Sumiko Takaoka

Professor, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan

Visiting scholar, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, 2025

Research interests: Credit market, Sustainable  finance, and Corporate debt market 

Contact information: takaoka(at)bus.seikei.ac.jp

Work in progress

How much do firms need to satisfy employees? – Evidence from credit spreads and online employee reviews

with Koji Takahashi [BIS Working Papers No 1111] 

Corporate bond purchase program and corporate debt issuance: Evidence from Japanese corporate bond marketing news

with Koji Takahashi  

A Novel Uncertainty Index for Primary Corporate Bond Market

with Koji Takahashi  

Green finance and corporate growth in the green economy

Recent publictions

Book

Environmental Technology Innovation and ESG Investment - In the Asia-Pacific Region, Sumiko Takaoka (editor), Springer Singapore, 2024

Papers

Environmental Innovation and International Migration of Inventors 

with Ivan Etzo, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, October 2024

Credit default swaps and corporate carbon emissions in Japan

with Tatsuyoshi Okimoto, Energy Economics, May 2024

Sustainability and credit spreads in Japan 

with Tatsuyoshi Okimoto, International Review of Financial Analysis, January 2024

Full list of publications    

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