Research Center for Policy Design

Conducting policy evaluation studies on macroeconomic policies

Head of the Unit: Akiomi Kitagawa

　Akiomi Kitagawa

Macroeconomics

Professor

Michio Suzui

Macroeconomics

Associate Professor

Macroeconomics

Visiting Professor

Professor, International Management

Yokohama City University

Takeshi Ojima

Macroecon & Behavioral Econ

Visiting Associate Professor

Associate Prof., Faculty of Economics

Soka University

Macroeconomics

Visiting Associate Professor

Associate Prof., Grad Sch. of Arts & Sci.

The University of Tokyo

Related Discussion Papers

**2023**
TUPD-2023-007	Identification and Estimation of Production Function with Unobserved Heterogeneity Hiroyuki Kasahara, Paul Schrimpf, and Michio Suzuki
TUPD-2023-003	Subjective Monetary Policy Shocks Kento Tango and Yoshiyuki Nakazono

**2022**
TUPD-2022-019	Expenditure Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Junichi Kikuchi, Ryoya Nagao, and Yoshiyuki Nakazono
TUPD-2022-016	Are Public Employees and People with High Public Service Motivation Risk-Averse? Reona Hayashi, So Morikawa, Takeshi Ojima, and Manami Tsuruta
TUPD-2022-015	When the Celtic Tiger relaxed its corporate tax bite: An analysis of the effects on the top and upper middle income shares in Ireland Niklas Uliczka
TUPD-2022-014	Tax Salience and Attention Variation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Shinri Ishida, and Yoshiyuki Nakazono
TUPD-2022-007	The Role of Venture Capital in an Endogenously Growing Economy Peichang Zhang
TUPD-2022-002	The Aging Tax on Potential Growth in Asia Tran Quang-Thanh

**2021**
TUPD-2021-009	Estimating the Effects of Regulating University Face-to-Face Lectures on the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Japan Michinao Okachi and Haewon Youn
TUPD-2021-006	The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Income Inequality: A Synthetic Control Analysis Gabriel Fuentes Cordoba and Niklas Uliczka
TUPD-2021-005	The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Top Income Shares Niklas Uliczka
TUPD-2021-004	Dishonesty and Future Public Servant’s Identity Takeshi Ojima, Manami Tsuruta, Reona Hayashi, and So Morikawa

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