Expertise
Trade Policy Analysis, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), GTAP
Research Projects
- An Analysis of the Reorganization of World Trade and Its Impact on the Japanese Economy (September 1, 2025 - February 29, 2028)
Education
2004 Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, U.S.A.
1995 M.A., Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
1993 B.A., Aichi University of Education
Experience
2025 - present Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
2021 - present Visiting Professor, Research Center for Policy Design, Tohoku University
2020 - present Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ESRI, Cabinet Office
2016 - 2017 Visiting Scholar, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University
2014 - present Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University
2007 - 2014 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University
2008 - 2009 Visiting Researcher, Development Prospect Group, World Bank
2005 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University
2004 - 2005 Research Associate, SEAS Lab, and Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University
1996 – 1998 Consultant, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
Selected Publications and Papers
Book Chapter
- Itakura, K., Hibiki, A., Yoshida, J., Tamura, M., Yokoki, H. “Direct and Indirect Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise”, ch.23, in Mimura, N., Takewaka, S. eds., Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Japan, Springer, March 2025
- Itakura, K., Oyamada, K. “Extending GTAP Data Base and a CGE Model with Global Input-Output Linkage,” ch.12 in Otsubo S. ed., Globalization and Development: Leading Issues in Development with Globalization, Routledge, September 2015
Working Papers
- Kuga, N., Itakura, K. “How Does CPTPP Make Impact on Goods Trade Flows Among Its Member Countries?” New ESRI Working Paper, no.75, December 2024
- Itakura, K., Iwamoto T. “Regional Computable General Equilibrium Model of Japan and the Global Economy,” Tohoku University Research Center for Policy Design Discussion Paper, TUPD-2024-016, December, 2024
Papers Published in Refereed Journals
- Itakura, K., Lee, H. “Should the United States Rejoin the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal?” International Economics and Economic Policy: 20, March 2023
- Bekkers, E., Antimiani, A., Carrico, C., Flaig, D., Fontagne, L., Foure, J., Francois, J., Itakura, K., Kutlina-Dimitrova, Z., Powers, W., Saveyn, B., Teh, R., Tongeren, F. V., Tsigas, M. “Modelling Trade and Other Economic Interactions Between Countries in Baseline Projections,” Journal of Global Economic Analysis: 5(1), January 2020
- Itakura, K. “Evaluating the Impact of the US-China Trade War,” Asian Economic Policy Review: 15 (1), January 2020
- Hertel, TW., Walmsley T., Itakura, K. “Dynamic Effects of the "New Age" Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Singapore,” Journal of Economic Integration: 16 (4), December 2001
