Ryo Horii 堀井 亮
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Economics, Tohoku University
27-1 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576, Japan
(Until Oct 2) On leave at the University of Paderborn, Germany.
Tel/Fax: +81-(0)22-795-4272 (lab)
Tel: 022-795-6265; Fax: 022-795-6270 (Dept. office)
E-mail: horii 
econ.jpn.org
Curriculum Vitae in Japanese,
updated July 17, 2012.
Lectures
Lectures for 2012
For Undergraduates
For Graduates
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Applied economics: Economics of marriage and family formation (Spring) Mondays 1:00PM-.
syllabus;
textbook: Browing, Chiappori, and Weiss (2011) Family Economics;
Lones Smith (2006JPE) "The Marriage Model with Search Frictions".
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Advanced Macroeconomics (fall) Mondays 1:00PM + Wednesdays 1:00PM.
syllabus;
textbook: Acemoglu (2009)
Introduction to Modern Economic Growth.
Covers general tools and topics in graduate-level macroeconomics
(not limited to growth).
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Applied Macro Workshop (full-year) Fridays 2:40-6:00.
syllabus;
Tahvonen and Salo(2001EER), Gustafsson and Sergerstrom (2011IER), Hirazawa and Yakita (2009JPopE),
Schumacher and Zou(2008JEEM), Acemoglu, Aghion, Bursztyn, and Hemous (2012AER),
Heijdra and Romp(2009JPubE), Borota (2012JIE), Jouvet, Michel and Rotillon (2005JEDC),
etc.
Lectures for 2011
For Undergraduates
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Seminar (full year) Mondays 2:40PM-
syllabus,
Free trade under fire,
Selected Papers from Journal of Economic Perspectives.
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Macroeconomic Analysis (fall) Blanchard Macroeconomics 5th ed.
For Graduates
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Population economics (Spring) Mondays 1:00PM-
syllabus,
Lee(2003)JEP;
Acemoglu and Johnson (2007)JPE (appendix); Becker, Murphy and Tamura (1990)JPE; Doepke (2005) JPopE, etc.
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Applied Macro Workshop (full-year) Fridays 2:40-
syllabus.
Kremer (1993)QJE; Hu and Shimomura (2011); Acemoglu, Gancia, and Zilibotti (2011JET); Golosov, Hassler, Krusell, and Tsyvinski, "Optimal taxes on fossil fuel in general equilibrium," mimeo; Galor and Weil (2000) AER; Arnold and Bauer (2009) JofEcon; Eliasson and Turnovsky (2004) JEEM; Hock and Weil (2011) JPopE, etc.
Past Lectures at Tohoku (2007-)
Past Lectures at Osaka (-2006)
Research
Recent and upcoming presentations
- Feb 20, 2013.
Macroeconomics Workshop
(KIER, Kyoto University),
The Rate of Time Preference and the Dynamics of International Debt.
- Nov 29, 2012.
Macroeconomics Workshop
(CIRJE, Tokyo University),
A Non-exponential Theory of Sustained Growth
- Oct 16, 2012.
財務総合政策研究所先端セミナー
(財務省),
長期的成長の持続性と頑健性
- Sep 12, 2012.
School of Economics Research Seminar
(the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK),
Sustainability and robustness of long-term growth in endogenous growth theory
- Sep 4, 2012.
Paderborn and Tohoku Joint Workshop
(the University of Paderborn, Germany),
Sustainability and robustness of long-term growth in endogenous growth theory
- May 10-11, 2012.
神戸大学創立110周年記念事業 Yale大学との共催シンポジウム「東日本大震災と阪神淡路大震災」
(Kobe University),
Natural Disasters in a Two-Sector Model of Endogenous Growth: An Extension to Non-Insurable Risks.
Selected past presentations
Published and Accepted Papers
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"Wants and Past Knowledge: Growth Cycles with Emerging Industries,"
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
Vol. 36(2), Pages 220-238, February 2012.
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"Natural Disasters in a Two-Sector Model of Endogenous Growth," Journal of Public Economics, Volume 96(9-10), pages 784-796, October 2012 (with Masako Ikefuji).
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"Timing of Childbirth, Capital Accumulation, and Economic Welfare," Oxford Economic Papers, Advance Access, doi:10.1093/oep/gps027, published online July 2012 (with Akira Momota)
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" Financial infrastructure, technological shift, and inequality in economic development,"
Macroeconomic Dynamics, FirstView Article : pp 1-32, DOI:10.1017/S1365100511000356, published online January 2012.
(with Ryoji Ohdoi & Kazuhiro Yamamoto)
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"Dual Poverty Trap: Intra- and Intergenerational Linkages in Frictional Labor Markets,"
Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 14(1), pages 131-160, February 2012.
(with Masaru Sasaki).
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"Availability of Higher Education and Long-Term Economic Growth,"
Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 59(2), pages 156-177, June 2008. (with Akiomi Kitagawa and Koichi Futagami).
Additional Appendix (proofs of propositions).
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"Wealth Heterogeneity and Escape from the Poverty-Environment Trap,"
Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 9(6), pages 1041-1068, December 2007.
(with Masako Ikefuji)
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"Economic Growth with Imperfect Protection of Intellectual Property Rights,"
Journal of Economics,
vol. 90(1), pages 45-85, January 2007
(with Tatsuro Iwaisako)
Additional appendix.
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"Investment efficiency and intergenerational income distribution: a paradoxical result,"
Economics Bulletin, vol. 15(2), pages 1-6, 2004 (with Akiomi Kitagawa and Koichi Futagami)
Working Papers
Conferences Hosted
Some Photos at Hallstatt
Link to Tohoku University.