Fellow Researchers Profile

Daichi SHIRAI

Daichi SHIRAI

Research Fellow

Lecturer, Department of Economics, Tohoku Gakuin University
[Research Themes]
Research on economic theory

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics
  • Applied Econometrics

Profile

Education

2016 Sophia University, Ph.D. in Economics
2006 Sophia University, M.A. in Economics
2004 Senshu University, B.A. in Economics

Career

2018.04 - Lecturer, Department of Economics, Tohoku Gakuin University
2015.04 - 2018.03 Part-time lecturer, Department of Economics, Senshu University 
2014.09 - 2015.08 Part-time lecturer, International College of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University
2013.04 - 2014.04 Part-time lecturer, Department of Economics, Senshu University 
2011.04 - present Research Fellow, The Canon Institute for Global Studies
2010.06 - 2015.03 Research Fellow, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University
2006.04 - 2011.03 Economist, Japan Center for Economic Research
2004.10 - 2005.09 Research Assistant, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

Papers

  • Kobayashi, Keiichiro and Daichi Shirai (2023) "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Persistent Stagnation", CIGS Working Paper Series 23-001E
  • Inaba, Masaru, Kengo Nutahara and Daichi Shirai (2022) "What drives fluctuations of labor wedge and business cycles? Evidence from Japan", Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol.72, June
  • Shirai, Daichi "Corporate debt and state-dependent effects of fiscal policy", CIGS Working Paper Series No. 21-007E
  • Inaba, Masaru, Kengo Nutahara and Daichi Shirai"What drives fluctuations of labor wedge and business cycles? Evidence from Japan", CIGS Working Paper Series No. 20-006E
  • Kobayashi, Keiichiro and Daichi Shirai (2018) "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown", CIGS Working Paper Series 18-003E
  • Kobayashi, Keiichiro and Daichi Shirai (2017) "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown", CIGS Working Paper Series 17-002E
  • Kobayashi, Keiichiro and Daichi Shirai (2016) "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Productivity Slowdown", CIGS Working Paper Series 16-001E
  • Kobayashi, Keiichiro and Daichi Shirai (2016) "Heterogeneity And Redistribution In Financial Crises," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20, No.6, pages 1527-1549, September.
  • Shirai, Daichi, "A note on hump-shaped output in the RBC model", October 2014
  • Heterogeneity and redistribution in financial crises, (old title: Heterogeneity and redistribution shocks in business cycles), with Keiichiro Kobayashi, Macroeconomic Dynamics, accepted.
  • "A note on hump-shaped output in the RBC model", October 2014
  • The Impacts of Firms' Technology Choice on the Gender Differences in Wage and Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis, (with Kohei Nagamachi and Naotaka Eguchi), November 2012
  • Technology and Capital Adjustment Costs: Micro evidence of automobile electronics in the auto-parts suppliers, (with Ichihiro Uchida and Yosuke Takeda), January 2012
  • "The Regional CGE Model Analysis of Japanese Environment Policy Evaluation", in Economic model development and policy assessment for environment policy and economic relationship in Japan, with Shiro Takeda and Katsuaki Ochiai, Ch.4 2011
  • A Regional CGE Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations, in Japanese, (with Shiro Takeda and Katsuaki Ochiai), December 2011

Joint Paper

Komine, T., Japan Center for Economic Research, ed. (2007), Aging Asia, Nikkei Publishing Inc, Tokyo. Modeling Economic growth (in Japanese)

Conference & Workshops

2022.8.4, Singapore Economic Review Conference, "Corporate debt and state-dependent effects of fiscal policy"

2022.2.17, Kyoto University Macroeconomics Workshop, "Corporate debt and state-dependent effects of fiscal policy"

2021.5.16, Japanese Economic Association Annual Meeting (Online), "Corporate dependent fiscal policy"

2018.12.14, The 10th Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association, Xiamei University, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown"

2018.11.30, Aomori Public University, "Core Inflation and Trend Inflation in Japan"

2018.6.7, Tohoku University, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown"

2018.5.25, Sophia University, "Core Inflation and Trend Inflation in Japan"

2017.11.15, Tohoku Gakuin University, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown"

2017.10.3, The WINPEC Seminar, Waseda University, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Economic Slowdown"

2017.3.16, Macroeconomic Analysis Workshop, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, "Core Inflation and Trend Inflation in Japan"

2016.5.20, Economic Theory and Policy Workshop, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Productivity Slowdown"

2015.10.11, Japanese Economic Association Annual Meeting (Sophia University),"Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Productivity Slowdown"

2015.9.29, 11th Dynare Conference in Brussels, "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Productivity Slowdown"

2015.8.7, Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET), "Debt-Ridden Borrowers and Productivity Slowdown"

2014.11.9, Midwest Macro Meeting (Miami, Miami International University), "Heterogeneity and redistribution in financial crises"

2014.8.12, Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET), "Dynamic Debt Restructuring and Optimal Evergreening"

2014.6.22, Asian Meeting of Econometric Society (Taipei, Academia Shinca), "Heterogeneity and redistribution shocks in business cycles"

2014.4.18, CIGS Workshop, "Dynamic Debt Restructuring and Evergreening"

2013.12.28, DSGE Conference 2013 (Kyoto University), "Dynamic Debt Restructuring"

2013.7.12, Computing in Economics and Finance 2013, “The Impacts of Firms' Technology Choice on the Gender Differences in Wage and Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis”

2013.2.27, Technology Progress and Economy Workshop, "The Impacts of Firms' Technology Choice on the Gender Differences in Wage and Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis"

2013.2.14, Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank of Japan , "The Impacts of Firms' Technology Choice on the Gender Differences in Wage and Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis"

2011.5.27, Financial Economics Workshop, "Why Does the Gender Wage Gap Exist?", with Kohei Nagamachi and Naotaka Eguchi.

2011.3.15, Research on Business Cycle, Shimabara Conference, "Aggregate Effects of the Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Sector Dynamic General Equilibrium Models: Spatial VAR" with Yosuke Takeda, Ichihiro Uchida, Yasuyuki Komaki and Toshiki Jinushi.

2010.11.27, Environment and Economic Workshop, "The Regional CGE Model Analysis of Japanese Environment Policy Evaluation" with Shiro Takeda and Katsuaki Ochiai.

2010.7.2, Macro Model Conference, Japan Center for Economic Research, "Feed-in-Tariff Analysis in Japan using JCER-CGE model" with Hirofumi Kawasaki.

2010.7.1, Macroeconomics and Econophysics Workshop, the Canon Institute for Global Studies, "Aggregate Effects of the Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Sector Dynamic General Equilibrium Models: Spatial VAR" with Yosuke Takeda, Ichihiro Uchida, Yasuyuki Komaki and Toshiki Jinushi.

Others

Japanese Economic Association, American Economic Association, Econometric Society, European Economic Association