DAISAKU GOTO

Last Updated :2024/10/01

Affiliations, Positions
The IDEC Institute, Professor
Web Site
E-mail
dgoto{at}hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima 739-8529, Japan
TEL : (+81) FAX : (+81)

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2020/04/01, 2022/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
  • 2009/05/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Associate Professor
  • 2009/04/01, 2009/04/30, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Researcher
  • 2008/04/01, 2009/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Assistant Professor
  • 2007/04/01, 2008/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation
  • 2006/04/01, 2007/03/31, Kyushu University, Research Associate

Educational Backgrounds

  • Kyushu University, Japan, 2003/04, 2007/02
  • Hitotsubashi University, Japan, 2001/04, 2003/03
  • Chuo University, Japan, 1996/04, 2000/03

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D in Economics, Kyushu University
  • MA in Economics, Hitotsubashi University

Educational Activity

  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Joint International Master's Programme in Sustainable Development (Hiroshima University - University of Graz)
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : International Economic Development Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : International Economic Development Program

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Economics;Public finance / Public economy
  • Social sciences;Economics;Economic policy
  • Environmental science;Sustainable and environmental system development;Environmental policy and social systems

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Study Tour Abroad for Realization and Transformation A
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introduction to International Cooperation
  3. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Businesses promoting carbon neutrality
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Experiments in Environmental Economics I
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Experiments in Environmental Economics II
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Humanities and Social Sciences and Society(English Class) Students enrolled before AY 2023
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Humanities and Social Sciences and Society(English Class) Students enrolling in AY 2024 or later
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Project Research
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Development Microeconomics I
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Development Microeconomics II
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Applied Econometrics I
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Applied Econometrics II
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study(April 2024 Master's Students)
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study(October 2024 Master's Students)
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study(April 2024 Doctoral Students)
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study(October 2024 Doctoral Students)
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, International Environmental Cooperation Studies
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar B
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Seminar on Doctoral Dissertation
  20. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Seminar on Doctoral Dissertation
  21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Arts & Science for Evidence-Based Decision Making

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Physician behavior: Experimental evidence from physician and patient perspectives, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 112, 202406
  2. ★, Child online safety education: A program evaluation combining a randomized controlled trial and list experiments in Vietnam, Computers in Human Behavior, 156(108225), 202407
  3. ★, Unmasking academic cheating behavior in the artificial intelligence era: Evidence from Vietnamese undergraduates, Education and Information Technologies, 20240205
  4. ★, Agricultural land consolidation, labor allocation and land productivity: A case study of plot exchange policy in Vietnam, Economic Analysis and Policy, 43, 455-473, 202203
  5. ★, Strategic non-use of the government's precommitment ability for emissions taxation: Environmental R&D formation in a Cournot duopoly, AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC PAPERS, 61(1), 181-206, 202203
  6. ★, Does experience sharing affect farmers' pro-environmental behavior? A randomized controlled trial in Vietnam, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 136(105062), 202012
  7. ★, Does awareness about land tenure security (LTS) increase investments in agriculture? Evidence from rural households in Vietnam, Land Use Policy, 97(104721), 202009
  8. ★, Does Microfinance Improve the Household Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam, Progress in Development Studies, 20(1), 65-83, 20200106
  9. ★, Impacts of sustainability certification on farm income: Evidence from small-scale specialty green tea farmers in Vietnam, FOOD POLICY, 83, 70-82, 201902
  10. ★, Potential demand for voluntary community-based health insurance improvement in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic: A randomized conjoint experiment, PLOS ONE, 14(1), 20190108
  11. ★, Environmental research joint ventures and time-consistent emission tax: Endogenous choice of R&D formation, ECONOMIC MODELLING, 55, 179-188, 2016
  12. ★, Cournot duopoly and environmental R&D under regulator's precommitment to an emissions tax, Applied Economics Letters, 23(5), 324-331, 20150818
  13. ★, Do emission subsidies reduce emission? In the context of environmental R&D organization, ECONOMIC MODELLING, 36, 511-516, 201401
  14. What is the socially desirable formation of environmental R&D?, IDEC, Hiroshima University, Discussion Paper Series 2, Vol.2(No.6), 20120201
  15. Current status of the Brazilian ethanol program :Report on Hiroshima University-IDEC's mission to Brazil., Journal of International Development and Cooperation, 18(1), 111-122, 20111201
  16. A note on environmental R&D under time-consistent emission tax, International Journal of Business and Economics, Vol.10(No.3), 257-260, 20111201
  17. Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation: Incentive Design for Capacity Development, HICEC Discussion Paper Series, 2007-1, 20070523

