URATA Shujiro

URATA Shujiro

URATA Shujiro

Chairman

Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
Senior Adviser, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Visiting Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute
Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies

Activities at RIETI

Expertise

International Economics, Development Economics

Research Projects

Education

1978 Ph.D. Economics, Stanford University
1976 M.A. Economics, Stanford University
1973 B.A. Economics, Keio University

Experience

2009 - present Senior Adviser, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
2005 - present Professor, Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
1997 - 1999 Director General, Research Institute, People's Finance Corporation
1995 - present Research Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research
1994 Professor, Waseda University, School of Social Sciences
1988 Associate Professor, Waseda University, School of Social Sciences
1986 Lecturer, Waseda University, School of Social Sciences
1981 Economist, The World Bank
1978 Research Associate, The Brookings Institution

Selected Publications and Papers

Books (after 2010)

  • Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific, World Scientific, Singapore, 2010 (co-edited with C. Findlay)
  • Economic Consequences of Globalization: Evidence from East Asia, Routledge, New York, 2012 (co-edited with C.H. Hahn and D.A. Narjoko)
  • Emerging Global Trade Governance, Routledge, New York, 2018 (co-edited with L. Chen, J. Nakagawa and M. Ambashi)
  • East Asian Integration: Goods, Services and Investment, Routledge, New York, 2019 (co-edited with L.Y. Ing, and M. Richardson)
  • Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Asia Pacific, Australian National University Press, Acton ACT 2601, Australia, 2020 (co-edited with A. Triggs)
  • The Effect of Globalisation on Firm and Labour Performance, Routledge, New York, 2021 (co-edited with C.H. Hahn, D.A. Narjoko, and H.T.T. Doan)
  • Enhancing SME Participation in Global Value Chains, ed. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan, March 2021
  • Globalisation and its Economic Consequences: Looking at APEC Economies, Routledge, New York, 2021 (co-edited with H.T.T. Doan)

Articles (after 2020)

  • “US-Japan Trade Frictions: The Past, the Present, and Implications for the US-China Trade War, Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol. 15, Issue 1, January, 2020, pp. 141-159.
  • “Does Participation in Global Value Chains Increase Productivity? An Analysis of Trade in Value Added Data” Thailand and the World Economy, vol. 38, no. 1, 2020 pp. 1-28 (with Y. Baek)
  • “Introduction and Summary” in S.Urata ed. Enhancing SME Participation in Global Value Chains, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 2021 pp.1-24
  • “The Determinants of Participation in Global Value Chains: A Cross-Country, Firm-Level Analysis” S.Urata ed. Enhancing SME Participation in Global Value Chains, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 2021 pp.25-86 (with Y. Baek)
  • “The Economic Impacts of the CPTPP and RCEP: Asia Pacific Trade Agreement without the United States” in C. Lee and P. Bhattacharya, eds. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore 2021 (with P.A. Petri, M.G. Plummer, and F. Zhai)
  • “Labor Market Impacts of Import Penetration from China and Regional Trade Agreement Partners: The Case of Japan,” Developing Economies, Vol. 59, No. 3, September 2021, pp. 306-323 (with K. Hayakawa and T. Ito)
  • “Impacts of Increased Chinese Imports on Japan’s Labor Market,” Japan and the World Economy vol. 59, September, 2021, pp. 306-323. (with K. Hayakawa and T. Ito)
  • “Tariff Pass-through in Wholesaling: Evidence from Firm-level Data in Japan” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 62, December 2021 (with Y.Baek, K.Hayakawa, K Tsubota and K.Yamanouchi)
  • “Impact of FTA on Trade in ASEAN and Australia Using Customs Level Data,” Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 36, No. 3, September 2021, 437-461 (with S. Thangavelu, and D.A, Narjoko)
  • “Can E-commerce Mitigate the Negative Impact of COVID-19 on International Trade?” Japanese Economic Review September 2021 (with K. Hayakawa and H. Mukunoki)
  • “FDI activities and integration in ASEAN and East Asia” in F. Kimura, M. Pangestu, S.M. Thangavalu and C. Findlay, Handbook on East Asian economic integration, Edgar Elgar, 2021, pp. 88-109 (with S. M. Thangavelu and D.T. Ambaw)
  • “Do Japan's Free Trade Agreements Increase Its International Trade?” Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 37, No. 1, March 2022, pp. 1-29 (With M. Ando and K. Yamanouchi)
  • “How effective was the restaurant restraining order against COVID-19? A nighttime light study in Japan” Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 63, September 2022 (with K. Hayakawa and S. Keola)
  • “Two-Step Approach to FTAAP and WTO Reform” in X. Gong ed. Regional Economic Integration in the Post-Pandemic Era, Rajaratnam School of International Studies, September 2022, pp. 42-49.
  • “Impacts of firm’s GVC participation on productivity: A Case of Japanese Firms” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, forthcoming (with Y.Baek)