Kimiko Terai

Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University
2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8160 Japan
Phone: +813-3264-4602; Fax: +813-3264-9698
E-mail: terai [at] hosei [dot] ac [dot] jp




Education


・Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan, September 2003
Title: Economic Analysis on Redistributive Politics
・M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan, March 1998
・B.A. in Education, Tokushima University, Japan, March 1985




Academic Positions


・Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008-
・Visiting Researcher, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, April 2007-March 2009
・Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, April 2002-March 2008
・Research Fellow, Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research, Japan, April 2001-March 2002
・Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan, November 1998-March 1999




Research Interests


・Public Economics (public good provision; social security system; fiscal competition)
・Political Economy (policy process; federalism)
・Public Choice (voting)




Papers Published in Refereed Journals


・Bessho, Shun-ichiro, and Kimiko Terai (2011) "Competition for Private Capital and Central Grants: The Case of Japanese Industrial Parks," Economics of Governance, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 135-154
・Terai, Kimiko (2009) "Interregional Disparities in Productivity and the Choice of Fiscal Regime," Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 383-409
・Terai, Kimiko (2009) "Electoral Control over Policy-motivated Candidates and Their Policy Biases," Economics of Governance, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 43-64
・Terai, Kimiko (2006) "Parties with Policy Preferences and Uncertainty over Voter Behavior," Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 155-172; Erratum, p. 173
・Terai, Kimiko (2004) "Redistribution under Proportional Representation," Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 371-389
・Terai, Kimiko (2003) "Electoral Alliance and Implemented Redistribution: An Interpretation on Non-Competitive Politics of Japan," Applied Economics Letters, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 235-238
・Terai, Kimiko (2002) "Electoral System Reform and Interregional Income Redistribution," (in Japanese) JCER Journal, No. 46, pp. 44-60
・Terai, Kimiko (1999) "Social Security System and Intergenerational Distribution of Consumption," (in Japanese) JCER Journal, No. 39, pp. 21-34




Other Papers


・Nishimura, Yukihiro, and Kimiko Terai (2011) "Strategic Voting on Environmental Policy Making: The Case for "Political Race to the Top,"" University of Tokyo, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy, Discussion Paper CIRJE-F-794
・Bessho, Shun-ichiro, and Kimiko Terai (2010) "Political Deficit and Bureaucratic Surplus," Aoyama Gakuin University, Department of Economics, Working Paper
・Bessho, Shun-ichiro, and Kimiko Terai (2008) "Competition for Private Capital and Central Grants: The Case of Japanese Industrial Parks," University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics, Working Paper 08-09-09
・Terai, Kimiko (2008) "International Coordination and Domestic Politics," University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics, Working Paper 08-09-07
・Terai, Kimiko (2001) "The Effects of Property Tax on Land Price and Supply of Residential Land," (in Japanese) Toshi Mondai (Municipal Problems), vol. 92, issue 11, pp. 69-81




Translation


・Ihori, Toshihiro, et al. (2006) Nyumon Zaisei/Kokyo Seisaku (Japanese translation of Arye L. Hillman (2003) Public Finance and Public Policy, Cambridge University Press), Tokyo: Keiso Shobo
・Ihori, Toshihiro, Takero Doi, Kimiko Terai (2004) Seiko Suru Seifu Shippai Suru Seifu (Japanese translation of Amihai Glazer and Lawrence Rothenberg (2001) Why Government Succeeds and Why It Fails, Harvard University Press), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten




Conference Presentations


・The 2011 Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, April 2011
・GLOPE II International Symposium, Waseda University, December 2010
・The 5th Irvine-Japan Conference on Public Policy, March 2009
・Conference on Urban Economics, University of California, Irvine, February 2008
・Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Public Finance, October 2006
・Annual Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, June 2006, June 2004, June 2002, October 2001, October 1999, September 1998
・Conference on the Politics of Special Interests, University of California, Irvine, February 2006
・Policy Messe (Tokyo, Japan), Network for Policy Analysis, December 1999




Academic Seminars


Tohoku University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Waseda University, Hosei University, Meiji University, Hitotsubashi University, University of Hyogo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama National University (2), Osaka University (Institute of Social and Economic Research, School of International Public Policy), Meikai University, Institute of Statistical Research, Nagoya University (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Economics), Kyushu University, Ochanomizu University, University of Tokyo (2)




Teaching Experience


・Public Finance, Public Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics for undergraduate students
・Microeconomics for Business School and Accounting School students




Research Grants


・Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2011-March 2014
・Research Grant, Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance, December 2010
・Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (project leader: Shun-ichiro Bessho), April 2010-March 2013
・Research Grant, Nomura Foundation for Academic Promotion, October 2008
・Research Grant, Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation, October 2006
・Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2006-March 2008
・Research Grant, Japan Economic Research Foundation, December 2005
・Research Grant, Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation (project leader: Naomi Miyazato), November 2005




Other Academic Services


・Committee member, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, July 2001-March 2003
・Committee member, Japan Economic Research Institute, May 2001-March 2003
・Committee member, Institute of Statistical Research, April 2001-




Last update: May 3, 2011