Akihiro Otsuka

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Association of International Arts and Science, Yokohama City University

Degree: Ph.D.(Mar, 2005, Okayama University)

Researcher number: 90392745
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-4590
J-GLOBAL ID: 201601009959047171
Researcher ID: I-2976-2014
researchmap Member ID: 7000015294

External link: https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/researcher/otsukaakihiro.html

He specializes in Regional Science. He conducts research mainly in two areas: urban and regional economics, and energy economics. In the field of urban and regional economics, he conducts empirical research on research issues related to economic growth and sustainability in cities and regions. In the field of energy economics, he conducts empirical research from an economic perspective on research issues related to energy demand and energy efficiency in Japanese regions.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy /

Research History

Apr, 2016 - Present

Associate Professor, Association of International Arts and Science, Yokohama City University
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2016

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Education

Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2005

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University
Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2002

Graduate School of Economics, Okayama University
Apr, 1996 - Mar, 2000

Faculty of Economics, Okayama University

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2017 - Present

Designated Manager Selection Committee, Izumi Ward, Yokohama City
Apr, 2016 - Present

Expert Investigator, Science and Technology Forecasting Center, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2022

Designated Manager Selection Committee, Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama City
Jul, 2020 - Jun, 2021

Reviewer of the International Projects Committee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Jul, 2020 - Jun, 2021

Reviewer of the Committee for the Selection of Candidates for Outstanding Research Fellowships, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Jul, 2020 - Jun, 2021

Reviewer of the Special Fellowship Review Board, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2018

Member of the Committee for the Super-Mega-Region Economic Analysis WG, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Mar, 2017 - Aug, 2017

Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Super-Mega-Region Economic Analysis WG, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Awards

Oct, 2022

Oishi Yasuhiko Award (Outstanding Paper Award), Assessment of the improvement in energy intensity by the new high-speed railway in Japan, The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International

Akihiro Otsuka
Nov, 2017

"RSPP Annual Paper Award 2017", Estimation and determinants of energy efficiency in Japanese regional economies, Regional Science Association International

Akihiro Otsuka, Mika Goto
Nov, 2011

"Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award 2011", Industrial agglomeration effects in Japan: productive efficiency, market access, and public fiscal transfer, Regional Science Association International

Akihiro Otsuka, Mika Goto, Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

Papers

Regional convergence of total factor productivity in Japanese industries: evidence from the twenty-first century industry data

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 8(1) 165-184, Mar, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Impacts of enhancing regional network economies on regional productivity and productive efficiency in Japan: evaluation from stochastic frontier analysis

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 8(1) 25-43, Mar, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Price elasticity of electricity consumption in Japan, 1990 to 2015

Akihiro Otsuka

SAGE Open, 14(1), Jan, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Regional data on electricity consumption and electricity prices in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Data in Brief, 50 109467-109467, Oct, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Utilities Policy, 81 101519-101519, Apr, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Stochastic demand frontier analysis of residential electricity demands in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 7(1) 179-195, Mar, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Lessons from regional electricity demand change following natural disasters in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Regional Science Policy & Practice, Jan, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Special Feature on Regional Sustainability: Analysis in a spatial and regional context with broad perspectives on the risk of global warming, natural disasters, and emerging issues due to the globalized economy

Yoshiro Higano, Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 6(1) 239-245, Feb, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvited
Assessment of the improvement in energy intensity by the new high-speed railway in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 6(1) 267-282, Feb, 2022 Peer-reviewed
A new approach to inter‐regional network externalities in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(3) 1051-1067, Jun, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Determinants of energy demand efficiency: evidence from Japan’s industrial sector

Akihiro Otsuka

Energy Policy, Jul 22, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvited
Energy intensity and population density in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Environmental Economics and Computable General Equilibrium Analysis, 233-252, Jul, 2020 Invited
How do population agglomeration and interregional networks improve energy efficiency?

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 4(1) 1-25, Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Inter-regional networks and productive efficiency in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Papers in Regional Science, 99(1) 115-133, Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewed
An assessment of regional energy efficiency in Japan's industrial sector

Akihiro Otsuka

The Bulletin of Yokohama City University, 71(2) 81-101, Feb, 2020 Invited
Natural disasters and electricity consumption behavior: a case study of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Akihiro Otsuka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 3(3) 887-910, Oct, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Productivity change and decomposition analysis of Japanese regional economies

Mika Goto, Amani Mohammed Atris, Akihiro Otsuka

Regional Studies, 52(11) 1537-1547, Nov, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Dynamics of agglomeration, accessibility, and total factor productivity: evidence from Japanese regions

Akihiro Otsuka

Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 27(7) 611-627, Sep, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Regional determinants of energy intensity in Japan: the impact of population density

Akihiro Otsuka, Mika Goto

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 2(2) 257-278, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Regional determinants of energy efficiency: residential energy demand in Japan

Akihiro Otsuka

Energies, 11(6) 1-14, Jun, 2018 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

A New Driver of Regional Sustainability in Japan : Inter-regional Network Economies

Akihiro Otsuka

Springer, Sep 18, 2021 (ISBN: 9789811637087) Peer-reviewed
A New Perspective on Agglomeration Economies in Japan : An Application of Productivity Analysis

Akihiro Otsuka

Springer, Oct 2, 2017 (ISBN: 9789811064890) Peer-reviewed
Regional Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency in Japan : An Application of Economic Analysis

Akihiro Otsuka

Springer, Oct 12, 2016 (ISBN: 9783319475653) Peer-reviewed
Economic Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration

Akihiro Otsuka

University Education Press, Jul 4, 2008 (ISBN: 9784887308527)

Major Teaching Experience

Apr, 2020 - Present

Economic Policy Research (Graduate School of International Management, Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2020 - Present

Special Lectures on Economic Policy (Graduate School of International Management, Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Pre-seminar A (Reading foreign books) (Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Economic Policy I (Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Economic Policy II (Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Urban Economics (Yokohama City University)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Resource Economics (Yokohama City University)

Professional Memberships

Works

Regional Data on the Electricity Consumption in Japan: 1990-2015

Akihiro Otsuka

May 22, 2023 - Present Database

Research Projects

Empirical Study on Inter-regional Network and Borrowed Size Effect

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2027

OTSUKA Akihiro
Empirical Study on Regional Economic Effects of High-Speed Transportation Network

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

OTSUKA Akihiro
Development and Structural Analysis of Energy Efficiency Indicators in Japan Region

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

OTSUKA Akihiro
Empirical Study on Energy Efficiency in Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

GOTO Mika, OTSUKA Akihiro

Academic Activities

New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives

Planning, management, etc.

Editorial Board Member, Jan, 2022 - Present
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science

Planning, management, etc.

Associate Editor, Jan, 2020 - Present

Social Activities

Development of National Land Policy Simulation Model (FY 2017 Version)

Consultant, Official expert

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018
Development of National Land Policy Simulation Model (FY 2016 Version)

Consultant, Official expert

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

Media Coverage

Clarifying trends in regional differences in productivity -A stochastic convergence model analysis of Japanese industries-

Yokohama City University, Press Release, Jan 17, 2024
Assessing the impact of transportation network development on the regional economy based on stochastic frontier analysis

Yokohama City University, Press Release, Dec 13, 2023
Assessing Japan's electricity consumption efficiency and its potential for improvement

Yokohama City University, Press Release, Jun 1, 2023