I am Professor in the Graduate School of Economics at Nagoya City University, Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Economics (Research Center for Policy Design) at Tohoku University and Research Fellow at the Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI).
My research fields are environmental and resource economics and applied econometrics .
Specific areas in which I have been conducting research include climate change and adaptation, natural disasters, agriculture and environment, and environment and economic growth.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

with Matthew Neidell and Marcella Veronesi, Journal of Health Economics, 2021. Previously circulated as "Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident," NBER Working Paper No. 26395; IZA Discussion Paper No. 12687.Selected Media Coverage / Policy Brief: Freakonomics Radio, The Economist, Financial Times, Toyo Keizai, The Cato Institute.with Kentaro Kawasaki, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016.with Barrett Kirwan and Kirk White, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012.with Gregmar Galinato, Aaron Olanie and Jonathan Yoder, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011.with Gregmar Galinato, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011.with Gregmar Galinato, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2010.

Working Papers

with Yi-Chun Ko and Akira Hibiki, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-012, 2021.with Taiki Kakimoto, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-011, 2021.with Jun Yoshida, Katsuhito Nohara, and Akira Hibiki, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-007, 2021.AREC Working Papers, 14-05, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, July 2014.
      with Kirk T. White, Mimeo.

Selected Work in Progress

with Minoru Nakada.
with Kentaro Kawasaki.

Japanese Writings

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