Information Agglomeration of Japanese Auto Parts Suppliers

Yosuke Takeda, Master of Economics (University of Tokyo), is Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, Japan. Prior to his current position, he was a visiting associate professor at the Department of Economics, Rutgers University (1997); a visiting research fellow at the Economic Growth Center, Yale University (1998, 2007); and an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics, Sophia University (1994-2005).

His research interests cover macroeconomics including monetary policy and fiscal policy, empirical industrial organization of Japanese autoparts suppliers and supply chain networks, an evolutionary approach to intra-family risk-sharing, and a social learning model of state formation and cultural evolution. His research has been published in various academic journals including Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Japanese Economic Review. He has also published and contributed to books on heterogeneous expectations in the Japanese economy, effects of unconventional monetary policy, and other topics. Professor Takeda received the Economist Award in 2013 (Mainichi Shimbun), which was shared with Mr. Yasuhide Yajima.

Ichihiro Uchida, Ph.D. (Ritsumeikan University), is Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Aichi University, Japan. Prior to his current position, he was a visiting research fellow at the Department of Economics, Okinawa International University (2016-2017), and an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics, Aichi University (2002-2012).

His research interests cover applied econometrics analyses on regional industrial structure and regional finance, networks of Japanese auto parts suppliers, and family business succession in Okinawa, Japan. His research has been published in various academic journals including regional science and regional finance.