YUICHIRO YOSHIDA

Last Updated :2021/04/05

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
yuichirohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
At IDEC, studying both quantitatively and analytically policy issues concerning economic development centering around transportation with policy makers from around the world.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2001/03, The University of British Columbia, Visiting Researcher
  • 2001/09, International University of Japan, Lecturer
  • 2005/04/01, 2007/03/31, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Associate Professor
  • 2013/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Boston College, USA, Economics, U.S.A., 2001/02

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D in Economics, Boston College, USA

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Economics;Economic policy

Research Keywords

  • Transportation Economics

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Japanese Experience of Social Development- Economy, Infrastructure, and Peace
  2. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Science History for Humanities and Social Sciences
  3. 2021, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Research into Humanities and Social Sciences
  4. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Urban Economics
  5. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study (2021 Oct. Master Students)
  6. 2021, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study (2021 October Doctoral Course)
  7. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Economic Development
  8. 2021, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Practical Seminar on International Cooperation Project

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Commuter Arrivals and Optimal Service in Mass Transit: Does Queuing Behavior at Transit Stops Matter?, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38(3), 228-51, 20080501
  2. ★, Japanese-airport benchmarking with the DEA and endogenous-weight TFP methods: testing the criticism of over investment in Japanese regional airports, Transportation Research Part E, 40(6), 533-46, 20041101
  3. ★, The Commuter's Time-of-Use Decision and Optimal Pricing and Service in Urban Mass Transit, Journal of Urban Economics, 51(1), 170-95, 20020101
  4. ★, Quantifying the Impact of Low-cost Carriers on International Air Passenger Movements to and from Major Airports in Asia, International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming.
  5. ★, Effect of Forced Relocation on Household Income and Consumption Patterns: Evidence from the Aynak Copper Mine Project in Afghanistan, The Journal of Development Studies
  6. Recent Political Change in Myanmar and Its Impact on her Economic Growth, ASIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 32(1), 39-54, 201803
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  7. Do exogenous shocks better leverage the benefits of technological change in the staged elimination of differential environmental regulations? Evidence from China's cement industry before and after the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 164, 1167-1179, 20171015
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  8. On the discrepancy in the social efficiency measures between parametric and non-parametric production technology identification, JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, 58, 9-14, 201701
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  9. Environmental impact and travel time savings of a new monorail system in colombo's commuting traffic, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT, 51, 122-128, 201703
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  10. Airlines' reaction to high-speed rail entries: Empirical study of the Northeast Asian market, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE, 94, 532-557, 201612
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  11. Does Institutional Failure Undermine the Physical Design Performance of Solar Water Pumping Systems in Rural Nepal?, SUSTAINABILITY, 8(8), 201608
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  12. The Decoupling of Affluence and Waste Discharge under Spatial Correlation: Do Richer Communities Discharge More Waste?, Environment and Development Economics, volume 20, issue 02, pp. 161-184., 20(2), 161-184, 2015
  13. Productive Efficiency of Public and Private Solid Waste Logistics and Its Implications for Waste Management Policy, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS) Research, 36(2), 98-105, 20130101
  14. Limitations of DEA-based approach and alternative methods in the measurement and comparison of social efficiency across firms in different transport modes: An empirical study in Japan, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 57, pp. 16-26, October 2013., 57, 16-26, 2013