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Land consolidation and farm production: A difference-in-differences approach with plot exchange in two provinces of Vietnam, Duc Tran, Vu Ha Thu and Daisaku Goto, The 19th JEPA International Conference, 2020/11/14, Without Invitation, English, Japan Economic Policy Association, Online
  2. Does Experience Sharing Affect Farmers' Pro-environmental Behavior? A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam, Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Daisaku Goto and Keisuke Kawata, ESA North American Meeting 2019, 2019/10/10, Without Invitation, English, Economic Science Association, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  3. Encouraging Farmers to Adopt Organic Fertilizer: Evidence from Field Experiment in Vietnam, Daisaku Goto, Vu Ha Thu, Duc Tran, Keisuke Kawata, Microeconomics Workshop, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2019/03/27, Without Invitation, English, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  4. Pecuniary versus Non-pecuniary Interventions to Influence Farmers' Behavior: Evidence from Field Experiment in Vietnam, Thu Ha Vu, Duc Anh Tran, Daisaku Goto,Keisuke Kawata, WEAI 15th International Conference, 2019/03/22, Without Invitation, English, Western Economic Association International, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Can certification improve the impacts of tea cooperatives? Evidence from tea producers in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, Duc Anh Tran and Daisaku Goto, The 16th JEPA International Conference, 2017/11/05, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Okinawa Jichikaikan Hall, Okinawa, Japan
  6. Rural Household Preferences on Community-based Health Insurance in Lao PDR, Thiptaiya Sydavong and Daisaku Goto, 25th Pacific Conference of the RSAI, 2017/05/19, Without Invitation, English, The Regional Science Association International, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
  7. Does Microfinace Improve Households' Welfare of Ethnic Minorities? Evidence from Bac Kan Privince, Vietnam, Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto, 25th Pacific Conference of the RSAI, 2017/05/18, Without Invitation, English, The Regional Science Association International, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
  8. Does microfinance improve households' welfare of ethnic minorities Evidence from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam, Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto, Western Regional Science Association 56th Annual Meeting, 2017/02/17, Without Invitation, English, Western Regional Science Association, La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  9. Economic Contribution of Forest Products to Rural Livelihoods in Northern Mountainous Villages, Vietnam, Duc Anh Tran, Daisaku Goto and Nobukazu Nakagoshi, The 15th JEPA International Conference, 2016/10/29, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Onuma International Seminar House, Hakodate, Hakkaido, Japan.
  10. Impact Evaluation of Microfinance Program on Rural Households in Northern Mountainous Region, Vietnam, Thu Ha Vu and Daisaku Goto, The 15th JEPA International Conference, 2016/10/30, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Onuma International Seminar House, Hakodate, Hakkaido
  11. The Impact of Village Banking on Household Welfare: A Case Study of Villabouly District, Savanhnakhet Province, Lao PDR, Phonethip Phimmasone; Daisaku Goto, The 14th JEPA International Conference, 2015/11/08, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Toyo University
  12. The impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Jessore District Using Average Treatment Effects from Propensity Score Matching, Katsuhiro Ando; Daisaku Goto, The 14th JEPA International Conference, 2015/11/07, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Toyo Univerisity
  13. The Impact of the Microfinance on the Welfare of Rural Households in Myanmar, Tun Lynn Aun; Daisaku Goto, The 13th JEPA International Conference, 2014/11/08, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Meiji University
  14. Household Behavior and Risk Preference after Climatic Disasters in the Costal Areas of Bangladesh, Daisaku Goto; Md Shakil Mahamud, Special Seminar, The Development Mission and Higher Education: Who See What?, 2014/09/09, Without Invitation, English, Faculty of Social Science, Jahangirnagar University, Faculty of Social Science, Jahangirnagar University
