Fellow Researchers Profile

Kota WATANABE

Kota WATANABE

Research Fellow

Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
[Research Themes]
Economic analysis using large-scale business data
Research on fluctuations in products and real estate prices

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics

Profile

Education

2010.3 Doctor of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Career

2014.4-2016.3 Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University
2014.5- Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
2013.4-2014.3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University
2010.4-2013.3 Economist, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
2008.4-2010.3 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Papers

  • Jess Diamond, Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe, "The Formation of Consumer Inflation Expectations: New Evidence from Japan's Deflation Experience", International Economic Review, Vol 61-1, 241-281(2020).
  • Kozo Ueda, Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe, "Product Turnover and the Cost of Living Index: Quality vs. Fashion Effects", American Economic Journal: Macroreconomics, forthcoming.
  • Nao Sudo, Kozo Ueda, Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Vol.50(2-3), pp.449-478 (2018).
  • Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe, Asian Economi Policy Review, 13(1), pp.23-41(2018).
  • Nao Sudo, Kozo Ueda and Kota Watanabe, Asian Economic Policy Review, 9(1), 44-64 (2014)
  • Misako Takayasu, Kota Watanabe, Takayuki Mizuno and Hideki Takayasu, Econophysics Approaches to the Analysis of Large-Scale Business and Economic Data, 79-98,Springer Verlag(2010)
  • Kota Watanabe, Hideki Takayasu and Misako Takayasu, Physical Review E 80, 074911 (2009)
  • Kota Watanabe, Hideki Takayasu and Misako Takayasu, Progress of Theoretical Physics 79, 8-16 (2009)
  • Kota Watanabe, Hideki Takayasu and Misako Takayasu, Physica A 383, 336-339 (2007)
  • Kota Watanabe, Hideki Takayasu and Misako Takayasu, Physica A 382, 120-124 (2007)
  • [Working paper]Jess Diamond, Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe, "The Formation of Consumer Inflation Expectations: Evidence from Japan’s Deflation ", CARF Working Paper Series, CARF-F-388 (2017).
  • [Working paper]Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe,"Estimating Daily Inflation Using Scanner Data: A Progress Report", CARF Working Paper Series, CARF-F-342 (2014)
  • [Working paper]Nao Sudo, Kozo Ueda and Kota Watanabe, "What Drove Japan’s Deflation: Decomposition Analysis into Regular, Sales, Frequency, and Magnitude Components", Economic Measurement Group Workshop Asia 2013,http://www.price.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/img/news/0301Ueda.pdf