  15. Airline Market Structure and Airport Efficiency: Evidence from Northeast Asian Airports, Vol. 33, pp. 32-42, October 2013., Vol. 33, pp. 32-42, October 2013., 2013
  16. Heterogeneity on the Technical Efficiency in Japanese Airports, Singapore Economic Review, 56(4), 523-34, 20110101
  17. Pricing, Capacity, and Construction Boundary of a Congestible Highway with an Elastic Demand: Social Optimum, Second Best, Privatization, and Vertical Disintegration, Japanese Economic Review, 62(3), 401-24, 20110101
  18. Social efficiency benchmarking of Japanese domestic transport services: a comparison of rail and air, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 16(7), 554-61, 20110101
  19. Modal Choice between Air and Rail: Approach from Social Efficiency Benchmarking considering CO2 Emissions, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 13, 89-102, 20110101
  20. Efficiency Measurement Theory and its Application to Airport Benchmarking, A Handbook of Transport Economics edited by André de Palma, Robin Lindsey, Emile Quinet, and Roger Vickerman, Edward Elgar Publishing, Chapter 13, 298-318, 2011
  21. Technical Efficiency, Regulation, and Heterogeneity in Japanese Airports, Pacific Economic Review, 15(5), 685-96, 20101201
  22. Comparative Analysis of Efficiency for Major Northeast Asia Airports, Transportation Journal, pp.9-23, 20100101
  23. Productivity Growth and Biased Technological Change in Japanese Airports, Transport Policy, 17(4), 259-65, 20100801
  24. Dynamic and static productivity measurements of Japanese airlines: can they really compete through the liberalization in Asian aviation industry?, Far Eastern Studies, 10, 31-63, 20080101
  25. ★, Endogenous-weight TFP measurement: methodology and its application to Japanese-airport benchmarking, Transportation Research Part E, 40(2), 151-182, 20040301
  26. Developments in the Deregulated Air Transport Market, Journal of Air Transport Management, 7(5), 263-4, 20010101
  27. Does Institutional Failure Undermine the Physical Design Performance of Solar Water Pumping Systems in Rural Nepal?, SUSTAINABILITY, 8(8), 2016
  28. Airlines' reaction to high-speed rail entries: Empirical study of the Northeast Asian market, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE, 94, 532-557, 2016
  29. On the discrepancy in the social efficiency measures between parametric and non-parametric production technology identification, JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, 58, 9-14, 2017
  30. Do exogenous shocks better leverage the benefits of technological change in the staged elimination of differential environmental regulations? Evidence from China's cement industry before and after the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 164, 1167-1179, 2017
  31. Recent Political Change in Myanmar and Its Impact on her Economic Growth, ASIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 32(1), 39-54, 2018
  32. Environmental impact and travel time savings of a new monorail system in colombo's commuting traffic, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT, 51, 122-128, 2017
  33. Limitations of DEA-based approach and alternative methods in the measurement and comparison of social efficiency across firms in different transport modes: An empirical study in Japan, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW, 57, 16-26, 2013
  34. Airline market structure and airport efficiency: Evidence from major Northeast Asian airports, JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, 33, 32-42, 2013
  35. Productivity growth and biased technological change in Japanese airports, TRANSPORT POLICY, 17(4), 259-265, 2010
  36. TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, REGULATION AND HETEROGENEITY IN JAPANESE AIRPORTS, PACIFIC ECONOMIC REVIEW, 15(5), 685-696, 2010
  37. Comparative Analysis of Efficiency for Major Northeast Asia Airports, TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL, 49(4), 9-23, 2010
  38. PRICING, CAPACITY, AND CONSTRUCTION BOUNDARY OF A CONGESTIBLE HIGHWAY WITH AN ELASTIC DEMAND: SOCIAL OPTIMUM, SECOND BEST, PRIVATIZATION, AND VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION, JAPANESE ECONOMIC REVIEW, 62(3), 401-424, 2011
  39. Commuter arrivals and optimal service in mass transit: Does queuing behavior at transit stops matter?, REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS, 38(3), 228-251, 2008
  40. Social efficiency benchmarking of Japanese domestic transport services: A comparison of rail and air, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT, 16(7), 554-561, 2011
  41. HETEROGENEITY ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN JAPANESE AIRPORTS, SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW, 56(4), 523-534, 2011
  42. The decoupling of affluence and waste discharge under spatial correlation: Do richer communities discharge more waste?, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, 20(2), 161-184, 2015