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UESUGI, Iichiro
Associate Professor / Contemporary Economies
Specialization:
Financial Intermediation, Small Businesses, Interfirm Networks, Japanese Economy    |
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Education
| 1993 | B.A. (Economics) University of Tokyo |
| 2000 | M.A. (Economics) University of California, San Diego |
| 2000 | Ph.D. (Economics) University of California, San Diego |
Positions held
| 1993 | Research Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) |
| 1995 | Planning Division, Coal Department, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, MITI |
| 1997 | Ph.D. course of Economics, University of California, San Diego |
| 2000 | Deputy Director, Macroeconomic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI |
| 2002 | Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) |
| 2006 | Deputy Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI |
| 2007 | Associate Professor, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University |
| 2010 | Senior Economist, Economic Policy Unit, Minister's Secretariat, METI |
| 2011 | Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University |
Previous research
At UC San Diego, my Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the movement in short-term money markets and the influence of central bank market operations as part of their monetary policy on such movements. I subsequently returned to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), where I engaged in macroeconomic analysis, and then moved to the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), where I shifted the focus of my research interest to corporate finance and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Research there included an investigation of the role of collateral and personal guarantees in SMEs’ procurement of funds and an evaluation of SME financing policies such as loan guarantees. Based on the knowledge gained through this research experience, I was in charge of the writing of the 2007 edition of the White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan at the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of METI. After the secondment to Hitotsubashi (from 2007-2010) and working for the minister's secretariat at METI (2010-2011), I started my academic career here at IER in March 2011.
Current research projects
(1) Effects of bank mergers on firm-bank relationships
(2) Transaction relationships, interfirm networks, and their relationship with industrial agglomeration
(3) Determinants of trade credit
(4) Effects of government policies on small business financing
(5) Natural disasters and firm dynamics
◎Keywords
(2) Transaction relationships, interfirm networks, and their relationship with industrial agglomeration
(3) Determinants of trade credit
(4) Effects of government policies on small business financing
(5) Natural disasters and firm dynamics
firm-bank relationships, interfirm networks