MORI Tomoya
Faculty Fellow
Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University
Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University
Expertise
Spatial Economics, Urban and Regional Economics
Research Projects
Education
1996 Ph.D., Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania
1990 B.S., Civil Engineering, Gifu University
1990 B.S., Civil Engineering, Gifu University
Experience
2009-present Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (KIER), Kyoto University
1999 Visiting Fellow, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université catholique de Louvain
1996 Associate Professor, KIER, Kyoto University
1999 Visiting Fellow, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université catholique de Louvain
1996 Associate Professor, KIER, Kyoto University
Selected Publications and Papers
"An industrial agglomeration approach to central place and city size regularities," Journal of Regional Science 51(4), 694-731 (2011) (with T.E. Smith).
"The Number-Average Size Rule: a new empirical relationship between industrial location and city size," Journal of Regional Science 48, 165-211 (2008) (with K. Nishikimi and T.E. Smith).
"Monocentric versus polycentric models in urban economics," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed., Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, 754-217 (2008).
"A divergence statistic for industrial localization," Review of Economics and Statistics 87(4), 635-651 (2005) (with K.Nishikimi and T.E.Smith).
"Skills, agglomeration, and segmentation," European Economic Review 49, 201-225 (2005) (with A.Turrini).
"Spatial distribution of economic activities in Japan and China," in J.V.Henderson and J.-F. Thisse (eds.), Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics Vol.4, North-Holland (2004) (with M.Fujita, J.V.Henderson, Y.Kanemoto).
"Economies of transport density and industrial agglomeration," Regional Science and Urban Economics 32, 167-200 (2002) (with K.Nishikimi).
"On the evolution of hierarchical urban systems," European Economic Review 43, 209-251 (1999) (with M.Fujita and P.Krugman).
Structural stability and the evolution of urban systems, Regional Science and Urban Economics 27, 399-442 (1997) (with M.Fujita).
"A modeling of megalopolis formation: the maturing of city systems," Journal of Urban Economics 42, 133-157 (1997).
"The role of ports in the making of major cities: self-organization and hub-effect," Journal of Development Economics 49, 93-120 (1996) (with M.Fujita).
"The Number-Average Size Rule: a new empirical relationship between industrial location and city size," Journal of Regional Science 48, 165-211 (2008) (with K. Nishikimi and T.E. Smith).
"Monocentric versus polycentric models in urban economics," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed., Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, 754-217 (2008).
"A divergence statistic for industrial localization," Review of Economics and Statistics 87(4), 635-651 (2005) (with K.Nishikimi and T.E.Smith).
"Skills, agglomeration, and segmentation," European Economic Review 49, 201-225 (2005) (with A.Turrini).
"Spatial distribution of economic activities in Japan and China," in J.V.Henderson and J.-F. Thisse (eds.), Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics Vol.4, North-Holland (2004) (with M.Fujita, J.V.Henderson, Y.Kanemoto).
"Economies of transport density and industrial agglomeration," Regional Science and Urban Economics 32, 167-200 (2002) (with K.Nishikimi).
"On the evolution of hierarchical urban systems," European Economic Review 43, 209-251 (1999) (with M.Fujita and P.Krugman).
Structural stability and the evolution of urban systems, Regional Science and Urban Economics 27, 399-442 (1997) (with M.Fujita).
"A modeling of megalopolis formation: the maturing of city systems," Journal of Urban Economics 42, 133-157 (1997).
"The role of ports in the making of major cities: self-organization and hub-effect," Journal of Development Economics 49, 93-120 (1996) (with M.Fujita).
