Researcher Database

HARIMAYA Kozo

Department / Course College of Economics Department of Economics

Title / Position Professor

Papers
1.	2022/10	”Effects of consolidation of cooperative financial institutions in Japan: Evidence from meta-frontier analysis” │ International Journal of Finance and Economics │ (forthcoming) (Sole-authored)
2.	2022/10	”Efficiency, and economies of scale and scope in Japanese agricultural cooperatives” │ Journal of Economic Structures │ (forthcoming) (Co-authored)
3.	2020/10	”Effects of diversification on bank efficiency: Evidence from Shinkin banks in Japan” │ International Review of Economics and Finance │ (forthcoming) (Co-authored)
4.	2020/07	Does international trade competition influence candidates and voters? The case of Japanese Lower House elections │ Journal of the Japanese and International Economies │ ,pp.(forthcoming) (Co-authored)
5.	2020/04	Constituency systems, election proximity, special interests and a free trade agreement: the case of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan │ International Economics and Economic Policy │ (forthcoming) (Co-authored)
6.	2019/08	Performance of agricultural cooperative banks in Japan: Difference between stock and flow output variables │ Agricultural Finance Review │ 80 (1),pp.38-50 (Co-authored)
7.	2019/05	Electoral rules and free trade agreements as a campaign issue: The case of political disputes over the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan │ Japan and the World Economy │ 49,pp.126-137 (Co-authored)
8.	2018/06	The effects of consolidation on bank cost savings: Evidence from Japanese regional banks │ Japan and the World Economy │ 46,pp.41-49 (Sole-authored)
9.	2018/02	Effects of bank branch competition on rural firm entry and exit: Evidence from Hokkaido, Japan │ Theoretical Economics Letters │ 8 (3),pp.390-404 (Co-authored)
10.	2017/10	“Corporate governance structure and efficiencies of cooperative banks │ International Journal of Finance and Economics │ 22,pp.368-378 (Co-authored)
11.	2017/10	“The efficiency of Japanese financial cooperatives: An application of parametric distance functions │ Journal of Economics and Business │ 94,pp.43-53 (Co-authored)
12.	2017/09	“Electoral motives, constituency systems, ideologies, and a free trade agreement: The case of Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations │ Journal of the Japanese and International Economies │ 45,pp.51-66 (Co-authored)
13.	2017	“Who fears or favors globalization? Evidence from individual-level survey data in Japan │ International Economics │ 156,pp.61-76 (Co-authored)
14.	2015/11	“Safeguards and voluntary export restraints under the world trade organization: The case of Japan's vegetable trade” │ Japan and the World Economy │ 36,pp.29-41 (Co-authored)
15.	2015	Board of directors and cost efficiency: Do stock and cooperative organizations Differ?, │ RIEB (Kobe University) Discussion Paper Series No.DP2015-05 │ (Co-authored)
16.	2015	Efficiencies of small financial cooperatives in Japan: comparison of estimation methods, │ RIEB (Kobe University) Discussion Paper Series No.DP2015-04 │ (Co-authored)
17.	2015	Effects of branch expansion on bank efficiency: Evidence from Japanese regional banks │ Managerial Finance │ 42 (2),pp.82-94 (Co-authored)
18.	2015	“The rise of protectionist pressures in Japan’s regions: The impact of newspapers in trade policy-making process” │ The Japanese Political Economy │ ,pp.(forthcoming) (Co-authored)
19.	2014/12	“Why do Japanese non-local regional banks enter other prefectures under the region-based relationship banking policy?” │ Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade │ 14 (4),pp.473-485 (Co-authored)
20.	2014/06	“Too big to succeed? : Banking sector consolidation and efficiency” │ Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money │ 32,pp.86-106 (Co-authored)
21.	2014	“Are online securities firms efficient?: Evidence from Japan” │ Review of Financial Economics │ ,pp.(forthcoming) (Co-authored)
22.	2013/05	“Regional economic development, strategic investors, and efficiency of Chinese city commercial banks” │ Journal of Banking & Finance │ 37 (5),pp.1602-1611 (Co-authored)
23.	2012/05	Determinants of branch expansion by Japanese regional banks │ The IUP Journal of BankManagement │ 11 (2),pp.7-25 (Co-authored)
24.	2011/12	The rolls of outside directors in cooperative financial institutions: The case of Japan │ Banks and Bank Systems │ 6 (4),pp.11-14 (Co-authored)
25.	2011/03	“What kinds of credit associations favour introducing new financial technology?” │ Applied Economics Letters │ 18,pp.343–347 (Co-authored)
26.	2010/05	Political economy of government spending for trade liberalization: Politics of agriculture related government spending for the Uruguay Round in Japan │ Japanese Economic Review │ 61 (2),pp.159-174 (Co-authored)
27.	2010/03	Do managers in mutual institutions choose efficiency-improving mergers? The recent experience of Japanese credit associations │ The IUP Journal of Bank Management │ 9 (1&2),pp.7-11 (Co-authored)
28.	2010/03	Efficiency in the Japanese trust banking industry: a stochastic distance function approach │ Banks and Bank Systems │ 5 (2),pp.86-95 (Co-authored)
29.	2008/12	The economics and politics of safeguards; Political economy of the Japanese safeguards system for agricultural goods │ Journal of Economic Integration │ 23 (4),pp.927-952 (Co-authored)
30.	2008/03	Impact of nontraditional activities on scale and scope economies: A case study of Japanese regional banks │ Japan and the World Economy │ 20 (2),pp.175-193 (Sole-authored)
31.	2006/09	Trade liberalization and politics of tariff reduction │ International Economy │ 10,pp.35-52 (Co-authored)
32.	2006/01	The changing structure of cost for Japanese securities firms │ International Journal of Business │ 11 (1),pp.17-33 (Co-authored)
33.	2005/06	Are banks affiliated with bank holding companies more efficient than independent banks?: Recent experience regarding Japanese regional BHCs │ Asia-Pacific Financial Markets │ 10,pp.359-376 (Co-authored)