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Ryohei Yamamoto

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Affiliation Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics
Title Associate Professor
Room E308, Faculty of Economics Building (Extension2308)
E-mail ryohei61 ( at = @ )
Website https://sites.google.com/view/ryoheiyamamoto/home
Education Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University
Degree Ph.D. in Business Administration
Academic Societies Air Transport Research Society
Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Japan Society of Transportation Economics
Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics
EASTS-Japan
Japan Society of Public Utility Economics
Japan Association for Applied Economics
Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
Career April, 2015 – March, 2018 Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)
April, 2018 – March, 2020 Researcher, Waterfront Vitalization and Environment Research Foundation
April, 2020 – March, 2023 Assistant Professor, College of Foreign Studies, Kansai Gaidai University
April, 2023 – Present Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Fukui Prefectural University

Research Interest

Research Field Public Utility Economics; Industrial Organization; Transportation Economics
Research Summary Among public utilities, I have been conducting empirical research on the transportation industry combining an econometric framework with statistical methods and data analysis. In particular, I have been analyzing the air and marine transportation industries, where many cases of business combinations such as mergers and alliances have been observed. I plan to conduct research on railroads, buses, and other transportation industries, as well as empirical research on a wide range of other industries.
Keywords Public Utilities; Meger; Strategic Alliance; Data Analysis

Selected Publications

[ Books (in English) ]
(1) Yamamoto, R., “Brand Strategy in Airline Mergers: Simulation Examples with Delta and Northwest,” in Mizutani, F., Urakami, T., and Nakamura, E. (ed.), Current Issues in Public Utilities and Public Policy: Empirical Studies Focusing on Japan, Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research, Springer, Chapter 11 (pp.203–230), 2023.

[ Refereed Papers (in English) ]
(1) Yamamoto, R., “Merger Forms and Welfare: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry,” Journal of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Vol.13, pp.442–462, 2019.

All lists are in my homepage.

Community Engagement

Educational Activites

Classes Public Utilities, Seminar
Office Hour At any time upon prior notice.
Available Topics (1) Research and policy studies, etc. on policies to promote the use of public utilities and social infrastructure
(2) Utilization of customer data, purchasing data, etc. and analysis of consumer and corporate behavior based on such data, etc. (*Not limited to the public utility and transportation industries)

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