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IKUMO ISONO

 

 

Economist

 

 

EXPERTISE

Spatial Economics, Economic Integration in East Asia, Industrial Organization

 

 

EDUCATION

2000

 

Master of Economics, University of Tokyo

 

1998

 

Bachelor of Economics, Saitama University

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

<Affiliation>

June 2011 - Present

Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

 

2009 - June 2011

Research Fellow, Bangkok Research Center, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

 

2005 - 2009

Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO)

 

<Research-related Experience>

 

2010 - 2011

Project Coordinator for an ERIA research project on “Geographical Simulation Analysis for ASEAN, China and India"

 

2009 - 2010

Project Coordinator for an ERIA research project on “Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistic Enhancement in East Asia"

 

 

PUBLICATIONS
<Paper>

"Locational Disadvantage of the Hub”, Annals of Regional Science 40(4), 819-848, 2006 (with T. Ago and T. Tabuchi).


 

<Report>

Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistic Enhancement in East Asia, ERIA Research Project Report 2009 No.7-2, ERIA, 2010 (co-edited with S. Kumagai, T. Gokan, K. Hayakawa and S. Keola). http://www.eria.org/research/y2009-no7-2.html


 

<Book Chapters>

“Economic Integration and the Expansion of Trade and Transport Networks”, in The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues, edited by M. Fujita, I. Kuroiwa and S. Kumagai, Edward Elgar, 2011.

“Japan (Case Study)”, in Asia's Free Trade Agreements: How is Business Responding?, edited by M. Kawai and G. Wignaraja, Edward Elgar, 2011 (with D. Hiratsuka and H. Sato).

“Possible Alternative Routes for Further Connectivity in the Mekong Region”, in Intra- and Inter-City Connectivity in the Mekong Region, edited by Masami Ishida, BRC Research Report No. 6, Bangkok Research Center, IDE-JETRO, 2011. http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Brc/pdf/06_chapter8.pdf

“Economic Impacts of the Economic Corridor Development in Mekong Region”, in Investment Climate of Major Cities in CLMV Countries, edited by M. Ishida, BRC Research Report No. 4, Bangkok Research Center, IDE-JETRO, 2010. http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Brc/pdf/04_chapter9.pdf

“The Second Generation of Geographical Simulation Model: Predicting the Effects of Infrastructure Development by Industry”, in Development of Regional Production and Logistic Networks in East Asia, edited by Kitti Limskul, ERIA Research Project Report 2008 No. 4-1, ERIA, 2009 (with S. Kumagai, T. Gokan and S. Keola). http://www.eria.org/pdf/research/y2008/no4-1/6.The_Second_Generation_of_Geographical_Simulation_Model.pdf

“The Home Market Effect in ASEAN countries”, in Economic integration in East Asia: perspectives from spatial and Neoclassical Economics, edited by M. Fujita, S. Kumagai and K. Nishikimi, Edward Elgar, 2008.

“Geographical Simulation Model for ERIA: Predicting the Long-run Effects of Infrastructure Development Projects in East Asia”, in International Infrastructure Development in East Asia, edited by N. Kumar, ERIA Research Project Report 2007 No. 2, ERIA, 2008 (with S. Kumagai, T. Gokan and S. Keola). http://www.eria.org/research/images/pdf/PDF%20No.2/No.2-part3-12.GEOGRAPHICAL.pdf