京都大学 大学院経済学研究科・経済学部

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Professor

Tosihiro OKA

Basic Information
  • Academic Degrees:
    Ph.D. in Economics (Kyoto University)
  • Courses in charge:

    [Undergraduate] Welfare economics, Contemporary Economic Affairs

    [Graduate] Public policy, Economic policy
  • Fields of Research:
    Welfare Economics, Environmental Economics,
  • Keywords:
    Cost-benefit Analysis, Environmental Risk, Pollution with Radioactive Substances, Classical Theory of Value
Selected Publications
  • Oka, T., ‘The relation between value and demand in the New Theory of International Values’, A New Construction of Ricardian Theory of International Values, eds. By Shiozawa, Y., Oka, T., and Tabuchi, T., Springer (2017), chapter 3, pp. 99-121, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0191-8_3.
  • Oka, T., ‘The new theory of international values in the context of the Ricardo-Sraffian theory of value and distribution’, A New Construction of Ricardian Theory of International Values, eds. By Shiozawa, Y., Oka, T., and Tabuchi, T., Springer (2017), chapter 2, pp. 77-98, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0191-8_2.
  • Oka, T., ‘Cost-benefit analysis of the regulation of food contamination with radioactive caesium within a year after the Fukushima accident: the cases of vegetables and rice’, Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis, 24 (2014), pp. 101-110 (in Japanese)
  • Oka, T., Environmental Economics, Iwanami-shoten (2006) (in Japanese).
  • Oka, T., Ishikawa, M. Fujii, Y. and Huppes, G. ‘Calculating cost-effectiveness for activities with multiple environmental effects using the Maximum Abatement Cost method’, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (2005), pp.97-103.
  • Oka, T. ‘The Maximum Abatement Cost method for assessing environmental cost-effectiveness’, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (2005), pp.22-23.
  • Oka, T. Matsuda, H. and Kadono, Y. ‘Ecological risk-benefit analysis of a wetland development based on risk assessment using “Expected Loss of Biodiversity”’, Risk Analysis 21 (2001) 1011-1023.
  • Oka, T., Gamo, M. and Nakanishi, J. ‘Risk/benefit analysis of the prohibition of chlordane in Japan: an estimate based on risk assessment integrating the cancer risk and the noncancer risk,’ Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis, 8 (1997), pp.174-186.
Membership of Professional Organizations
  • The Society for Risk Analysis
  • Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
  • Japan Society for Evolutionary Economics
  • Japanese Economic Association
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