Kazu Takechi (Kazutaka Takechi, 武智 一貴)
Faculty of Economics, Hosei University

Fields of Interest

International Trade, Industrial Organization, International Finance, Corporate Finance, Applied Econometrics

Education

Ph.D., University of British Columbia (Economics), 2005
Dissertation Committee: Brian Copeland (supervisor), Keith Head, John Ries, Artyom Shneyerov

M.A., University of Tokyo (Economics), 1999
MA Thesis supervisor: Noriyuki Yanagawa

B.A., Waseda University (Economics), 1997
BA Thesis supervisor: Kazuharu Kiyono

Professional Experiences

Permanent
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, 2015-present
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, 2007-2015
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, 2005-2007

Visition position
Visiting Professor, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, 2017-2019

Selected Publications

How Are the Precedents of Trade Policy Rules Made under the World Trade Organization? Economics and Politics, 35, 806-821, 2023.

Quality Sorting, Alchian-Allen Effect, and Distance, Economics Letters 222, 110924, 2023.

Drinking, Texting, Aging, or Youth: Which Attribute Is the Riskiest for Driving? (with Toru Fujiwara), Applied Economics Letters 30, 239-243, 2023.

The Price of Distance: Pricing to Market and Geographic Barriers (with Kano and Kano), Journal of Economic Geography 22, 873-899, 2022.

Making the World Safer: Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems Enhance Safety for Senior Drivers (with Toru Fujiwara), Applied Economics Letters 29, 1177-1181, 2022.

Do Domestic Producers Benefit from Safeguards? The Case of a Japanese Safeguard on Chinese Vegetable Imports in 2001, Japan and the World Economy, 55, 1-10, 2020.

Exaggerated Death of Distance: Revisiting Distance Effects on Regional Price Dispersions (with Kano and Kano), Journal of International Economics 403-413, 90, 2013

Understanding the Productivity Effect of M&A in Japan: An Empirical Analysis of the Electronics Industry from 1989 to 1998, Japan and the World Economy 25-26, 1-9, 2013

Firm Organizational Heterogeneity and Market Structure: Evidence from the Japanese Pesticide Market (with Keisaku Higashida), International Journal of Industrial Organization 30, 193-203, 2012

R&D Intensity and Domestic and Cross-Border M&A of Japanese Firms before Domestic M&A Deregulation, Japan and the World Economy 23, 112-118, 2011

What is Driving the Manufacturing FDI Wave in Asia?, Review of Development Economics 15, 33-47, 2011

Local Content Protection: Specific Factors for Intermediate Goods Production and Market Segmentation (with Kazuharu Kiyono), Japan and the World Economy 15, 69-87, 2003

Publications in Japanese

The parent-subsidiary relationships and parent firms' stock options to subsidiary board members (in Japanese 子会社役員等への親会社ストック・オプション付与と親子会社関係 (with Sumi and Takeguchi), JCER Economic Journal (日本経済研究) 67, 39-56, 2012.

Discussion Papers


Negative Effect of Intellectual Property Protection: The Unusual Suspects? RIETI Discussion Paper 112-E-057, 2012

In Search of Synergy Effects: Mergers and Productivity (with Yasuhiro Arikawa ), ICES(Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei Universiry) Working paper 2012

Daily Gravity, RIETI Discussion Paper 16-E-095, 2016

Conference Presentations

Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2004, Carlton University; Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2005, McMaster University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2006, Kobe University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2007, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2008, University of Sydney; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, 2008, Hyogo University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2009, University of Hong Kong; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2010, Osaka University; Empirical Investigations in Trade and Investment, 2011, Keio University; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, 2011, Ryukoku University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2011, University of Hawaii; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, 2012, Nanzan University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2012, Singapore Management University; Japanese Economic Society Meeting, 2012, Kyushu Sangyo University; Western Economic Association International Meeting, 2013, Keio University; European Trade Study Group, 2013, University of Birmingham; Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2014, Simon Fraser University; Japan Society of International Economics Spring Meeting 2016, Gakushuin University; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, 2017, Nihon University; Asia Pacific Trade Seminars, 2019, University of Tokyo; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, IDE-JETRO, 2019; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, University of Tokyo, 2021; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, Kindai University, 2022; Japan Society of International Economics Meeting, Meiji University, 2023

Research Grants

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2006-2008, 2009-2011.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2012-2014, 2015-2017, 2018-2021, 2022-2024.

Referee Service

Canadian Journal of Economics, International Journal of Economic Theory, Japan and the World Economy, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Economics, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Journal of Regional Studies, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Research Policy, Review of World Economics, Scandiavian Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics, World Economy

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