Faculty of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor
Macroeconomics, International Finance
B.A., Hitotsubashi University
M.A., Hitotsubashi University
M.A., Duke University
Ph.D., Duke University
Email: michiru-s[at]sophia.ac.jp
Tel: 03-3238-4055
Office: 10-541
My research interests are in macroeconomics and international economics, with a focus on open-economy questions and policy evaluation. I conduct quantitative analyses grounded in theoretical models to examine how shocks and policy reforms affect economic outcomes in open economies.
In teaching, I offer courses in macroeconomics, international finance, and the Japanese economy in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, and I teach international economics (with an emphasis on open-economy macroeconomics) in the Graduate Program of Global Studies.
Journal Articles
・“Financial Constraints, Firm Entry, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through,” Economics Letters, Vol. 125 (1), 2014, pp. 143-147.
・“Japan’s Monetary and Financial Cooperation – From a Viewpoint of the Spillover Effects of Currency Misalignment,” (with Eiji Ogawa) Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan, vol. 10(1), 2014, pp. 33-52.
・“News-Driven International Business Cycles,” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Topics), Vol. 13 (1), 2013, pp. 751-793.
・“The welfare effects of partial tariff reduction in Japan,” (with Akihito Asano) The Japanese Political Economy, Vol. 50 (2), 2024, pp. 229-252.
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Graduate Program in Global Studies