2017 Faculty of Economics List of Outstanding Seminar Theses

From the 709 graduation theses that passed in the 2017 academic year, the authors and titles of the "Outstanding Graduation Theses" recommended by their respective faculty advisors are as follows.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outbound Student Scholarship

Supervisor: Hideo Akabayashi

Name: Kaoru Chiba

Overconcentration in Tokyo and Economic Development: An Estimation of Regional Amenity and a Population Migration Simulation Based on Regional Differences in Amenity

Supervisor: Yutaka Akiyama

Name: Ryushin Fujisawa

Financial Structure and Economic Development: The Best Mix of Direct and Indirect Financial Markets for Each Level of Economic Development

Supervisor: Yutaka Akiyama

Name: Yuki Ikeda

The Steppe Zone as 'Neo-Europe' and Intensive Land Use in Imperial Russia: An Introduction to David Moon's The Plough that Broke the Steppes

Supervisor: Takashi Iida

Name: Naoki Imai

Counter-espionage in Pre-war Japan: On the Necessity of Counter-espionage

Supervisor: Yukihiro Ikeda

Name: Yuki Saegusa

An Analysis of Mergers in the Petroleum Industry

Supervisor: Koji Ishibashi

Name: Naoki Sekiguchi

An Evaluation of Tax Rates in the Cigarette Market

Supervisor: Koji Ishibashi

Name: Ryoichi Yamada

The Impact of Foreign Exchange Rate Volatility on Exports in Developing Countries: An Empirical Study Using a Time-Varying Coefficient Model

Supervisor: Mikio Ito

Name: Takahiro Ito

On the unbiased hypothesis in foreign exchange markets: Evidence from Finacial crisis in 2009

Supervisor: Mikio Ito

Name: Yoshinari Harimoto

The Impact of the Community-based Integrated Care System on National Medical Expenditure

Supervisor: Yoko Ibuka

Name: Kita Sakurai

The Impact of Subjective Health Perception on Health Maintenance Activities

Supervisor: Yoko Ibuka

Name: Yushi Kato

The Impact of Shame and Guilt on Donation Behavior During an Earthquake Disaster

Supervisor: Masao Ogaki

Name: Chieko Hasegawa

The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Industries in the Disaster-Stricken Areas: A Comparison of the Manufacturing and Service Industries

Supervisor: Toshihiro Okubo

Name: Yoshiaki Kikuchi

The Development of TMII: From the Perspective of Media Perception

Supervisor: Jun Ota

Name: Kazuhiro Furutate

A Comparative Analysis of Direct and Indirect Finance Through a Mathematical Model

Supervisor: Hiroshi Onishi

Name: Takahiro Nagata

A Historical Fluctuation Model of Disparities in Business Scale: A Generalization of the Onishi (2012) Appendix 3 Model

Supervisor: Hiroshi Onishi

Name: Shunya Yoshii

Cluster Formation in the 22@ Barcelona District

Supervisor: Tetsu Ohira

Name: Yuki Irie

Analysis of Japanese Companies’ CSR Activities and Strategy Suggestion

Supervisor: Sahoko Kaji

Name: Miyu Kaseya

The Economic Effects and Efficiency of IT Capital Investment: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of the Electrical Machinery Industry

Supervisor: Keiki Kawai

Name: Sho Ozawa

Demand Estimation and Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the U.S. Film Industry

Supervisor: Keiki Kawai

Name: Takashi Kamiya

Disparities Between Local Governments in the Furusato Nozei (Hometown Tax Donation Program)

Supervisor: Mizuki Kawabata

Name: Ryosuke Sasaki

Residential Location of Keio Students Living Alone and Its Factors: From a Behavioral Economics Perspective

Supervisor: Mizuki Kawabata

Name: Kohei Yamada

The Impact of Changes in Wage Structure on the Employment of Married Women

Supervisor: Sagiri Kitao

Name: Tokuma Suzuki

Is Small-Group Instruction by Proficiency Level an Effective Means to Break the Cycle of Poverty?

Supervisor: Sagiri Kitao

Name: Kazuki Saito

The Links between Unpaid Care Work, Gender Inequality and Labor Outcomes in Japan: the Necessity of Family/Work Reconciliation Policies

Supervisor: Fukunari Kimura

Name: Sarah Mellier

Geographical Indications Beyond TRIPS: Lessons from EU’s Bilateral Trade Agreements

Supervisor: Fukunari Kimura

Name: Donghoon Han

An Examination of Measures for Condominium Community Formation: On the Potential for Utilizing Common Facilities in High-Rise Condominiums

Supervisor: Kohei Komamura

Name: Rina Konishi

The Pros and Cons of 'Client Capture' in the Nursing Care Business

Supervisor: Kohei Komamura

Name: Yoshinori Nagase

A Weaker Version of Strategy-proofness

Supervisor: Toyotaka Sakai

Name: Yuki Matsui

A Proposal to Introduce an Auction for Flights to Lukla on the Everest Base Camp Trek Route

