Nakajima, Kentaro   Professor

Economics (Spatial Economics, Applied Microeconometrics)

Web: http://knakajima.weebly.com

【Career】
2003   B.A., Department of Economics, the University of Tokyo
2008   Ph.D. (Economics),Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo
2008   Associate Professor,
Endowed Chair in Regional Economy and Banking (The 77 Bank),
Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University
2010   Associate Professor, Center for Economic Institutions,
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
2011   Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management,
Tohoku University
2017   Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2023   Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University

【Awards】
Sakashita Prize
Applied Regional Science Conference, 2015

AREUEA National Conference Best Paper Award⏩
The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), June 2021
Achievements:
Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data

Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award⏩
The Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), July 2021
Achievements:
From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo

【Recent Research Themes】
Innovation and Spatial Economics
Spatial Economics with Network Data