Keisuke Otsu

International Research Fellow

School of Economics, University of Kent, Lecturer in Macroeconomics and Growth

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Business Cycle Accounting

Working papers, Papers and Reports

2017.03.22

Working Paper(17-003E) "Regional Business Cycle and Growth Features of Japan"

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Profile

Education

2001-2006 University of California Los Angeles, PhD in Economics
1999-2001 Keio University, MA in Economics
1995-1999 Keio University, BA in Economics

Career

2013-present School of Economics, University of Kent, Lecturer in Macroeconomics and Growth
2010-2013 School of Economics, University of Kent, Lecturer in Economics
2008-2010 Sophia University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Assistant Professor
2006-2008 Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, Economist

Publications

  • “A neoclassical analysis of the Great Recession: a historical comparison,” with Florian Gerth, Economics Bulletin, 2015, 35 (4), pp.2363-2372.
  • “Organizational Dynamics and Aggregate Fluctuations: the Role of Financial Relationships,” with Masashi Saito, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (12), pp. 3044-3058
  • “Business cycle accounting of the BRIC economies,” with Suparna Chakraborty, B.E Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions, 2013, 13 (1), pp.1-33
  • “How well can business cycle accounting account for business cycles?” Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (2), pp. 1774-1784
  • “Accounting for Japanese Business Cycles; a quest for labor wedges,” Monetary and Economic Studies, 2011, 29, pp.143-170
  • “A Neoclassical Analysis of The Asian Crisis: Business Cycle Accounting for a Small open Economy,” B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Topics, 2010, 10 (1) Article 17
  • “A Neoclassical Analysis of the Postwar Japanese Economy,” B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions, 2009, 9 (1) Article 20
  • “A neoclassical analysis of the Korean crisis,” Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, 11 (2), pp.449-471

Papers

  • “Efficiency, Distortions and Factor Utilization during the Interwar Period,” with Alex Klein, University of Kent, School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2013, KDPE-1317, under review.
  • “The Global Impact of Chinese Growth,” with Ippei Fujiwara and Masashi Saito, University of Kent, School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2011, KDPE-1115, under review.
  • “Accounting for the business cycle relationship between Japan and Asia,” with Hideaki Hirata, University of Kent, School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2011, KDPE-1120, under review.
  • “International Business Cycle Accounting,” University of Kent, School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2010, KDPE-1010.
  • “The credit spread and U.S. business cycles”, with Junsang Lee, University of Kent, School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2011, KDPE-1123, under review.