  15. Assessing Consumer Preference for Solar Water Heaters: Choice Experiment in Kunming City, Daisaku Goto; Liqing Quan, UPSE-PCED Seminars, 2014/03/07, Without Invitation, English, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, School of Economics, University of the Philippines
  16. Economic Growth and Substitution Possibilities of Inter-fuels and Inter-factors in Lao PDR: Approach of Morishima Elasticity of Substitution, Thiptaiya Sydavong; Daisaku Goto, 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2013/09/21, Without Invitation, English, The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Kobe University
  17. Ecological assessment of agricultural modernization with ecological footprint in Japan, Korea and China, Tomoyo Toyoda; Daisaku Goto; Shinji Kaneko, 5th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, 2009/06/21, Without Invitation, English, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Lisboa
  18. An Economic Analysis of the Green Purchasing Promotion Law and False Eco-Labeling, Daisaku Goto, 2008 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, 2008/09/27, Without Invitation, English, The Asian Law and Economics Association, Kyushu University
  19. Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation, Daisaku Goto, The 6th JEPA International Conference, 2007/12/08, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Hosei University
  20. Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights in Green Innovation, Daisaku Goto, 2007 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, 2007/08/16, Without Invitation, English, The Asian Law and Economics Association, Academia Sinica
  21. Comparative Economic Analysis of Liability for Soil Contamination Cleanup, Daisaku Goto, 19th Pacific Regional Science Conference, 2005/07/25, Without Invitation, English, Regional Science Association International, Nihon University
  22. Comparative Economic Analysis of Liability for Soil Contamination Cleanup, Daisaku Goto; Moriki Hosoe, 2005 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, 2005/06/23, Without Invitation, English, The Asian Law and Economics Association, Seoul National University
  23. On the Optimal Use of Deposit-refund System and Liability for Soil Contamination Damages, Daisaku Goto; Moriki Hosoe, 51st North American Meeting Regional Science Association International, 2004/11/29, Without Invitation, English, North American Regional Science Council, The Renaissance Madison Hotel, Seattle
  24. Who Should Be Liable? -An economic Analysis of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law in Japan-, Daisaku Goto, The 2nd JEPA International Conference, 2003/11/29, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Economic Policy Association, Nagoya University

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. The 18th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, Program Committee, 2019/08, 2019/11
  2. The 17th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, Secretary General of the Program Committee, 2017/12, 2018/10
  3. The 16th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, Program committee, 2017/08, 2017/11
  4. The 15th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, Program committee, 2016/08, 2016/11
  5. The 14th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, Program committee, 2015/08, 2015/11

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2020, Plos One, Others, Reviewer, 1
  2. 2019, Plos One, Others, Reviewer, 2
  3. 2019, Energy Economics, Others, Reviewer, 1
  4. 2019, Health Research Policy and Systems, Others, Reviewer, 2
  5. 2019, The International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Others, Reviewer, 1
  6. 2019, The International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Editor, Associate Editor, 1
  7. 2018, Economic Modelling, Others, Reviewer, 1
  8. 2017, Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Others, Reviewer
  9. 2017, Economic Modelling, Others, Reviewer
  10. 2016, Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Others, Reviewer
  11. 2016, Economic Modelling, Others, Reviewer
  12. 2015, Economic Modelling, Others, Reviewer