Hiroshi Morita
Position: Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Office: 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8601, Japan. Email: hiroshi.morita at gmail.com
Citizenship: Japan
Degree: Ph.D., Economics, Hitotsubashi University, March 2014.
Education:
・ Hitotsubashi University, Ph.D. Economics, 2014.
・ Hitotsubashi University, M.A. Economics, 2011.
・ Doshisha University, B.A. Commerce, 2009.
List of Work Doctoral Thesis
Analysis on the Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles in Japan. Hitotsubashi University, 2014.
Publications (refereed)
1. "An Equilibrium Foundation of the Soros Chart," (joint work with Takashi Kano) Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, forthcoming, 2015.
2. "Fiscal sustainability and regime shifts in Japan," (joint work with Jun-Hyung Ko) Economic Modelling Vol.46 April, pp.364-375, 2015.
3. "State-Dependent Effects of Fiscal Policy in Japan: Do Rule-of-thumb Households Increase the Effects of Fiscal Policy?" Journal of Macroeconomics Vol.43 March, pp.49-61, 2015. 4. "External shocks and Japanese business cycles: Evidence from a sign-restricted VAR
model," Japan and the World Economy Vol.30 May, pp.59-74, 2014.
5. "Fiscal Policy under the Debt Feedback Rule: The Case of Japan," (joint work with
Jun-Hyung Ko) Economics Bulletin Vol.31 No.3, pp.2373-2387, 2011.
Non-refereed work
1. "The Effects of Anticipated Fiscal Policy Shock on Macroeconomic Dynamics in Japan," Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, No. 219, 2013.
2. "Regime Switches in Japanese Fiscal Policy: Markov-Switching VAR approach," (joint work with Jun-Hyung Ko) Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, No. 270, 2013.
3. "How does hyperinflation shock the economy? Panel VAR Approach," (joint work with Jun-Hyung Ko) TCER Working Paper Series, E-90, February, 2015.
Presentation (in Japanese)
・ The Effects of Fiscal Policy – Analysis using the Expectation Augmented VAR model, 2011 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, May, 2011, Kumamoto Gakuen University.
・ Fiscal Policy under the Debt Feedback Rule: The Case of Japan, 2011 Autumn Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, October, 2011, Tsukuba University.
・ Expansionary Effects of an Anticipated Fiscal Policy on Consumption in Japan, The 13th Macro Conference, November, 2011, Keio University.
・ Expansionary Effects of an Anticipated Fiscal Policy on Consumption in Japan, 2012 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, June, 2012, Hokkaido University.
・ External Shocks and Japanese Business Cycles: Evidence from a Sign-Restricted VAR, 2012 Autumn Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, October, 2012, Kyushu Sangyo University.
・ Regime Switches in Japanese Fiscal Policy: Markov-Switching VAR Approach, The 69th General Meeting of the Japan Institute of Public Finance, October, 2012, Osaka University.
・ Time-varying Effect of Fiscal Policy in Japan, 2013 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, June, 2013, University of Toyama.
・ The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy and Rule-of-Thumb Households, 2013 Autumn Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, September, 2013, Kanagawa University.
・ Fiscal and Monetary Interactions in Japan under the Zero Interest Rates: New Identification for Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound, 2014 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, June, 2014, Doshisha University.
・ State-dependent Effects of Fiscal Policy in Japan: Do Rule-of-Thumb Households Increase the Effects of Fiscal Policy. The 16th Macro Conference, November, 2011, Keio University.
・ Price and Wage Dynamics and Business Cycles in Japan, 2015 Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, May, 2015, Niigata University.
Presentation (in English)
・ The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy and Rule-of-Thumb Households, Frontiers in Macro econometrics, March, 2013, Hitotsubashi University.
・ The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy and Rule-of-Thumb Households, Asia-Pacific Economic Association Ninth Annual Conference, July, 2013, Osaka University.
・ The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy and Rule-of-Thumb Households, Asian Meeting of Econometric Society 2013, August, 2013, Singapore National University.
・ Time-Varying Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Japan: New Identification for Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound, Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance, March, 2014, Hitotsubashi University.
・ Time-Varying Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Japan: New Identification for Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound, Western Economic Association International 11th International Conference, January, 2015, Victoria University of Wellington.
・ The Effects of Fiscal Policy under the Zero Lower Bound of Nominal Interest Rate in Japan: Time-Varying Parameters Vector Autoregressive Approach, The 11th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications, May, 2015, Hitotsubashi University.
