KUBO Koji
Senior Overseas Research Fellow (Bangkok)
Research Field:
Southeast Asian economies, Myanmar economy
Education / Research Experience
| Education: | |
| B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, 1992 | |
| M.A. in Development Economics (with distinction), University of Sussex, 1999 | |
| Ph.D. in International Public Policy, Osaka University, by dissertation, 2018 | |
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Professional Career:
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| Staff, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., 1992-1997 | |
| Research Fellow, Development Studies Department (now Development Studies Center), IDE, 2001-2006 | |
| Research Fellow Sent Abroad (Yangon) (Visiting Researcher, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Myanmar), 2006-2008 | |
| Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, 2008-2012 | |
| Bangkok Research Center, 2012-2016 | |
| Senior Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, 2016-2017 | |
| Senior Overseas Research Fellow (Bangkok) (Visiting Researcher, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University), 2017-present | |
Major Works
(Refereed journal articles)
- "Impacts of Foreign Exchange Auctions on the Informal Market Rate in Myanmar," Global Economic Review, vol.46, no.2, June 2017, pp.189-202.
- "Evolving Informal Remittance Methods among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, vol.22, no.3, July 2017, pp.396-413. (Preliminary version: ERIA Working Papers DP-2015-45)
- "Myanmar's Non-Resource Export Potential after the Lifting of Economic Sanctions: A Gravity Model Analysis," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, vol.21, no.1, June 2014, pp.1-22.
- "Foreign Exchange Market Reform in Myanmar: Achievements and Challenges," Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, vol.31, no.2, August 2014, pp. 210-224. (Invited paper)
- "Rice Yield Gap between Myanmar and Vietnam: A Matter of Price Policy or Public Investment in Technology?" Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, vol.10, no.1, June 2013, pp. 1-24.
- "Myanmar's Two Decades of Partial Transition to a Market Economy: A Negative Legacy for the New Government," Post-Communist Economies, vol.25, no.3, September 2013, pp. 357-370. (Preliminary version: IDE Discussion Paper No. 376)
- "Real Exchange Rate Appreciation, Resource Boom, and Policy Reform in Myanmar," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol.27, no.1, May 2013, pp. 110-126. (Preliminary version: IDE Discussion Paper No. 358)
- "Trade Policy and Trade Mis-reporting in Myanmar," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 2, August 2012, pp. 146-159. (Preliminary version: IDE Discussion Paper No. 326)
- "Natural Gas Export Revenue, Fiscal Balance and Inflation in Myanmar," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, vol.28, no. 3, December 2011, pp.374-387. (Preliminary version: IDE Discussion Paper No.225)
- "Do Foreign Currency Deposits Promote or Deter Financial Intermediary Development in Low-Income Countries? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Country Data," Developing Economies, vol.46, no.3, September 2008, pp.264-89.
- "Determinants of Parallel Exchange Rate in Myanmar," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, vol.24, no.3, December 2007, pp.289-304.
- "The Degree of Competition in the Thai Banking Industry before and after the East Asian Crisis," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, vol.23, no.3, December 2006, pp.325-40. (Preliminary version: IDE Discussion Paper No.56)
(Books and Book chapters etc)
- (Kubo, K. and S. Sakata eds.) Impact of China's Increasing Demand for Agro Produce on Agricultural Production in the Mekong Region, Bangkok Research Center Research Report, March 2018.
- (Kubo, K. ed.) Dollarization and De-dollarization in Transitional Economies of Southeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, September 2017.
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"Myanmar's Cross-border Trade with China: Beyond Informal Trade," IDE Discussion Paper No.625, December 2016.
- (Mieno, F. and K. Kubo) "Growth Structure and Macroeconomy Under Twenty Years of Junta Regime in Myanmar," in Odaka, K. (ed.) The Myanmar Economy—Its Past, Present and Prospects, Springer: Tokyo, 2016.
- "Transition from Black to Official Markets for Foreign Exchange in Myanmar," IDE Discussion Paper No.511, March 2015.
- "Deposit Dollarization in Myanmar," IDE Discussion Paper No. 473, August 2014.
- "Have Reforms Established Transmission Channels of Exchange Rate Policy in Myanmar?" Procedia Economics and Finance , vol.5, 2013, pp.459-467.
- "Sources of Fluctuations in Parallel Exchange Rates and Policy Reform in Myanmar," IDE Discussion Paper No. 388, February 2013.
- "Restructuring the State Budget System for Disinflation and Exchange Rate Unification in Myanmar," IDE Discussion Paper No. 320, January 2012.
- "Industrialization, Economic Growth and the Banking Sector in the CLMV Countries," in Amakawa, N. (ed.) Industrialization in Late-Developing ASEAN Countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam , NUS Press: Singapore, 2010.
- "The Financial Sector during the Transition to a Market Economy in Myanmar" (co-authored with R. Fukui and F. Mieno) in Fujita, K, F. Mieno, and I. Okamoto (eds) The Economic Transition in Myanmar after 1988: Market Economy versus State Control , NUS Press: Singapore, 2009.
- "Repression of the Banking Sector in Transition to a Market-based Economy: The Case of Vietnam" in Watanabe, M. (ed.) Recovering Financial Systems: China and Asian Transition Economies , Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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