Tomomi Miyazaki

Professor, Graduate School of Economics, 

Kobe University

Contact Information


Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University

2-1 Rokkodai cho Nada-ku

Kobe 

Hyogo Prefecture

657-8501

Japan

E-mail: miyazaki+@+econ.kobe-u.ac.jp

Educational Background


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


Professional Background


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

Selected Publications and Books


"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.

"Disaster relief and regional employment: the case of the Great East Japan Earthquake." Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

""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.

Presentation at International Conferences and Foreign Institutions (after 2020)


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 (upcoming).


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.


CUFE Webinar Series on Property Tax Design and Administration “Property Tax  Reform and Land Use: Evidence from Japan,Virtual Conference, October 2021.


The 15th North American Meeting of the Urban Economic Association “Property Tax  Reform and Land Use: Evidence from Japan,Virtual Conference, October 2021.


The 20th Sino-Japanese Economic Conference “Tax Resistance in Japan,” Virtual Conference, September 2021. 


The 113th Annual Conference on Taxation, “Stock Market Response to Public Investment under the Zero Lower Bound: Cross-Industry Evidence from Japan.” Virtual Conference, November 2020.


The 19th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, "Tax Morale and Tax Resistance: Evidence from a Representative Japanese Population Survey."  Virtual Conference, November 2020.


MACIE Research Seminar “Stock Market Response to Public Investment under the Zero Lower Bound: Cross-Industry Evidence from Japan.” Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, February 2020.

Referee Service for International Academic Journal

 

Applied Economics (2), Applied Economics Letters, Applied Financial Economics, Asian Economic Journal, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Economic Analysis and Policy (3), Economic Inquiry, Economic Modeling (3), Empirical Economics, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 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, Journal of Asian Economics (4), JCER Economic Journal, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of International Economic Studies, Journal of Macroeconomics, Public Finance Review, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies (2), Singapore Economic Review, Social Science and Medicine, Sustainability