Professor
Jota Ishikawa

Economics is a kind of grammar of economy. In the case of language, you can speak to some extent without understanding the correct grammar, but grammar is essential for speaking accurately and writing logical sentences. Similarly, you can live without knowing economics, but without knowledge of economics, you cannot accurately understand and logically explain how economy works. Not all knowledge of economics may be immediately useful, but economic thinking and perspectives will help us survive a rapidly changing economy.

Courses

Basic Seminar Ⅰ
Basic Seminar Ⅱ
Introduction to the Global Economy
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Japan in the World Economy
Advanced Seminar Ⅰ
Advanced Seminar Ⅱ
Graduation Thesis

Fields of Specialization

  • Trade Policy
  • Multinational Firms
  • Trade and Environment

Contact

  • Office :South 2－306

Profile

  • 2022
    Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University
  • 2014
    Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University (-2016)
  • 2001
    Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
  • 1997
    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
  • 1994
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
  • 1991
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
  • 1990
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario

Major Publications

  • "Transfer Pricing Regulation and Tax Competition," Journal of International Economics, vol. 127, November 2020, 103367 (with J. P. Choi and T. Furusawa), doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103367
  • "What Goes Around Comes Around: Export-enhancing Effects of Import-tariff Reductions," Journal of International Economics, vol. 126, September 2020, 103362 (with K. Hayakawa and N. Tarui), doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103362
  • "Parallel Imports and Repair Services," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 172, 2020, pp. 137-160 (with H. Morita and H. Mukunoki), doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.01.024
  • "Backfiring with Backhaul Problems: Trade and Industrial Policies with Endogenous Transport Costs," Journal of International Economics, vol. 111, 2018, pp. 81-98 (with N. Tarui).
  • "Trade Liberalization and Aftermarket Services for Imports," Economic Theory, vol. 62, 2016, pp. 719-764 (with H. Morita and H. Mukunoki).
  • "Environmental Management Policy under International Carbon Leakage," International Economic Review, vol. 54, 2013, pp. 1057-1083 (with K. Kiyono).
  • "FDI in Post-Production Services and Product Market Competition," Journal of International Economics, vol. 82, 2010, pp. 73-84 (with H. Morita and H. Mukunoki).
  • "Economic Integration and Rules of Origin under International Oligopoly", International Economic Review, vol. 48, 2007, pp. 185-210 (with H. Mukunoki and Y. Mizoguchi).
  • "Greenhouse-gas Emission Controls in an Open Economy", International Economic Review, vol. 47, 2006, pp. 431-450 (with K. Kiyono).
  • "Trade Liberalization and Strategic Outsourcing", Journal of International Economics, vol. 63, 2004, pp. 419-436 (with Y. Chen and Z. Yu).
  • "Rent-shifting Export Subsidies with an Intermediate Product", Journal of International Economics, 1999, vol. 48, pp. 199-232 (with B. J. Spencer).
  • "Backfiring Tariffs in Vertically Related Markets", Journal of International Economics, 1997, vol. 42, pp. 395-423 (with K. Lee).
  • "Learning by Doing, Changes in Industrial Structure and Trade Patterns, and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy", Journal of International Economics, 1992, vol. 33, pp. 221-244.
  • "Dynamic Increasing Returns, Technology and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy", Journal of Development Economics, 1992, vol. 37, pp.63-87 (with K. M. Fung).
  • "Trade Patterns and Gains from Trade with an Intermediate Good Produced under Increasing Returns to Scale", Journal of International Economics, 1992, vol. 32, pp.57-81.