To Current/Potential Students and Poostdocs

Data links

  • Links to websites for various data.

Undergraduate students

  •  Development Economics
  •  Quantitative Analysis for Political Science and Economics

Graduate students and postdocs

  • The mission of Team Todo is to foster global leaders through quantitative research (its planning, field works, data collection, quantitative analysis, thesis writing, and oral presentations).
  • Team Todo particularly welcomes foreign students.
  • Team Todo welcomes postdocs with own funding. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides a good program for overseas postdoc researchers. Click here for more information. Please note that postdocs in Team Todo should engage in collaborative research with other team members.
  • Students in Team Todo can choose their research topics as they like. However, students are encouraged to choose a topic related to Todo’s research projects, so that students may be provided a research fund for their field work. In some cases, students can write papers with Prof. Todo for possible publication in academic journals (see below for past achievements).
  • Click here for more details (Changes may apply). Click here for tips to write a thesis.

Selected publications by masters' students

  • Ito, Asei, Li, Zhuoran, and Wang, Min, "What Types of Science and Technology Policies Stimulate Innovation? Evidence from Chinese firm-level data," RIEIT Discussion Paper, No. 14-E-056, 2014.
  • Nakai, Ryosuke and Todo, Yasuyuki, "The effects of social networks on the diffusion of consumer goods: Evidence from rural Indonesia," Economics Bulletin, 34(3), 1814-1821, 2014.
  • Edamura, Kazuma, Sho Haneda, Tomohiko Inui, Xiaofei Tan, and Yasuyuki Todo, "Impact of Chinese Cross-Border Outbound M&As on Firm Performance: Econometric Analysis Using Firm-Level Data,” China Economic Review, 30, 169-179, 2014. (Restricted Access) [IF: 1.390]
  • Bayarlkham Byambaa, Todo, Yasuyuki, and Jambajamts Lkhamjav, “Technological Impact of Placer Gold Mining on Water Quality: A Case Study of Tuul River Valley in the Zaamar Goldfield, Mongolia,” Meteorological and Hydrological Issues, the National University of Mongolia, 335(10), pp. 136-143, 2011.

Selected publications by Ph.D. students

  • Kashiwagi, Yuzuka, and Yasuyuki Todo, "Propagation of Positive Effects of Post-Disaster Policies through Supply Chains: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake, RIETI Discussion Paper, 19-E-030, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, April 2019.
  • Kashiwagi, Yuzuka, Yasuyuki Todo, and Petr Matous, "International propagation of economic shocks through global supply chains, WINPEC Working Paper, No. E1810, Waseda Institute of Political Economy, November 2018.
  • Kim, Yu Ri, Yasuyuki Todo, Daichi Shimamoto, and Petr Matous, "Are Seminars on Export Promotion Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial," World Economy, 41(11), 2954-2982, November 2018. (Open Access) [IF 2017: 0.933]
  • Fu, Jiangtao, Daichi Shimamoto, and Yasuyuki Todo, "Can Firms with Political Connections Borrow More Than Those Without? Evidence from Firm-level Data for Indonesia,"Journal of Asian Economics,October 2017.(Open Access)
  • Takahashi, Ryo, Yasuyuki Todo, "Coffee certification and forest quality: Evidence from a wild coffee forest in Ethiopia," World Development, 92, 158-166, 2017. (Open Access) [IF:2015:2.438]
  • Takahashi, Ryo and Todo, Yasuyuki, “The Impact of a Shade Coffee Certification Program on Forest Conservation: A Case Study from a Wild Coffee Forest in Ethiopia,” Journal of Environmental Management, 130, 48–54, 2013. (Restricted Access) (Free Working Paper Version) [IF: 3.057]
  • Takahashi, Ryo and Todo, Yasuyuki, “The impact of a shade coffee certification program on forest conservation using remote sensing and household data,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 44, 76–81, 2013. (Restricted Access) [IF: 2.596]
  • Matous, Petr, Todo, Yasuyuki, Pratiwi Ayu, “Need for speed: the connecting and disconnecting powers of motorized transport in rural Indonesia,” forthcoming in Transportation, 2014.

Selected publications by postdocs (achieved while they are in Team Todo)

  • Hoshino, Tadao, Daichi Shimamoto, and Yasuyuki Todo, "Accounting for Heterogeneity in Network Formation Behavior: An Application to Vietnamese SMEs," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, February 2020. (Open Access) [IF 2018: 0.989]
  • Kim, Yu Ri, Yasuyuki Todo, Daichi Shimamoto, and Petr Matous, "Are Seminars on Export Promotion Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial,"the World Economy, April 2018. (Open Access) [IF 2017: 0.933]
  • Fu, Jiangtao, Daichi Shimamoto, and Yasuyuki Todo, "Can Firms with Political Connections Borrow More Than Those Without? Evidence from Firm-level Data for Indonesia,"Journal of Asian Economics,October 2017.(Open Access)
  • Lu, Yi, Yoshiaki Ogura, Yasuyuki Todo, Lianming Zhu, “Supply Chain Disruptions and Trade Credit,” RIETI Discussion Paper No. 17-E-054, March 2017.