Shinsuke "Yagi" Uchida

CV (April 2024)

I am Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Economics (Research Center for Policy Design), Tohoku University, and Visiting Professor 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.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

The Unintended Effects from Halting Nuclear Power Production: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Accident,

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.

Quality Matters more than Quantity: Asymmetric Temperature Effects on Crop Yield and Quality Grade,

with Kentaro Kawasaki, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016.

Aggregate and Farm-level Productivity Growth in Tobacco: Before and After the Quota Buyout,

with Barrett Kirwan and Kirk White, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012.

Long Term versus Temporary Certified Emission Reductions in Forest Carbon-Sequestration Programs,

with Gregmar Galinato, Aaron Olanie and Jonathan Yoder, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011.

The Effect of Temporary Certified Emission Reductions on Forest Rotations and Carbon Supply,

with Gregmar Galinato, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011.

Evaluating Temporary Certified Emission Reductions in Reforestation and Afforestation Programs,

with Gregmar Galinato, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2010.

Working Papers

Aging Farmers and the Role of Community in Adaptation to Extreme Temperature Effects on Crop Yields,

with Yi-Chun Ko and Akira Hibiki, RIETI Discussion Paper, 24-E-069, 2024.Non-technical summary is available in Japanese.Previously circulated as "Capacity to Adapt to Temperature Effects on Crop Yields: Evidence from Rice Production in Japan," Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-012.

Substitution of Human and Physical Capitals in Farm Adaptation to Extreme Temperatures: Evidence from Corn Yields in US,

with Yi-Chun Ko and Akira Hibiki, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2024-004, 2024.

Heterogeneous Size Distribution of Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The Impact of Microscale Coal Mine Closure in China,

with Minoru Nakada, EEU Discussion Paper 24-01: 1-35, March, 2024.

Natural Disasters, Social Isolation and Alcohol Consumption in the Long Run: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake,

with Taiki Kakimoto, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-011, 2021.

Natural Disasters and Firm Selection: Heterogeneous Effects of Flooding Events on Manufacturing Sectors in Japan,

with Jun Yoshida, Katsuhito Nohara, and Akira Hibiki, Tohoku University Policy Design Lab Discussion Paper, TUPD-2021-007, 2021.

Indirect Land Use Effects of Conservation: Disaggregate Slippage in the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program,

AREC Working Papers, 14-05, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, July 2014.

Structural Change and the Aggregate and Farm-Level Productivity Growth of the U.S. Crop Farms,

with Kirk T. White, Mimeo.

Selected Work in Progress

Long-term Health Effects of Natural Disasters.

Japanese Writings

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