Faculty of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor
Microeconomics
B.A., Yokohama National University
M.A., Hitotsubashi University
M.Ec.,Ph.D., Australian National University
Email:
aki.asano[at]sophia.ac.jp
Tel: 03-3238-4102
Office: 10-555
My research and teaching interests are in applied microeconomic theory. My recent research has focused on economy wide gains from structural reforms and the welfare effects of partial tariff reduction in Japan. I teach principles and intermediate microeconomics, international trade, and strategic thinking (game theory) in the FLA, and one of the two quantitative methods courses in the GPGS.
Books
・Asano, Akihito (2012). An Introduction to Mathematics for Economics, Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
・Asano, Akihito and Michiru Sakane (2024). “The welfare effects of partial tariff reduction in Japan,” The Japanese Political Economy, Vol.50, No.2, pp.229–52.
・Asano, Akihito and Rod Tyers (2019). “Japan’s oligopolies: Potential economy wide gains from structural reforms,” Economic Modelling, Vol.82, pp.361-75.
・Asano, Akihito (2012). “Is There a ‘Double Bonus’ from Reducing Inequality?” Economic Inquiry, Vol.50, No.2, pp.551-62.
・Asano, Akihito and Takaharu Eto (2007). “Organisational inertia in Japanese institutions,” Journal of Asian Economics ,Vol.18, No.6, pp.915-33.
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Graduate Program in Global Studies