Masaki Takahashi
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Sophia University.
Research Fields: Health Economics, Public Economics
Email: msk.tkhs@gmail.com, masaki-takahashi@sophia.ac.jp
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Masaki Takahashi
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Sophia University.
Research Fields: Health Economics, Public Economics
Email: msk.tkhs@gmail.com, masaki-takahashi@sophia.ac.jp
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Improving Access or Inducing Demand? Analyzing Trade-offs in Healthcare Capacity [SSRN]
(with Hiroki Saruya)
Previously circulated as "Capacity Constraints and Inefficient Service Delivery: Theory and Evidence from Nursing Facilities"
Congestion-Quality Trade-off: Evidence from Nursing Facilities [Preliminary]
(with Hiroki Saruya)
Causes and Consequences of Manipulation of Social Insurance Benefits [SSRN]
(with Takuya Ishihara)
Publications and Forthcoming Papers
Public Investment on Health and Voter Responses: Evidence from the Mass Vaccination during COVID-19
(with Reo Takaku, Toyo Ashida, and Yoko Ibuka)
European Journal of Political Economy, 89, 102718 (2025) [Journal Link]
Insurance Coverage, Long-Term Care Utilization, and Health Outcomes
European Journal of Health Economics, 24, 1383-1397 (2023) [Journal Link]
Selected Work in Progress
Vertical Integration and Agency with Cognitive Limitations: Evidence from Long-Term Care
(with Toshiaki Iizuka and Shinya Sugawara)