Kayo Murakami 
Position:
University of California at Berkeley (Visiting Scholar)
Degree:
Ph.D. Economics, Kyoto University (2011)
Specialty:
Environmental and resource economics, Choice modelling
Current Research Interests:
Consumers’ preference for energy policy (with T. Ida, M. Tanaka, L. Friedman)
Life cycle impact assessment and value transfer (with N. Itsubo, K. Kuriyama, K. Yoshida, K. Tokimatsu)
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Professional Career

  • 2009 Researcher, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research, Center of Advanced Policy Studies
  • 2011 Kyoto University Ph.D. Economics
  • 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo City University, Advanced Research Laboratories
  • 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics
  • 2015 Tenured Lecturer, Chikushi Jogakuen University
  • 2017 Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley
  • 2018 Postdoctoral fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(RPD),
    Division of Natural Resource Economics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

Selected publications

  • Murakami, K., Itsubo, N., K. Kuriyama, K. Yoshida, and K. Tokimatsu (2017) “Development of weighting factors for G20 countries Part 2: Estimation of willingness to pay and annual global damage cost,” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-017-1372-1.
  • Tokimatsu,K., Aicha,M., Yoshida,K., Nishio,M., Endo,E., Sakagami,M., Murakami,K., and Itsubo, N., 2016 “Measuring marginal willingness to pay using conjoint analysis and developing benefit transfer functions in various Asian cities,” International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 23(6): 541-552.
  • Ida, T., and K. Murakami (2016) “Inquiry into the diffusion process of energy management system among residential customers,” Journal of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers 55(7): 598-603. (in Japanese)
  • Ida, T., K. Murakami, and M. Tanaka (2016) “Electricity demand response in Japan: Experimental evidence from a residential photovoltaic power-generation system,” Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy 51(6): 73-88.
  • Ida, T., K. Murakami, and M. Tanaka (2015) “Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Smart Community: Evidence from Field Experiment,” Environmental Information Science 44-3: 31-35. (in Japanese)
  • Murakami, K., T. Ida, M. Tanaka, and L. Friedman (2015) “Consumers’ willingness to pay for renewable and nuclear energy: A comparative analysis between the US and Japan,” Energy Economics, 50: 178-189. (GSPP at UCB Working Paper, August 2014).
  • Itsubo, N., K. Murakami, K. Kuriyama, K. Yoshida, K. Tokimatsu, and A. Inaba (2015) “Development of weighting factors for G20 countries – Explore the difference in environmental awareness between developed and emerging countries,” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Open access: DOI 10.1007/s11367-015-0881-z.
  • Tanaka, M., T. Ida, K. Murakami, and L. Friedman (2014) “Consumers’ willingness to pay for alternative fuel vehicles: A comparative discrete choice analysis between the US and Japan,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 70: 194–209.
  • Ida, T., K. Murakami, and M. Tanaka (2014) “A Stated Preference Analysis of Smart Meters, Photovoltaic Generation, and Electric Vehicles in Japan: Implications for Penetration and GHG Reduction,” Energy Research and Social Science 2: 75-89.
  • Murakami, K. M. Niimura, K. Takahashi, T. Kunioka, and N. Itsubo (2013) “Economic valuation of corporate activities for biodiversity conservation,”Journal of Information Studies, vol. 14, pp.46-54. (in Japanese)
  • Murakami, K., T. Maruyama, K. Hayashi, and T. Yukimoto (2013) “Consumers’ Knowledge and Belief update: A Conjoint Analysis of the Organic Apple Market,” Japan Center for Economic Research, 68, pp.23-43. (in Japanese)
  • Nakagawa, M., K. Omori, I. Kurita, and K. Murakami (2013) “The Effects of Economic Incentives According to The Price Range of Energy Efficient Investments in Household,”Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper, No.1305. (in Japanese)
  • Yukimoto, T., K. Murakami, and T. Maruyama (2013) “Consumer Policy and Resource Management,” Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper, No.1302. (in Japanese)
  • Yukimoto, T., T. Maruyama, K. Murakami, and K. Hayashi (2012) “Consumers’ Belief and Disclosure: A Conjoint Analysis of the Vegetable Oil Market,” Studies in Applied Economics, 5, pp.164-175. (in Japanese)
  • T. Yukimoto and K. Murakami (2012) “Procedural Fairness and Consumer Policy,” Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper, No.1205. (in Japanese)

Others

  • Teaching:
    2011-2013 Advanced Analysis of Economics and Management, Kyoto University.
  • 2011-2013 Applied Microeconomics (Undergraduate), Ritsumeikan University.
  • 2012-2014 Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments (Undergraduate), Tokyo Institute of Technology.
  • 2015-2016 Introductory Economics, Statistics, Environment and Economics, Chikushi Jogakuen University.
  • Conference Presentations:
    2013 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 7th World Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
  • 2012 Eco Balance, 10th international conference, Yokohama, Japan.
  • 2012 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 19th Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2012 East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAAERE) 2nd Congress, Bandung, Indonesia.
  • 2012 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 6th World Congress, Berlin, Germany.
  • Refreeing:
    Energy Economics,Ecological Economics, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Energy Research and Social Science