Takahiro AKITA, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., August 1981, Regional Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

M.S., March 1974, Department of Socio-Economic Planning, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku), Tokyo, Japan.

B.S., March 1972, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku), Tokyo, Japan.

Regular Positions

Dean, 2002-present, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan.

Director, 1994-2001, International Development Program, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan.

Professor, 1991-Present, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan: Teaching Quantitative Methods for Decision Making, Research Methodology, and Quantitative Analysis for Development (Development Planning)

Associate Professor, 1988-1990, Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan: Taught Management Science.

Associate Professor, 1986-1990, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan: Taught Managerial Economics, Quantitative Analysis, Marketing Research, and Business Logistics

Assistant Professor, 1985-1986, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan.

U.N. Project Economist, 1983-1985, National Urban Development Strategy Project, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements/UNDP, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Research Specialist, 1981-1983, Gellman Research Associates, Inc., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Visiting Positions and Other Professional Activities

Visiting Researcher, April 1994-September 1999, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Niigata, Japan.

Visiting Fellow, February-April 1994, The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Visiting Scholar, September 1993-January 1994, UNU/IAS (United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies), Tokyo, Japan.

Program Director, IUJ/IDCJ Joint Training Program for Indonesian Local Government Officials, International University of Japan, May-June 1993 and April-June 1994.

JICA Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan: Technical Assistance to National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia.

Research Fellow, 1978-1981, Regional Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Member of American Economic Association, Regional Science Association, Japan Regional Science Association, Applied Regional Science Conference, East Asian Economic Association, Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies, and Japan Society for International Development.

Major Publications (1995-Present)

Kalirajan, Kaliappa and T. Akita, 2003, "Income Inequality and Convergence of Income across Indian States," in Economic Reform and the Liberalisation of the Indian Economy, edited by Kaliapa Kalirajan and Ulaganathan Sankar, Edward Elgar, MA, USA.

Akita, T., and Kazumi Kawamura, 2003, "Regional Income Inequality in China: A Two-Stage Nested Inequality Decomposition Analysis," Journal of Econometric Study of Northeast Asia, Vol.4, No.2, pp.79-98.

Akita, T., 2003, "Decomposing Regional Income Inequality in China and Indonesia using Two-Stage Nested Theil Decomposition Method," Annals of Regional Science, Vol.37, No.1, pp.55-77.

Kalirajan, Kaliappa and T. Akita, 2002, "Institution and Interregional Inequalities in India: Finding a Link using Hayami's Thesis and Convergence Hypothesis," Indian Economic Journal, Vol.49, No.4, pp.47-59.

Akita, T., and Armida Alisjahbana, 2002, " Regional Income Inequality in Indonesia and the Initial Impact of the Economic Crisis," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol.38, No.2, pp.201-222.

Akita, T., and Enkhbayar Shagdar, 2002, "Regional Income Inequality in Mongolia: 1989-1999," The Journal of Econometric Studies of Northeast Asia, Vol.3, No2, pp.51-73.

Akita, T., and Mitsuhiko Kataoka, 2002, "Interregional Interdependence and Regional Economic Growth: An Interregional Input-Output Analysis of the Kyushu Region," Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, Vol.14, No.1, March, pp.18-40.

Akita, T., and Kazumi Kawamura, 2001, "Regional Income Inequality in China," ERINA Report, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, Vol.40, June, pp.45-54, in Japanese.

Akita, T., and Agus Hermawan, 2000, "The Sources of Industrial Growth in Indonesia, 1985-1995," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol.17, No.3, pp.270-284.

Akita, T., and M. Kataoka, 2000, "Interregional Interdependence and Regional Economic Growth, 1965-1990: A Case of Kyushu Region," Innovation & I-O Technique, Vol.9, No.4, November, pp.27-42, in Japanese.

Akita, T., 2000, "Growth Factor Analysis of Japanese Regional Economies," Regional Policy Review, Vol.3, Regional Policy Research Center, Development Bank of Japan, pp.12-19, in Japanese.

Akita, T., and Jesse Szeto, 2000, "Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT) Program and Indonesian Regional Inequality," Asian Economic Journal, Vol.14, No.2, pp.167-186.

Akita, T., and Yoichi Nakamura, 2000, edited, Green GDP Estimates in China, Indonesia, and Japan: An Application of the UN Environmental and Economic Accounting System, United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo, January.

Akita, T., and Mitsunari Ogawa, 2000, "Trade, Energy and the Environment: An International Environmental Input-Output Analysis of CO₂ Emissions between China and Japan," The Journal of Econometric Studies of Northeast Asia, Vol.2, No.1, pp.41-84. (UNU/IAS Working Paper No. 77, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, January)

Akita, T., Ningning Yue, and Kazumi Kawamura, 1999, "Inter-provincial Income Inequality in China, 1985-1997: An Inequality Decomposition Analysis," Journal of Econometric Study of Northeast Asia, Vol. 1, No.2.

Akita, T., and Rizal A. Lukman, 1999, "Spatial Patterns of Expenditure Inequalities in Indonesia: 1987, 90, and 93," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 1999, Vol.35, No.2, August.

Akita, T., 1999, "The Role of the Kanto Region in the Growth of Japanese Regional Economies, 1965-85" in Understanding and Interpreting Economic Structure, edited by G.J.D. Hewings et al., Springer-Verlag, August.

Akita, T., Rizal A. Lukman, and Yukino Yamada, 1999, "Inequality in the Distribution of Household Expenditures in Indonesia: A Theil Decomposition Analysis," The Developing Economies, Vol.37, No.2, June.

Akita, T., Bingwu Xie, and Kazumi Kawamura, 1999, "Regional Economic Development of Northeast China: An Interregional Input-Output Analysis," Journal of Econometric Study of Northeast Asia, Vol. 1, No.1, June.

Akita, T., 1998, "An Environmental I-O Structural Decomposition Analysis of Chinese SO₂ Emissions: A Comparison with Japanese Emission Levels," UNU/IAS Working Paper No. 55, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, August.

Akita, T., and Kazumi Kawamura, 1997, "Two-Region Interregional Input-Output Table for China: Economic Interdependence between Northeast China and the Rest of China," ERINA Report, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, Vol. 19, October, in Japanese.

Akita, T., 1997, "Structural Change and Growth in Indonesia between 1971 and 1990," Innovation & I-O Technique, Vol.7, No.2, January, in Japanese.

Akita, T., 1996, "Interdependence and Growth: An International Input-Output Analysis," Studies in Regional Science, Vol.26, No.1, December.

Akita, T., 1996, "Interdependence and Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region," Innovation & I-O Technique, Vol.6, No.3, January, pp. 10-20, in Japanese.

Akita, T., and K. Hashimoto, 1995, "Regional Economic Growth and Income Disparities in the Three Northeastern Provinces of China", Studies in Regional Science, Vol.25, No.1, December, in Japanese.

Akita, T., and Rizal A. Lukman, 1995, "Interregional Inequalities in Indonesia: A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis for 1975-92," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol.31, No.2, August, pp.61-81.