Research keywords (4)：
Empirical analysis
, Efficiency
, Productivity
, Public utility
Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：
2023 - 2027 Empirical Study on Sustainable Water and Wastewater Services under Accelerated Population Decline
2024 - 2025 Investigation Research on Regional Economies and Public-Private Partnerships and Problems of Public Infrastructure and Public Investment in the Region in the Post COVID-19 Society
2023 - 2024 Investigation Research on Regional Economies and Public-Private Partnerships in the Post COVID-19 Society
2021 - 2024 Empirical studies on the optimal industry structure in the Japanese water and sewerage industry
2020 - 2022 Empirical Study on Drainage System and Cost in Sewerage Industry
2019 - 2020 Long-run Impact of Track Improvements on Railroad Productivity
2016 - 2018 鉄道事業におけるサービスの質と効率性に関する実証分析と計量モデルの開発
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Papers (7)：
Tomohiro Kitamura. Problems of Survival and Abolition of Railroad Industry and its Measures in Japan. DOSHISHA SHOGAKU. 2023. 75. 3. 121-131
Tomohiro Kitamura. Efficiency Evaluation of Sewerage Industry Considering Differences in Sewage Removal Types: Metafrontier Analysis by Adopting Panel Data. DOSHISHA SHOGAKU. 2023. 74. 6. 91-105
Tomohiro Kitamura. Estimating Production Function of Railroad Industry with Accounting for Simultaneity. DOSHISHA SHOGAKU. 2023. 74. 4・5. 41-52
KITAMURA Tomohiro. Long-run Impact of Track Improvements on Railroad Track Maintenance Cost: Empirical Analysis Using Distributed Lag Model. International Public Economy Studies. 2020. 31. 54-65
Tomohiro Kitamura. Metafrontier Analysis of Sewerage Industry in Japan. Journal of Economics and Business Administration. 2020. 222. 4. 59-72
Project of Long-run Impact of Track Improvements on Railroad Productivity. Long-run Impact of Track Improvements on Railroad Productivity. Publications of the Japan Research Center for Transport Policy. 2020. A-781
Takuya URAKAMI, Tomoyasu TANAKA, Takayoshi NAKAOKA, Tomohiro KITAMURA. GAIA Project An empirical study about the measurement of productivity and efficiency concerning wide-area consolidation and public-private partnership of the Japanese sewerage utilities: Primary results of questionnaire survey. Working Paper, Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University. 2020. 2020-01
KITAMURA Tomohiro. Diversification Economies in Water and Sewerage Industry. Discussion Paper, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University. 2020. 2005
Restructuring of Public Utility Industries
Kwansei Gakuin University Press 2023 ISBN:9784862833624
Lectures and oral presentations (33)：
A Comparison of Marginal Cost and Fare of Regional Railroad Companies in Japan: A Hedonic Cost Function Approach
(North American Productivity Workshop 2023 2023)
Measures for the Survival and Abolition of Routes and for the Safety in the Railroad Industry
(The Meeting for Young Researchers of Kansai Branch of the Japan Society of Public Utility Economics 2022)
上下水道事業における一体的運営の効果
(同志社大学商学会(新任教員)研究報告会 2021)
Diversification Economies of the Water and Sewerage Industries in Japan" (Joint with David Saal and Takuya Urakami)
(2021)
A Comparison of Marginal Cost and Fare of Regional Railroad Companies in Japan: Evaluating Marginal Cost Using Estimates of Hedonic Cost Function
(2021)
2015 - 2018 Kobe University Graduate School of Economics
2013 - 2015 Kobe University Graduate School of Economics
2009 - 2013 Osaka Prefecture University School of Economics Department of Economics
Professional career (2)：
修士(経済学) (神戸大学)
博士(経済学) (神戸大学)
Work history (4)：
2024/04 - 現在 Fukuyama University Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Lecturer
2021/04 - 2024/03 Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce Department of Commerce Associate Professor
2018/04 - 2021/03 Kobe University Graduate School of Economics Lecturer
2016/04 - 2018/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC2)
Committee career (1)：
2021/07 - 2022/11 日本経済政策学会 第20回日本経済政策学会国際会議運営委員
Awards (3)：
2014/06 - Academic Score Award
2013/03 - Academic Score Award
2013/03 - Graduation Thesis Award
Association Membership(s) (7)：
The Japan Society of Transportation Economics
, Japan Economic Policy Association
, The Japan Society of Public Utility Economics
, The Econometric Society
, Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy
, Applied Regional Science Conference
, Japanese Economic Association
