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Akira Sasahara

ササハラ アキラ | Akira Sasahara
Affiliation and department：
Keio University Faculty of Economics

About Keio University Faculty of Economics


Job title： Associate Professor
Homepage URL  (1)： https://sites.google.com/view/akirasasahara/home
Research field  (1)： Economic policy
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (5)：
  • 2024 - 2027 Globalization, Climate Change, and Regional Economies: Interactions and Propagation of the Shock
  • 2022 - 2026 Theoretical and Empirical Studies on the International Specialization in Japan and East Asia in the Era of Covid-19 and Beyond
  • 2021 - 2025 労働市場への国際ショックの影響:国際経済のマクロ視点と個票データのミクロ視点から
  • 2021 - 2025 The Impact of Global Shocks on Labor Markets: From Micro and Macro Perspectives
  • 2021 - 2024 Research on Globalization, Income, and Global Value Chains
Papers (9)：
  • Okubo T., Sasahara A. Quality trade and transportation costs. Economics Letters. 2025. 257
  • Ito K., Endoh M., Jinji N., Matsuura T., Okubo T., Sasahara A. Margins, concentration, and the performance of firms in international trade: Evidence from Japanese customs data. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. 2025. 75
  • Tamon Asonuma, Marcos Chamon, Aitor Erce, Akira Sasahara. Costs of Sovereign Debt Crises: Restructuring Strategies and Bank Intermediation. Journal of International Economics. 2024. 152. November. 104002
  • Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Alexis Meyer-Cirkel, Akira Sasahara, Hans Weisfeld. Importing Inputs for Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Agricultural Productivity. Review of International Economics. 2022. 30. 1. 34-56
  • Ayumu Ken Kikkawa, Akira Sasahara. Gains from Trade and the Sovereign Bond Market. European Economic Review. 2020. 124
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MISC (20)：
  • Toshihiro Okubo, Akira Sasahara. A Disturbed Airport and Diverted Exports: Evidence from Typhoon Jebi. Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series DP2025-014. 2025
  • Akira Sasahara, Kayo Takama, Shintaro Negishi, Takanori Otsuka, Fumiharu Ito. Trade Continuity Effects of the Flexible Customs Declaration Scheme: Evidence from Two Typhoons. PRI Discussion Paper Series No.25A-04. 2025
  • Naoto Jinji, Keiko Ito, Masahiro Endoh, Toshihiro Okubo, Akira Sasahara, Toshiyuki Matsuura. Firms’ Trading Behavior in the Global Economy: Evidence from Japanese Transaction-level Customs Data. Financial Review. 2025. 令和7年第2号. 通巻第160号. 5-36
  • Shintaro Negishi, Akira Sasahara, Takanori Otsuka, Fumiharu Ito. The ‘Flexible Declaration Scheme’ of Japan Customs: Prevalence, Determinants, and Consequences. Financial Review. 2025. 令和7年第2号. 通巻第160号. 64-91
  • Akira Sasahara. The US-China Trade War and the Global Economy: Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects. Monthly Journal: Statistics. 2025
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Lectures and oral presentations  (79)：
  • Globalization and firm behavior, labor markets, and demographics
    (Seminar 2026)
  • Trade Continuity Effects of the Flexible Customs Declaration Scheme: Evidence from Two Typhoons
    (The 84th Annual Meeting of The Japan Society of International Economics 2025)
  • Gender-specific Exposure to Trade, Labor Market Adjustments, and the Family
    (Seminar 2025)
  • Geopolitical Risk and Corporate Behaviors: Propagation of Shocks through Global Operations
    (Summer Workshop on Economic Theory 2025)
  • Gender-specific Exposure to Trade, Labor Market Adjustments, and the Family
    (Asia Pacific Trade Seminars 2025)
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Works (1)：
  • Keio University Correspondence Courses Thesis Guideline (in Japanese)
    Akira Sasahara 2022 - 現在
Education (3)：
  • 2012 - 2017 University of California, Davis Economics Department
  • 2009 - 2011 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics
  • 2005 - 2009 Keio University Business and Commerce
Work history (2)：
  • 2020/06 - 現在 Keio University Faculty of Economics Associate Professor of Economics
  • 2017/08 - 2020/05 University of Idaho College of Business and Economics Assistant Professor of Economics
Committee career (9)：
  • 2023/07 - 現在 The Kanto Division of the Japan Society of International Economics The Student Event Organizing Committee
  • 2023/01 - 現在 The Japanese Economic Association The Childcare Service Organizing Committee, Japanese Economic Association
  • 2025/01 - 2025/10 The Japanese Economic Association The Program Committee, The 2025 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association
  • 2023/10 - 2024/10 The Japan Society of International Economics The Program Committee, The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics
  • 2022/11 - 2024/10 The Kanto Division of the Japan Society of International Economics Committee Member
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Awards (2)：
  • 2019/04 - College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho Thornton Faculty Excellence Award
  • 2013 - The Japan Society of International Economics The Kojima Kiyoshi Prize for Excellent Papers
Association Membership(s) (8)：
International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) Japan ,  TCER Fellow (Tokyo Center for Economic Research) ,  Applied Regional Science Conference ,  Urban Economics Association ,  Western Economic Association International ,  American Economic Association ,  Japanese Economic Association ,  Japan Society of International Economics
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