Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University (on leave)
2-1 Rokkodai cho Nada-ku
Kobe
Hyogo Prefecture
657-8501
Japan
E-mail: miyazaki+@+econ.kobe-u.ac.jp
＊Here is my CV.
Ph.D., Economics, Hitotsubashi University, May 2006
M. A., Economics, Hitotsubashi University, March 2002
B.A., School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, March 2000
Professor, Graduate School of International Corporation Studies, Kobe University,
April 2022-present (as an affiliated faculty member)
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University,
April 2022-present
Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Corporation Studies, Kobe University,
April 2021 - March 2022 (as an affiliated faculty member)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University,
April 2013 - March 2022
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University,
April 2010 - March 2013
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya Gakuin University,
April 2008 - March 2010
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya Gakuin University,
April 2005 - March 2008
Research Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences,
April 2004 - March 2005
Visiting Researcher, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine,
February 2017 - March 2018
Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Essex,
July 2018 - September 2018
Visiting Fellow, Bruegel
August 2025 - March 2026
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University
September 2025-
"Nonlinear Effects of Public Capital in Japan: A Panel Threshold Regression Approach." with Naoto Tanemoto and Hinami Takai, Empirical Economics Letters, forthcoming.
"Estimating the international spillover effects of China’s fiscal policy: A GVAR analysis." with Huanhuan Guo, Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 101, 102056, December 2025.
"Disaster relief and regional employment: the case of the Great East Japan Earthquake." Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 32, No.1, pp.78-86, January 2025.
"Stock market response to public investment under the zero lower bound: Cross-industry evidence from Japan," with Kazuki Hiraga and Masafumi Kozuka, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 71, 101302, March 2024.
""Comment on Recursive Expectations Approach in Policymaking" by Professor Keiichiro Kobayashi," International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Vol.17, No.2, pp.399-402, September 2023.
"Tax Morale and Tax Resistance: Evidence from an Internet Survey in Japan." with Masayuki Tamaoka, Ayu Tomita, Keigo Kameda, Akihiro Kawase, Katsuyoshi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Ono, and Naoko Yokoyama, Springer, April 2022.
“Property tax and farmland use in urban areas: Evidence from the reform in the early 1990s in Japan,” with Motohiro Sato, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 63, 101185, March 2022.
“Public Capital and Asset Prices: Time-series Evidence from Japan,” with Masafumi Kozuka and Kazuki Hiraga, Finance Research Letters, Vol.25, pp.172-176, June 2018.
“The Interaction between regional public and private investment: evidence from Japanese prefectures,” Annals of Regional Science, Vol 60 No. 1, pp.195-211, January 2018.
“The Sustainability of Japan’s Government Debt: A Review,” with Kazuki Onji, Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp.1632-1645, September 2017.
“Public investment and regional business cycle fluctuations in Japan," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 24 No. 11, pp.795-799, March 2017.
“Local Public Investment and Regional Business Cycle Fluctuations in Japan,” with Haruo Kondo, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. A36, February 2017.
“Fiscal stimulus effectiveness in Japan: evidence from recent policies,” Applied Economics, Vol. 48 No. 27, pp.2506-2515, March 2016.
“Fiscal reform and fiscal sustainability: Evidence from Australia and Sweden,” International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 33, pp.141-151, September 2014.
“Optimal Monetary Policy in an Estimated Local Currency Pricing Model,” with Eiji Okano, Masataka Eguchi, and Hiroshi Gunji, Advances in Econometrics Vol.78, pp.39-79, December 2012.
“On the Determinant of Fiscal Adjustment,” International Economic Journal, Vol.26 No.1, pp. 23-36, March 2012.
“Local Public Sector Investment and Stabilization Policy,” Public Policy Review, Vol6 No.1, pp.153-166, March 2010.
“The effect of fiscal policy in the 1990s in Japan: A VAR analysis with event studies,” Japan and the World Economy Vol.22 No.2, pp.80-87, March 2010.
“Public investment and business cycles: The case of Japan," Journal of Asian Economics, Vol.20 No.4, pp.419-426, August 2009.
JPCT international workshop,"Taxpayers' Perception of Fiscal Consolidation," Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan, February 2026.
HEC Liège research seminar, "Taxpayers' Perception of Fiscal Consolidation," Liège Université, Belgium, January 2026
Public Policy Seminar at Lille Economics Management, "Taxpayers’ Perception of Fiscal Consolidation." Université de Lille, Lille, France, October 2025.
EcoMod2025 Conference, “Effects of Fiscal Policy on Regional Employment under the Zero Lower Bound: Evidence from Japan,” DHBW, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2025.
MACIE Research Seminar, “Effects of Fiscal Policy on Regional Employment under the Zero Lower Bound: Evidence from Japan,” Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, April 2025.
The 94th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, “Estimating the International Spillover Effects of China’s Fiscal Policy: A GVAR Analysis," Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2024.
The Singapore Economic Review Conference 2024, "Estimating the International Spillover Effects of China’s Fiscal Policy: A GVAR Analysis," Vocco Orchard Singapore, Singapore, July 2024.
The 61st Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, “Fiscal Reconstruction, Consumption Tax, and Preference on Public Expenditures: Evidence from a Survey in Japan," Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel, U.S., March 2024.
The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, “Fiscal Reconstruction, Consumption Tax, and Preference on Public Expenditures: Evidence from a Survey in Japan," New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, U.S., November 2023.
The 60th Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, “Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions on Regional Employment: Evidence from Japan,” Sheraton Grand Seattle, Seattle, U.S., March 2023.
Irvine-Japan Conference on Public Policy, 2023, “Fiscal Reconstruction, Consumption Tax, and Preference on Public Expenditures: Evidence from a Survey in Japan.” UC Irvine, Irvine, U.S., February 2023.
The Singapore Economic Review Conference 2022 "Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions and Regional Employment: Evidence from Japan," the Hilton Orchard, Singapore, Singapore, August 2022.
Financial Management Aspects of Property Taxation Workshop “Property Tax Reform and Land Use: Evidence from Japan,” Virtual Conference, April 2022.
Applied Economics (2), Applied Economics Letters (2), Applied Financial Economics, Asian Economic Journal, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Economic Analysis and Policy (3), Economic Inquiry, Economic Modeling (4), Empirical Economics, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics (2), International Economic Journal (2), International Journal of Economics and Management, International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (6), International Journal of Urban Science, Japan and the World Economy (8), Japanese Economic Review (3), Journal of Asian Economics (4), JCER Economic Journal, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of International Economic Studies, Journal of Macroeconomics, Public Choice Studies (2), Public Finance Review, Regional Science and Urban Economics (2), Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies (2), Singapore Economic Review, Social Science and Medicine, Sustainability