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WAKASUGI Ryuhei Faculty Fellow (until March 31, 2017) Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University and Yokohama National UniversityProfessor, Graduate School of International Studies and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefecture Activities at RIETI Expertise International Trade, Economics of Technological Innovation, Law and Economics Research Projects Empirical Studies on the Chinese Market and Trade Policy（Studies on the Effects of Chinese Industrial and Trade Policy on International Trade, FDI, and Firm Activities and the Preferences of Foreign Workers at the Individual Level in Japan） (May 18, 2015 - March 31, 2017) Global Markets and Japan's Industrial Growth (April 22, 2013 - March 31, 2015) Study of the Creation of the Japanese Economy and Trade and Direct Investment (May 10, 2011 - March 31, 2013) Study on International Trade and Firms (September 2, 2008 - March 31, 2011) Research on Changes in Multinational Corporations, Trade Structures, and Market Institutions (July 1, 2007 - March 31, 2011) Education 1988 Ph.D., Economics, The University of Tokyo1979 M.A., Economics, Yale University1971 B.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo Experience 2015 - present Professor, Graduate School of International Studies and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefecture2013 - 2015 Professor, Gakushuin University2007 - 2012 Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University2006 - present Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI2004 - 2010 Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University2000 - 2003 Vice President, Yokohama National University1998 - 2000 Dean, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University1992 - 2004 Professor, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University1989 Professor, Department of Economics, Shinshu University Selected Publications and Papers BooksInternationalization of Japanese Firms: Evidence from Firm-level Data, ed., Springer, Tokyo, March 2014.Internationalization of Contemporary Japanese Firms: Analysis on Panel Data (Japanese), Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2011.Global Innovations (with Banri Ito, Japanese), Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2011.Globalization and Strategy for the International Economy (with Masahisa Fujita, Japanese), Tokyo: Nihon-hyoronsha, 2011. International Economics, 3rd edition (Japanese), Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2009.Modern International Trade: Micro-data Analysis (Japanese), Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2007.(2008 Japan Academy of International Business Award)Articles"Recovery of the Supply Chain after the 2011 Mega-quake in Japan," (with Ayumu Tanaka), Millennial Asia, 6(1), 1-20, 2015."Task Content of Trade: A Disaggregated Measurement of Japanese Changes," (with Eiichi Tomiura and Lianming Zhu), Japanese Economic Review, 65(2), 238-251, 2014. "Offshore outsourcing and non-production workers: Firm-level relationships disaggregated by skills and suppliers," (with Eiichi Tomiura and Banri Ito), The World Economy, 36(2), 180-193, 2013."Productivity Heterogeneity and Internationalization: Evidence from Japanese Firms," (with Ayumu Tanaka), Millennial Asia, 3 (1), 45-70, 2012."Business Groups, Foreign Direct Investment, and Capital Goods Trade: The Import Behavior of Japanese Affiliates," (with Rene Belderbos and Jianglei Zou), Journal of Japanese and International Economies, 26(2), 187-200, 2012."How Do Chinese Industries Benefit from FDI Spillovers?" (with Banri Ito, Naomitsu Yashiro, Zhaoyuan Xu, and Xiaohong Chen), China Economic Review, 23, 342-356, 2012."Offshore Outsourcing and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data Disaggregated by Tasks," (with Banri Ito and Eiichi Tomiura), Review of International Economics, 19(3), 555-567, 2011. Others Membership of Academic SocietiesJapanese Economic Association, Japan Society of International Economics, American Economic AssociationPrize/Award2008 JAIBS Award, Japan Academy of International Business Studies, October 2008.JSIE-Kojima Kiyoshi Prize, Japan Society of International Economics, October 2007. 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