YUICHIRO YOSHIDA
Last Updated :2021/02/02
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
- E-mail
- yuichiro
hiroshima-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
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Japanese Experience of Social Development- Economy, Infrastructure, and Peace
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Science History for Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Research into Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Urban Economics
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study (2020 October Students)
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study (2020 October Doctoral Course)
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Economic Development
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Seminar for Linkage Program
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Economic Development I
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Economic Development II
- 2020, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Economic Development
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Economic Development I
- 2020, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Economic Development II
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- ★, 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
- ★, 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
- ★, 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
- ★, 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.
- ★, Effect of Forced Relocation on Household Income and Consumption Patterns: Evidence from the Aynak Copper Mine Project in Afghanistan, The Journal of Development Studies
- Recent Political Change in Myanmar and Its Impact on her Economic Growth, ASIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 32(1), 39-54, 201803
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Does Institutional Failure Undermine the Physical Design Performance of Solar Water Pumping Systems in Rural Nepal?, SUSTAINABILITY, 8(8), 201608
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Heterogeneity on the Technical Efficiency in Japanese Airports, Singapore Economic Review, 56(4), 523-34, 20110101
- 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
- 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
- Modal Choice between Air and Rail: Approach from Social Efficiency Benchmarking considering CO2 Emissions, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 13, 89-102, 20110101
- 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
- Technical Efficiency, Regulation, and Heterogeneity in Japanese Airports, Pacific Economic Review, 15(5), 685-96, 20101201
- Comparative Analysis of Efficiency for Major Northeast Asia Airports, Transportation Journal, pp.9-23, 20100101
- Productivity Growth and Biased Technological Change in Japanese Airports, Transport Policy, 17(4), 259-65, 20100801
- 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
- ★, Endogenous-weight TFP measurement: methodology and its application to Japanese-airport benchmarking, Transportation Research Part E, 40(2), 151-182, 20040301
- Developments in the Deregulated Air Transport Market, Journal of Air Transport Management, 7(5), 263-4, 20010101
- Does Institutional Failure Undermine the Physical Design Performance of Solar Water Pumping Systems in Rural Nepal?, SUSTAINABILITY, 8(8), 2016
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Recent Political Change in Myanmar and Its Impact on her Economic Growth, ASIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 32(1), 39-54, 2018
- 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
- 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
- Airline market structure and airport efficiency: Evidence from major Northeast Asian airports, JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, 33, 32-42, 2013
- Productivity growth and biased technological change in Japanese airports, TRANSPORT POLICY, 17(4), 259-265, 2010
- TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, REGULATION AND HETEROGENEITY IN JAPANESE AIRPORTS, PACIFIC ECONOMIC REVIEW, 15(5), 685-696, 2010
- Comparative Analysis of Efficiency for Major Northeast Asia Airports, TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL, 49(4), 9-23, 2010
- 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
- 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
- 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
- HETEROGENEITY ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN JAPANESE AIRPORTS, SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW, 56(4), 523-534, 2011
- 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