Makoto Tanaka 
Position:
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Degree:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tokyo
Specialty:
Energy, Environment, Industrial Organization
Current Research Interests:
Energy and Environmental Issues
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Professional Career

  • 2003 Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
  • 2004 Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • 2007 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
  • 2008 Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
  • 2009 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
  • 2013 Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Selected publications

  • Tanaka, M., and T. Ida (2013) “Voluntary Electricity Conservation of Households after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Stated Preference Analysis,” Energy Economics, 39: 296-304.
  • Tanaka, M., and Y. Chen (2013) “Market Power in Renewable Portfolio Standards,” Energy Economics, 39: 187-196.
  • Tanaka, M., and S. M. Bobde (2013) “The Effect of Seizing Illicit Alcohol: A Panel Data Analysis of Liquor Consumption in India,” Empirical Economics Letters, 12(3): 275-280.
  • Hosoe, N., and M. Tanaka (2012) “Divestiture of TEPCO for Reparation for the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Path to Vertical Unbundling,” Energy Policy, 51: 207-212.
  • Tanaka, M., and Y. Chen (2012) “Emissions Trading in Forward and Spot Markets for Electricity,” The Energy Journal 33(2): 195-221.
  • Tanaka, M., and Y. Chen (2012) “Market Power in Emissions Trading: Strategically Manipulating Permit Price through Fringe Firms,” Applied Energy, 96: 203-211.
  • Tanaka, M. (2012) “Multi-Sector Model of Tradable Emission Permits,” Environmental and Resource Economics, 51(1): 61-77.
  • Tanaka, M. (2011) “The Effects of Uncertain Divestiture as Regulatory Threat,” Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 11(4): 385-397.
  • Tanaka, M. (2009) “Transmission-Constrained Oligopoly in the Japanese Electricity Market,” Energy Economics 31(5): 690-701.
  • Tanaka, M. (2007) “Extended Price Cap Mechanism for Efficient Transmission Expansion under Nodal Pricing,” Networks and Spatial Economics 7(3): 257-275.
  • Tanaka, M. (2006) “Real-Time Pricing with Ramping Costs: A New Approach to Managing a Steep Change in Electricity Demand,” Energy Policy 34(18): 3634-3643.
  • Hatta, T., and M. Tanaka, Eds. (2007) The Economics of Regulatory Reform: A Case Study of Electric Power Industry (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Nikkei Publishing Inc.
  • Hatta, T., and M. Tanaka, Eds. (2004) Liberalizing Electricity Markets: An Economic Analysis (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Toyo Keizai Inc

Others

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems