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HAYAKAWA Kazunobu

Bangkok Research Center

Research Field:
International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Spatial Economics

Education:
B.A. in Economics, Keio University, Japan, March 2003
M.A. in Economics, Keio University, Japan, March 2005
Ph.D. in Economics, Keio University, Japan, March 2008

Professional Career:
Current Positions: Bangkok Research Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, April 2011 -
Career in the Past: Researcher, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, April 2009 - March 2011 Research Collaborator, Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, July 2008 - March 2011. Editor, The Developing Economies, April 2010 - March 2011 Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan, April 2005 - March 2008. Research Assistant, Research Institute for Economy, Industry and Trade, Japan, August 2005 - March 2008. Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Nihon University, Japan, April 2008 - March 2009. Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Yokohama National University, Japan, April 2006 - March 2008.

Chang, K., Hayakawa, K., Matsuura, T., 2013, Location Choice of Multinational Enterprises in China: Comparison between Japan and Taiwan, Forthcoming in Papers in Regional Science.
Hayakawa, K., Kimura, F., and Machikita, T., 2012, Globalization and Productivity: A Survey of Firm-level Analysis, Journal of Economic Surveys, 26(2): 332-350.
Hayakawa, K., 2011, Measuring Fixed Costs for Firms’ Use of a Free Trade Agreement: Threshold Regression Approach, Economics Letters, 113(3): 301-303.
Hayakawa, K. and Matsuura, T., 2011, Complex Vertical FDI and Firm Heterogeneity: Evidence from East Asia, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 25(3): 273-289.
Kimura, F., Takahashi, Y., and Hayakawa, K., 2007, Fragmentation and Parts and Components Trade: Comparison between East Asia and Europe, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 18(1): 23-40.