Name Akihiko SHINOZAKI

Title Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University, Japan

Field Information Economy; Business Investment Analysis

Degree Ph.D. in Economics, received from Kyushu University

2010-2012　 　 Executive Adviser to the President, Kyushu University

2004-present Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University

2001-2003 Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute, U.S.A.

1999-2004 Associate Professor, Kyushu University

1995-1999 Senior Economist, Deputy Director, The Japan Development Bank

1993-1995 Representative, New York Office, The Japan Development Bank

1988-1990 　 Economist, Research Bureau of Economic Planning Agency (Ministry of Japan)

1984 Graduate from Kyushu University and joined The Japan Development Bank

Professional service to the public and society

Member of several Japanese government committees regarding telecommunications policy and economic policy organized by the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, or Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry.

Board member of The Japan Association of Business Cycle Studies and The Society of Socio-Informatics.

Awards

(1) Docomo Mobile Science Award for Empirical Analysis on the Economic Impact of ICT, by The Mobile Communication Fund (2010)

(2)Telecom Social Science Award for Joho Kakumei no Kozu, by The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (2000)

(3)Fujita Future Management Economic Award for Joho Kakumei no Kozu, by Mainichi Newspapers and Fujita Institute of Future Management (1999)

(4)Most outstanding Book Award for Nihon Keizai no Gurobaru-ka, by The Trade Promotion Foundation (1998)

Major Publications

(1) Information Economy, Akihiko Shinozaki, NTT Publishing, vi+279 pages, March 2014, in Japanese.

(2)Accelerating Japan’s Economic Growth, F. Gerard Adams, Lawrence R Klein (Nobel laureate), Yuzo Kumasaka, Akihiko Shinozaki, Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, U.K., xix +182 pages, October 2007.

(3) “Simulating Japan’s Alternative Growth Paths: Production Function Model Analysis on the Impact of Information Technology,” Akihiko Shinozaki, InfoCom Research, Inc., InfoCom REVIEW, No.47, March 2009, pp. 44-53.

Publications in English

“Graphical modeling analysis of how investment in ICT pays off: Evidence from nationwide survey data in Japan,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Satoshi Washio, Shigehiro Kubota, SLRC Discussion Paper Series, Vol.13, No.1, 2018年2月, pp.1-25.

“Do mobile phones improve per-capita income?: Granger causality test based on cross-country dataset,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Kunio Urakawa, InfoCom Research Inc., InfoCom REVIEW, No. 68, January 2017, pp. 68-76.

“How Low Income Countries Can Develop Service Exports to the U.S.: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis and Graphical Modeling,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Shigehiro Kubota, Yudai Suenaga, SLRC Discussion Paper Series, Vol.12, No.1, September 2016, pp.1-17.

“A role of investment in intangibles: How can IT make it?” Akihiko Shinozaki, InfoCom Research, Inc., InfoCom Economic Study Discussion Paper Series, No.2, July 2015, pp.1-20.

“Measurement of IT Capital Stock and It’s Impact: A Case Study of Japan for Further International Comparisons,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Kyushu University, Journal of Political Economy (Keizaigaku=Kenkyu), Vol. 77, No. 4, January 2011, pp. 33-53.

“Japan’s Economic Growth and Information Network Industries: Can IT Make It?” Akihiko Shinozaki, Research Center on Public Affairs for Sustainable Welfare Society, International Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 5, March 2009, pp. 91-124.

“Japan’s IT puzzle: Neither a Solow paradox nor a new economy,” Akihiko Shinozaki, InfoCom Research, Inc., InfoCom REVIEW, No.44, March 2008, pp. 22-31.

“Does the sun rise again in the ubiquitous information age?: Feasibility of a vigorous economic growth for Japan under the diminishing demographic trend,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Kyushu University, Journal of Political Economy (Keizaigaku=Kenkyu), Vol. 72, No. 5-6, March 2006, pp. 99-124.

“Aggregate Productivity Growth and the Contribution of Japan’s ICT Assets: Isn’t it Another Puzzle?” Akihiko Shinozaki, Research Center of Socionetwork Strategies, The Institute of Economic and Political Studies, Kansai University, RCSS Discussion Paper Series, No. 20, September 2004, pp.1-23.

“Innovation vs. Learning by Doing: Implications of Japan’s ‘Lost Decade’ in the Information Age,” Akihiko Shinozaki, Research Center of Socionetwork Strategies, The Institute of Economic and Political Studies, Kansai University, RCSS Discussion Paper Series, No. 12, October 2003, pp.1-19.

“An Empirical Analysis of Information-related Investment and Its Impact on Japanese Economy,” Akihiko Shinozaki, The Japan Development Bank, JDB Research Report, No.59-02, October 1998, pp.1-34.

“An Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Affiliates in Japan,” Akihiko Shinozaki, The Japan Development Bank, JDB Research Report, No.72, August 1997, pp.2-69.

“Analysis of the Primary Causes and Economic Effects of Information-Related Investment in the United States and Trends in Japan,” Akihiko Shinozaki, The Japan Development Bank, JDB Research Report, No.59, August 1996, pp.1-53.