Yasuyuki Todo
Professor
Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
University of Tokyo
E-mail: yastodoUk.u-tokyo.ac.jp ("U" should be replaced with "at.")
CONTENTS ♣ Short CV
♣ Published and Working Papers
♣ Teaching
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, September 2000
- M. A., Food Research, Stanford University, June 1995
- B. A., Asian Studies, the University of Tokyo, March 1991
Research Fields and On-going Research Projects
- Development Economics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics
Causes and impacts of globalization of Japanese and Chinese firms using firm-level data for Japan and China
Diffusion of resource-conserving agricultural technologies in Ethiopia
Impact evaluation of community-based forest management implemented by JICA on forest protection in Ethiopia
Diffusion of energy-saving technologies through FDI, using firm-level data for Indonesia
Complete CV
Refereed Papers
Quantitative Evaluation of Determinants of Export and FDI: Firm-Level Evidence from Japan,
The World Economy, 34(3), pp. 355-381, 2011.
(an earlier version published as RIETI Discussion Paper, No. 09-E-19, 2009)
Intra-industry Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from a Chinese Science Park,
forthcoming in Review of Development Economics, 2010
(with Weiying Zhang and Li-An Zhou).
(an earlier version in SSRN)
Impacts of Aid-Funded Technical Assistance Programs: Firm-Level Evidence from the Indonesian Foundry Industry,
World Development, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2011.
Diffusion of Resource Conserving Agricultural Technologies in Ethiopia,
Proceedings of the 16th Asian Agricultural Symposium and 1st International Symposium on Agricultural Technology, "Sufficiency Agriculture",
2010 (with Dagne Mojo Yadate, Petr Matous, and Ryo Takahashi).
Does Offshoring Pay? Firm-Level Evidence from Japan,
Economic Inquiry, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2010 (with Alexander Hijzen and Tomohiko Inui).
(an earlier version published as a RIETI discussion paper)
Perception of Farmers and Agricultural Professionals on Changes in Productivity and Water Resources in Ethiopia,
Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2010 (with Dagne Mojo Yadate and Petr Matous).
Is Foreign Aid a Vanguard of FDI? A Gravity-Equation Approach,
World Development, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2010 (with Hidemi Kimura).
Knowledge Spillovers from FDI in China:
The Role of Educated Labor in Multinational Enterprises,
Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 20, No. 6, 2009 (with Weiying Zhang and Li-An Zhou).
Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes? Evidence from France,
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 16: No. 15, 2009 (with Yu Aoki).
R&D Intensity for Innovative and Adaptive Purposes in Overseas Subsidiaries:
Evidence from Japanese Multinational Enterprises,
Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 23: No. 1, 2009
(with Satoshi Shimizutani).
Overseas R&D Activities and Home Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Data,
Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 56: No. 4, 2008 (with Satoshi Shimizutani).
FDI and Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries: A Theoretical and Empirical Survey,
OECD Journal General Papers, Vol. 2008/1, 2008 (with Yu Aoki).
What Determines Overseas R&D Activities? The Case of Japanese Multinational Firms,
Research Policy, Vol. 37: No. 3, 2008 (with Satoshi Shimizutani).
Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in R&D: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Data,
Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 17: No. 6, 2006.
Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment and the Role of R&D Activities:
Evidence from Indonesia, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 55: No. 1, 2006 (with Koji Miyamoto).
Technology Adoption in Follower Countries: With or Without Local R&D Activities?,
Topics in Macroeconomics, Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 2, 2005.
Empirically Consistent Scale Effects: An Endogenous Growth Model with Technology Transfer to Developing Countries,
the Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 25: No. 1, 2003.
The Revival of Scale Effects,
Topics in Macroeconomics, Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 4, 2002 (with Koji Miyamoto).
Growth, Population, and Knowledge Diffusion,
Knowledge, Technology, & Policy, 13(4), pp.94-113, 2001.
Book Chapteres
- Todo, Yasuyuki, "Inward and Outward FDI of Japan,"
Sussangkarn, Chalongphob, Yung Chul Park, and Sung Jin Kang eds., Foreign Direct Investment in Asia, Routledge, 2011.
Recent Working Papers
- Todo, Yasuyuki and Ryo Takahashi, Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Income and Skills:
Evidence from an Aid-Funded Project in Rural Ethiopia,
forthcoming in Journal of International Development
(an earlier version
published as JICA Research Institute Working Paper)
- Todo, Yasuyuki and Hitoshi Sato, "Effects of CEO's Characteristics on
Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan," RIETI Discussion Paper, No. 11-E-026, March 2011.
(Full Text)
- Poverty Reduction during the Rural-Urban Transformation:
The Role of the Missing Middle, presented at the gPoverty, Equity and Growthh Inaugural Conference,
University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, July 1-3, 2009.
(with Luc Christiaensen).
- The Internationalization of Japanese Firms: New Findings Based on Firm-Level Data,
RIETI Discussion Paper, No. 08-E-036, 2008
(with Ryuhei Wakasugi, Hitoshi Sato, Shuichiro Nishioka, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Banri Ito, and Ayumu Tanaka).
(Full Text)
- The Effects of Multinational Production on Domestic Performance: Evidence from Japanese Firms,
RIETI Discussion Paper, No. 07-E-006, 2007
(with Alexander Hijzen and Tomohiko Inui).
(Full Text)
- Do Multinationalfs R&D Activities Stimulate Indigenous Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Chinafs gSilicon Valley,
NBER Working Paper, No. 13618, 2007 (with Hongbin Cai and Li-An Zhou).
(Full Text)
- Geographic Distance on Knowledge Diffusion from Multinational Enterprises: Evidence from Indonesia, 2003.
- Enterprise Training in Indonesia: The Interaction between Workerfs Training and Schooling, 2002 (with Koji Miyamoto).
(Full Text)
Currently Teaching Courses
Past Teaching
- University of Tokyo: international development and environment, macroeconomics, graduate economic growth.
- Aoyama Gakuin University: international macroeconomics, international development, macroeconomics.
- Tokyo Metropolitan University: economic growth, advanced macroeconomics, international finance.
- Southern Illinois University: macroeconomics, advanced international trade.
Others
Address: 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563 Japan
Last revised: October 12, 2011