2011

  5. ”Cost Efficiency and Scale Economies of Japanese Water Utilities”(With Horn Theara) Proceedings : International Conference On Applied Economics 2011 ，pp.245-252. August 2011

Presentations in Conferences:

  1. “Does municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities”(With Haruaki Hirota ,Hideo Yunoue and Miki Miyaki), 73th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2017), University of Tokyo , August 2017

  2. “Cost Efficiency and Scale Economies of Japanese Water Utilities”(With Theara Horn) 68th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2012), Technische Universitat Dresden (program) , August 2012

  3. ”Cost efficiency and sacale economics in japanese water utilities”(With Theara Horn) Meeting of Japan Association of Public Finance at Seijyou University , October 2011

  4. ”Cost efficiency and sacale economics in japanese water utilities”(With Horn Teara) International Conference on Applied Economics 2011 , August2011.

  5. ” Mutual reference behaviors in Japanese public education” Meeting of Japan Association of Local Public Finance at Okinawa , May2011

  6. ”The Cost efficiency of Public Primary Education in Japan” Meeting of Japan Association of Local Public Finance at Aoyamagakuinn University ,June 2010

Presentations in Seminars:

  1. “Does municipal mergers internalize spatial spillover effects? Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities”(With Haruaki Hirota ,Hideo Yunoue and Miki Miyaki),The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) seminar, Crawford School of Public Polcy, Australian National University,February 2017

  2. ”An Empirical Analysis of the Educational Autonomy in Japan" , Seminar in University of Hyogo , September 2012

  3. ”Cost Efficiency and Scale Economies of Japanese Water Utilities”(With Theara Horn) Seminar in University of Hyogo , September 2012

  4. ”An Empirical Analysis of the Educational Autonomy in Japan" , At Hokkaido University of Education , August 2012

  5. ”Cost Efficiency and Scale Economies of Japanese Water Utilities”(With Theara Horn) Seminar in Toyo University , July 2012

  6. ”Cost efficiency and sacale economics in japanese water utilities”(With Theara Horn) Water Research Workshop in Kobe university, November 2011

  7. ”An Empirical Analysis of the Educational Autonomy in Japan” Seminar in Tezukayama University , October 2011

  8. ”Cost Efficiency and Scale Economies of Japanese Water Utilities”(With Theara Horn) Seminar on public economics in Kansai , March2011

  9. ”An Econometric Analysis on the public educational expenses in Japan;Viewpoint of Mutual reference behaviors ” the Economics Workshop of the Kwansei Gakuin University in March 2011

  10. ”The Cost efficiency of Public Primary and secondary Education in Japan” Seminar in University of Hyogo , September 2010

Professional Position

Full-Time Job:

  • Associate Professor ,Faculty of Economics , Wakayama University ,2019-

  • Assistant Professor , Faculty of Economics , Kobe International University ,2013-2019

  • Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(DC2) ,2012-2013

Part-Time Instructor:

  • Method of policy evaluation(at Konan University),August 2014 ,2015,2016,2017,2018

  • Public policy (at Konan University),spring 2012,2013

  • Public Finance (at Tezukayama University) ,autumn 2012

  • Current Topics on Economy (at Tezukayama University) ,autumn 2012

  • Introductory Macroeconomics (at Konan University),autumn 2011

Teaching Assistant:

For graduates

  • Introductory Public Economics (Associate Prof. Yukihiro Nishimura), spring 2012(Senior Teaching Assistant)

  • Public Economics II (Associate Prof. Yukihiro Nishimura), autumn 2011

  • Introductory Public Economics (Associate Prof. Yukihiro Nishimura), spring 2011

For Undergraduates

  • Economics B (Associate Prof. Yukihiro Nishimura), autumn 2011

Grants

  1. Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows , No.12J01400 ,2012-2013,Principal Researcher

  2. JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reserch(B), No.15H03361,2015-2019, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Nobuo Akai)

  3. JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reserch(B), No.20H01450 ,2020-2024, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Nobuo Akai)

  4. JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reserch(B), No. ,2022-2025, Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Hideo Yunoue)