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(Permanent Researchers)

Research Assistant Professor   Masaru Umemoto

Specialization
International Economics

Main Research Themes
Content Industry in Asia, Free Trade Arrangement

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University, USA, 1998


Employment History

Research Assistant Professor, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (1998-present)


Other Major Positions

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Kitakyushu University (1999-2000)
Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, Kitakyushu University (2000-2001)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University (2004-2005)
Research Adviser, Animation Industry Research Institute, Zhejiang University, China (2005-)
Executive Researcher, Human Media Creation Center (2006-)


Publications

◆Refereed Papers

James, William E. and Masaru Umemoto, 2000. "NAFTA Trade with East Asia: Rules of Origin and Market Access in Textiles, Apparel, Footwear and Electrical Machinery," ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol. 17/3, December.

◆Non-Refereed Papers

Umemoto, Masaru, 2005. "Fragmented Production in East Asia: The Impact of Economic Integration and Network Quality," Center for International Trade Studies Working Paper 2005-13, Yokohama National University.

Umemoto, Masaru, 2005. "International fragmentation and cooperation of animation industry in East Asia," Higashi Ajia heno Shiten, 16(3), pp36-43 (in Japanese).

Umemoto, Masaru, 2005. "Development of animation industry and possibility of cooperation in East Asia," Humanistic Care in the Digital Age, The First China International Animation Summit Forum: A Collection of Presentations, Hangzhou, China, pp.226-229.

◆ICSEAD Working Paper

No. 2004-23  
Ito, Keiko and Masaru Umemoto
Intra-Industry Trade in the ASEAN Region: The Case of Automobile Industry

No. 2004-04  
Umemoto, Masaru
Development of Intra-Industry Trade between Korea and Japan: the Case of Automobile Parts Industry

No. 2004-02  
Umemoto, Masaru
The Investment Diversion Effect of Regional Integration with Rules of Origin

No. 2004-01  
Ramstetter, Eric D. and Masaru Umemoto
The Boom in Vehicle Exports from Thailand: Protection, Markets, and Multinationals

No. 2003-12  
Umemoto, Masaru
Preferential Trade Agreement in Services and Its Impact on Welfare

No. 2003-01  
Umemoto, Masaru
Hub and Spoke Integration and Income Convergence

No. 2001-36  
Umemoto, Masaru
Rules of Origin as Strategic Commercial Instruments in a Free Trade Area

No. 2001-35  
Umemoto, Masaru
The Effects of Tariff Discrimination on Industrial Location and Welfare: Preferential Trading Arrangements and Rules of Origin

No. 2001-33  
Umemoto, Masaru
Rules of Origin as a Strategic Policy towards Multinational Firms



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