CV
Current Positions
- Specially Appointed Lecturer, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, April 2023–present
- Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, July 2025–present
Previous Positions
- Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, November 2024–March 2025
- Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kanagawa University, April 2022–March 2023
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Kobe University, 2022
Dissertation Advisor: Tamotsu Nakamura
Committee: Takashi Kamihigashi, Tomomi Miyazaki - M.A. in Economics, Kobe University, 2019
Research Fields
Macroeconomics; Public Economics; Heterogeneous-Agent Models; Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance
Research Activity
Publication (Peer-Reviewed)
- Emoto, Masakazu, and Takeki Sunakawa. (2021). "Applying the Explicit Aggregation Algorithm to Heterogeneous Agent Models in Continuous Time." Economics Letters, 206, 109940.
Working Papers
Wealth Tax Evasion, Tax Morale, and the Inequality–Growth Nexus
SSRN Working Paper No. 5560058
Dynamic Selection with the Informal Sector
SSRN Working Paper No. 7001022
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
SSRN Working Paper No. 6994978
Optimal Lockdown Policy with Virus Mutation
With Quentin Batista, Naoki Maezono, and Taisuke Nakata
CREPE Discussion Paper No. 187
Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution and the Transitional Dynamics and Steady State of Wealth Distribution
With Tamotsu Nakamura
Kobe University Discussion Paper No. 2101
Work in Progress
Public Investment and Firm Dynamics in the Informal Economy
Optimal Lockdown Policy with Finite-Horizon Planning
With Kazuya Haganuma, Taisuke Nakata, Takeshi Ojima, and Jacob Sano
Debt Sustainability in a Stochastic r − g Economy
With Masataka Eguchi and Kazuhiro Teramoto
Productivity Diffusion, Firm Dynamics, and Trade Openness
With Keiichi Kishi and Hirokazu Mizobata
Research Presentations
International Conferences
2026
82nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) — August 26, 2026
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
41st Meeting of the European Economic Association (EEA–ESEM 2026) — August 20, 2026
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
Singapore Economic Review Conference 2026 — July 30, 2026
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
2025
24th Annual SAET Conference — July 4, 2025
Dynamic Selection with the Informal Sector
PET 2025 International Conference on Public Economic Theory — June 23, 2025
Dynamic Selection with the Informal Sector
2022
The 21st Annual SAET Conference — July 21, 2022
Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth with the Informal Sector
2021
The 20th Annual SAET Conference — June 14, 2021
Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution with Tax Evasion and Tax Morale
Domestic Conferences
2026
Japanese Economic Association 2026 Autumn Meeting — September 12, 2026
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
2024
81st Annual Conference of the Japan Institute of Public Finance (JIPF) — October 12, 2024
Debt Sustainability in a Stochastic r − g Economy
2022
IEFS Japan Annual Meeting 2021 — March 28, 2022
Government Policy with Entrepreneur's Tax Evasion
2021
Japanese Economic Association 2021 Spring Meeting — May 15, 2021
Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth with the Informal Sector
IEFS Japan Annual Meeting 2020 — March 25, 2021
Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth with the Informal Sector
2019
IEFS Japan Annual Meeting 2019 — November 15, 2019
Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution with Tax Evasion and Social Norm
Japanese Association for Applied Economics 2019 Autumn Meeting — October 27, 2019
Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution with Tax Evasion and Social Norm
Japanese Economic Association 2019 Spring Meeting — June 8, 2019
A Theoretical Study of the Effects of Tax Evasion on Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution
Workshops & Seminars
2026
Macroeconomic Analysis Workshop, Matsuyama University — March 14, 2026
Profit Shifting and Firm Dynamics: Explaining the Selection into Tax Havens
2025
Research Workshop “Recent Development in Pandemic Policy Research”, Osaka University — September 25, 2025
Optimal Lockdown Policy with a Possibility of Virus Mutation
Macroeconomic Analysis Workshop, Matsuyama University — March 15, 2025
Firm Dynamics with Tax Heaven
2024
Macroeconomic Analysis Workshop, Matsuyama University — March 2, 2024
Dynamic Selection with the Informal Sector
2021
15th Conference for Young Economists in Macroeconomics, Osaka University (Online) — February 17, 2021
Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth with Informal Sector
2020
Rokko Forum, Kobe University (Online) — August 7, 2020
Applying the Explicit Aggregation Algorithm to the Heterogeneous Agents Model with Aggregate Uncertainty in Continuous Time
2019
59th Workshop on Economic Theory and Policy, Institute of Science Tokyo — July 27, 2019
Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution with Tax Evasion
Teaching Experience
Hitotsubashi University
Instructor
- Fall Semester 2026 — Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate and Graduate; co-taught)
Kanagawa University
Instructor
- Spring Semester 2022 — Macroeconomics (Undergraduate)
- Spring Semester 2022 — Microeconomics (Undergraduate)
- Fall Semester 2022 — Microeconomics (Undergraduate)
Kobe University
Instructor
- March 2021 — Mathematics Preparatory Program for Incoming Graduate Students (Math Camp)
- March 2020 — Mathematics Preparatory Program for Incoming Graduate Students (Math Camp)
Teaching Assistant
- Fall Semester 2021 — Macroeconomics I (Graduate)
- Spring Semester 2021 — Computational Methods in Economics (Graduate)
- Fall Semester 2020 — Macroeconomics IA and IB (Graduate)
- Spring Semester 2020 — Macroeconomics (Graduate)
- Fall Semester 2019 — Quantitative Methods for Monetary Economics; Macroeconomics IA (Graduate)
- Spring Semester 2019 — Microeconomics IA and IB (Graduate)
- Fall Semester 2018 — Quantitative Methods for Monetary Economics (Graduate)
- Spring Semester 2018 — Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate)
Research Grants
- Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS KAKENHI No. 24K16352, April 2024–present
- Murata Science and Education Foundation Research Grant, July 2023–June 2024
Refereeing Services
Macroeconomic Dynamics; Mathematical Social Sciences
Reference
- Tamotsu Nakamura, Professor, Kobe University — nakamura@econ.kobe-u.ac.jp
- Takashi Kamihigashi, Professor, Kobe University — tkamihig@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp
- Tomomi Miyazaki, Professor, Kobe University — miyazaki@econ.kobe-u.ac.jp
