Shun-ichiro Bessho
mailto : bessho <at> econ.hit-u.ac.jp
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Articles in refereed journals
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Eiko Tobita. 2007. Unemployment risk and buffer-stock saving: An empirical investigation in Japan. Japan and the World Economy 20, 303-325.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Yasushi Ohkusa. 2006. When do people visit a doctor?. Health Care Management Science 9(1), 5-18.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Masayoshi Hayashi. 2005. Economic Studies of Taxaton in Japan: The Case of Personal Income Taxes. Journal of Asian Economics 16(6), 956-972. (working paper version
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- Bessho, Shun-ichiro, Nobuo Akai and Masayoshi Hayashi. 2003. Marginal cost of public funds. JCER Economic Journal 47, 1-19 (leading article, in Japanese).
- Masayoshi Hayashi and Shun-ichiro Bessho. 2004. Social Marginal Cost of Public Funds: The Case of Progressive Personal Income Taxes in Japan. Economic Analysis (ESRI) 172, (leading article, in Japanese).
- Doi, Takero and Shun-ichiro Bessho. 2005. Subsidized local bonds through local allocation tax grants.JCER Economic Journal 51, 33-58. (in Japanese)
- Doi, Takero and Shun-ichiro Bessho. 2005. Subsidized local bonds in Japan. Zaisei Kenkyu 1, 311-328D(in Japanese)
Working papers
- Masumi Kawade, Shun-ichiro Bessho and Ryuta Ray Kato. 2005. Public Capital and Government Deficits in an Aging Japan: Simulation Analysis. CRR Working Paper Series A-5, Shiga University.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Yasushi Ohkusa. 2003. What are the determinants of hospital choice?: Time, costs, option demands and communication.
- Ihori, Toshihiro, Ryuta Ray Kato, Masumi Kawade and Shun-ichiro Bessho. 2005. Public debt and economic growth in an aging Japan. prepared for IMF-MOF Joint Conference, CIRJE Discussion Papers F-372, University of Tokyo.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Masayoshi Hayashi. 2005. The Social Cost of Public Funds: The Case of Japanese Progressive Income Taxation. presented at 61st Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, ICC Jeju, Korea., PRI Discussion Paper Series 05A-16.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Masayoshi Hayashi. 2005. The CES Utility Function , Non-linear Budget Constraints and Labor Supply : Results on Prime-age Males in Japan. PRI Discussion Paper Series 05A-15.
- Bessho, Shun-ichiro and Kimiko Terai. 2008. Competition for private capital and central grants: the case of Japanese industrial parks. University of California, Irvine, Economics Working Paper Series 08-09-09.
Educational Backgrounds
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Tokyo, 2006
- M.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, 2001.
- B.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, 1997.
Professional Backgrounds
- Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Policy, and Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2006-
- Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan, 2003-2006.
- Part time lecturer, MeijiGakuin University, 2004-
- Part time lecturer, Takachiho University, 2004-2005.
- Part time lecturer, Saitama University, 2003-2006.
- JSPS Research Fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001-2003.
- Economist, Japan Research Institute, Ltd., 1997-1999.
Referee experience
- Japanese Economic Review, Health Care Management Science, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Keizai-seisaku Journal