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HIGASHIDA, Keisaku
Professor
Research Keywords
International Trade and the Environment, Trade Policies and Sustainability, Impacts of Refugee Influx on Host Communities, Common-Pool Resource Management, International Environmental-Knowledge Flow
Recent Research Interests
I have three main research interests. The first topic is “trade and the environment.” Among them, with co-researchers, I investigate (i) the environmental impact of international trade and (ii) the impact of environmental and trade policies, using both theoretical and empirical approaches. The analysis covers not only domestic policies such as carbon taxes, but also trade policies that intervene in the process and production methods (PPMs) of trading-partner countries from the perspective of sustainability, and certification schemes such as Fair Trade. The second topic is the impact of refugee inflows. Focusing on Rohingya refugees, our study focuses on the impact of the refugee influx on the people of host communities around the refugee camps. Third, focusing on tribal peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, our study observes the behavior and preferences of villagers and examines the optimal scheme for voluntary resource management by villagers. In addition, I am currently use patent data to study international flows of environment-related technologies and knowledge.
Selected Publications
- Higashida, K., Okoshi, H. (2025),“Eco-friendly location under fiscal competition”, International Tax and Public Finance (2025).
- Higuchi, Y., Higashida, K., Hossain, M. M., Sujauddin, M., Takahashi, R., & Tanaka, K. (2025), “From hospitality to hostility: Impact of the Rohingya refugee influx on the sentiments of host communities”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 73(3).
- Keisaku Higashida, Jota Ishikawa, Nori Tarui (2025), “Carrying carbon? Negative and positive carbon leakage with international transport”, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
- Keisaku Higashida, Yuki Higuchi, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Sujauddin, Ryo Takahashi Kenta Tanaka (2025), “Are social norms an obstacle to honest behavior? Theory and experimental evidence”, Journal of Asian Economics, 101875.
- Keisaku Higashida, Shoichi Kiyama, Kofi Otumawu-Apreku, Satoshi Yamazaki (2024), “Informal pricing in formal fish markets: Evidence from the Solomon Islands”, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-15.