Expertise
Industrial Organization, Regulatory Economics
Education
2004 Ph.D., Economics, The University of Tokyo
2000 M.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo
1991 B.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo
2000 M.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo
1991 B.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo
Experience
2003-present Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
1991 Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.
1991 Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.
Selected Publications and Papers
"Extended Price Cap Mechanism for Efficient Transmission Expansion under Nodal Pricing," forthcoming in Networks and Spatial Economics.
"Real-Time Pricing with Ramping Costs: A New Approach to Managing a Steep Change in Electricity Demand," Energy Policy 34(18): 3634-3643, 2006.
Liberalizing Electricity Markets: An Economic Analysis, Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2004 (with Tatsuo Hatta, in Japanese).
"Real-Time Pricing with Ramping Costs: A New Approach to Managing a Steep Change in Electricity Demand," Energy Policy 34(18): 3634-3643, 2006.
Liberalizing Electricity Markets: An Economic Analysis, Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2004 (with Tatsuo Hatta, in Japanese).

