Personnel Information

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HIGASHIDA Keisaku

Organization
School of Economics Professor
Research Fields, Keywords
国際経済学, 環境経済学, 資源経済学
Teaching and Research Fields
1. The first main research topic is "Trade and the Environment." In particular, I have been focusing on (i) both theoretical and empirical analyses of ethical trade and the impact of trade-restrictive regulations, and (ii) the impact of institutions relating to due diligence on trade flows.

2. I have been investigating the behavior of villagers regarding the voluntary management of common-pool resources. For example, I have been focusing on the factors that determines success and failure of the management of village common forests in developing countries using the social and laboratory experiments and questionnaire survey.
Syllabus information URL
https://syllabus.kwansei.ac.jp/uniasv2/UnSSOLoginControlFree?REQ_ACTION_DO=/AGA030PLS01Action.do?REQ_FUNCTION_JUMP_START_FLG=1&SLB_LINK_DISP_FLG=222&TCH_NO=090093&REQ_PRFR_FUNC_ID=AGA030
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  • Degree name:Ph.D.
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy
    Conferring institution:Hitotsubashi University
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:2003.06

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  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Title:Professor
    Date:2009.04 -

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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Academic society name:環境経済・政策学会
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:日本水産学会
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:日本国際経済学会
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:日本経済学会
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:International Economics and Finance Society
    Academic country located:Japan

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language: English
    Title: Disentangling anti-refugee sentiment: An empirical investigation of the Rohingya crisis
    Journal name: Economics Letters  (p.112341 - )
    Date of publication: 2025.06
    Author(s): Yuki Higuchi, Keisaku Higashida, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Ryo Takahashi

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112341

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  • Title: From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities
    Journal name: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE  vol.73  (3)  (p.1221 - 1249)
    Date of publication: 2025.04
    Author(s): Higuchi, Y; Higashida, K; Hossain, MM; Sujauddin, M; Takahashi, R; Tanaka, K

    DOI: 10.1086/730704

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  • Language: English
    Title: Are social norms an obstacle to honest behavior? Theory and experimental evidence
    Journal name: Journal of Asian Economics  vol.97  (p.101875 - )
    Date of publication: 2025.04
    Author(s): Keisaku Higashida , Yuki Higuchi , Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain , Mohammad Sujauddin , Ryo Takahashi , Kenta Tanaka

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101875
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Title: Eco-friendly location under fiscal competition
    Journal name: INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE
    Date of publication: 2025.03
    Author(s): Higashida, K; Okoshi, H

    DOI: 10.1007/s10797-025-09892-x

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  • Title: Carrying Carbon? Negative and Positive Carbon Leakage With International Transport
    Journal name: JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
    Date of publication: 2025.02
    Author(s): Higashida, K; Ishikawa, J; Tarui, N

    DOI: 10.1111/jems.12631

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Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Prize: Kojima Kiyoshi Prize
    Date awarded:2024.10
    Awarding organization：Japan Society of International Economics

  • Prize: Oda Prize
    Date awarded:2015.11
    Awarding organization：Japan Society of International Economics

  • Prize: 小島清賞優秀論文賞
    Date awarded:2006.10
    Awarding organization：Japan Society of International Economics

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Research Projects 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
    Project year：2020.04 - 2025.03
    Title:ロヒンギャ難民キャンプと資源の持続可能性：少数民族の森林・農地管理と環境影響分析

  • Research category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
    Project year：2016.04 - 2021.03
    Title:チッタゴン丘陵地帯村落の所有権・意思決定構造と資源利用に関する合意形成の研究

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  • Research category:Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research
    Project year：2016.04 - 2019.03
    Title:環境に関する規制の実効性と付随する罰則の執行力の経済分析

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  • Research category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
    Project year：2015.04 - 2017.03
    Title:海洋法および漁業者の多様性と整合的な高度回遊性魚種の資源管理制度の研究

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  • Research category:Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research
    Project year：2013.04 - 2016.03
    Title:水産資源の枯渇と再生：経験が生み出すローカルコミュニティの戦略分析

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language:English
    Conference name:The 64th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2020.02
    Title: Factors affecting collusion and cheating among community leaders: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Bangladesh
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy

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