Supervisor: Toyotaka Sakai

Name: Mizuki Kishida

Assessing the Changes in the Foreign Aid Allocation Behavior — Politically Distorted or Policy Oriented? —

Supervisor: Yoshimasa Shirai

Name: Yuki Kato

Analysis of Aid Effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund —Implications on How to Deal with Aid Fungibility—

Supervisor: Yoshimasa Shirai

Name: Toshio Nagura

An Economic Study on Improving Transport Efficiency in Railways

Supervisor: Shinichi Suda

Name: So Sakamoto

The Translation and Reception of Western Thought in the Early Works of Yukichi Fukuzawa: Aspects of 'the Great Cause of Serving One's Country' in Things Western (Seiyō Jijō), Part Two and Gakumon no susume (An Encouragement of Learning)

Supervisor: Koichi Takakusaki

Name: Yuta Minegishi

A Comparative Analysis of the Bitcoin Bubble and Past Bubbles

Supervisor: Shunpei Takemori

Name: Yui Kinukawa, Matori Sakamoto, Rena Nagasawa, Yoshina Matsue

Aiming to Improve Japan's Labor Productivity: Considering a Performance-Based System for Personnel Evaluation

Supervisor: Yasunari Tamada

Name: Tetsu Imai

How the B.LEAGUE Can Prosper Further

Supervisor: Yasunari Tamada

Name: Ryusei Ono

A Study of the Leisure Market and a Plan for Its Expansion

Supervisor: Zaidong Cui

Name: Yunosuke Nakahara

Urbanization and Urban Problems in Latin America from a Long-Term Perspective: A Comparison of Mexico and Brazil

Supervisor: Noriko Tsuya

Name: Kento Yamada

Factors in the Adoption of Excess Tax Rates by Local Governments: Focusing on the Corporate Portion of Municipal Inhabitant Tax

Supervisor: Kimiko Terai

Name: Miori Hashimoto

An Examination of the Impact of Voter Turnout by Generation on Fiscal Expenditure by Generation: An Analysis Using Prefectural Panel Data

Supervisor: Kimiko Terai

Name: Ayumi Kojima

Government Bonds and Fiscal Discipline: An Economic Analysis of Inflation-Indexed Bonds

Supervisor: Takero Doi

Name: Naoya Nagasaka

A Review of the Debate on Japan's Public Finance and a Proposal for the Future: Aiming for 'Public Finance for the People'

Supervisor: Takero Doi

Name: Masashi Yoshida

Spatial Competition by Chain Stores: An Empirical Analysis of Convenience Stores

Supervisor: Michio Naoi

Name: Hideyuki Tomiyama

An Empirical Analysis of Delay Propagation in Passenger Aircraft

Supervisor: Michio Naoi

Name: Hiroyuki Matsunaga

Price Fluctuations and Quality Changes in the Domestic Passenger Car Market

Supervisor: Daisuke Nagakura

Name: Koji Izumi

The Impact of the Measurement Method of Multifactor Models on Their Explanatory Power

Supervisor: Daisuke Nagakura

Name: Shinya Nagareta

A Study on the Decay of Market Impact Using a Simulation with a Multidimensional Hawkes Process

Supervisor: Teruo Nakatsuma

Name: Tomoki Okada

The Railway History of Southern Osaka

Supervisor: Satoshi Nakanishi

Name: Masaki Hasegawa

Why Has Japan's Declining Birthrate Not Been Resolved?

Supervisor: Mitsuru Nobuchika

Name: Maria Iwata

The Relationship Between Spectator Attendance and Performance in Professional Baseball

Supervisor: Ippei Fujiwara

Name: Kentaro Honda

What Constitutes an Environment Where Working Women Find It Easy to Have Children?

Supervisor: Ippei Fujiwara

Name: Kurumi Otsuki

The Actual Conditions of Yahang (Brokers' Guilds) in Ming-Qing China

Supervisor: Kazuko Furuta

Name: Keisuke Niwaya

The 'Semi-Governmental, Semi-Private' Strategy: From the Perspectives of Competition and Social Justice

Supervisor: Toru Hoshino

Name: Tsubasa Tanabe

Theatrical Politics and the Median Voter Theorem

Supervisor: Toru Hoshino

Name: Wataru Hirota

Analysis for Choice of New Generation Vehicles in Japan : From two perspectives, Willingness to Pay and Discrete Choice Model

Supervisor: Eiji Hosoda

Name: Rin Futara

Nationwide Estimation of CO2 Reduction Effects from a Modal Shift to Rail: A Nationwide Estimation Using the Improved Ton-Kilometer Method