Dimiter S. IALNAZOV

Japanese

Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Economics and the Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

PhD (Economics)

Born on 13 June 1962 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Events

The application form for the field study trip to Sharp’s Kameyama factory and Ise shrine (28 October 2011) can be found here.　

The program and selected photos of the International Young Scholar Workshops (IYSW) that I organized in 2010 and 2011 at Kyoto University can be found here.　

Selected photos from the seminar “Comparison of the Post-Socialist Transformation in CEE, Russia and China” that I gave at University College Dublin (UCD) on 16 November 2009 can be found here.　

Selected photos from the field study trip for Japanese and international students to Okayama and Naoshima (20-21 Oct. 2009) can be found here.

Selected photos from the day trip for Japanese and international students to Morinaga Milk’s Kobe Factory (6 June 2008) can be found here.

Teaching

Since April 2008, some Japanese students have joined the courses that I teach to international students. Japanese students who are interested in participating in these classes are kindly requested to contact me by e-mail at the beginning of each semester.

At present I am teaching the following courses:

TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
1. Japanese E-2A and E-2B (Economics)

2. International Comparison of Corporate Governance (Autumn semester) and

3. The Political Economy of European Integration (Spring semester)

The lecture slides and term paper requirements for the course “The Political Economy of European Integration” can be found here.

The lecture slides and term paper requirements for the course “International Comparison of Corporate Governance” can be found here.

TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
4. Economic Integration in the EU,

5. Readings in Institutional Economics (Spring semester),

6. Readings in International Economics (Autumn semester) and

7. Advanced Management Communication

The lecture slides and essay requirements for the course “Readings in Institutional Economics” can be found here.

The lecture slides and term paper requirements for the course “Economic Integration in the EU” can be found here.

The lecture slides and term paper requirements for the course “Readings in International Economics” can be found here.

Previously, I have taught courses in English Discussion, Macroeconomics, and International Economics at the Department of Value and Decision Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 2003-2004, I taught a part (five lectures) of the KUINEP class "Social and International Relations I".

Office address and contact information

Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

Yoshidahon-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
E-mail: ialnazov + atmark + econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp

My office is located in Kyoto University's Yoshida campus, the East Building of the Faculties of Law and Economics, Room #605 (6th Floor) .

If you’d like to meet with me, please make an advance appointment by e-mail.  

　

Biographical information

My full CV is here

I graduated from the First English Language High School in Sofia, Bulgaria. After a 2-year military service, I studied for five years (1982-1987) "Political Economy" at the Faculty of Economics, Moscow University. From 1988 to 1993, I was a researcher at Sofia University and at the Center for Strategic Business and Political Studies in Sofia, Bulgaria. I arrived in Japan in April 1993 as a Monbusho (Japanese Ministry of Education) research student and studied about the Japanese post-war industrial policy in the doctoral program of Kanazawa University from 1994 to 1997. Between 1998-2001 I taught courses on English Discussion, Macroeconomics, and International Economics as a research associate at the Department of Value and Decision Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology. I have been with the Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University, since April 2001.

Degrees and institutions that awarded them

Ph.D. (Economics), Kanazawa University (1997)
B.A. and M.A. (Political Economy), Moscow State University "M.V. Lomonosov" (1987)

Current research interests

· The economic transformation in the former socialist countries from institutional and evolutionary perspectives

• The impact of EU accession on the new members from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the candidate countries
• Corporate governance in the former socialist countries
• The impact of the present financial crisis (2008-2009) on the European emerging economies

Research affiliations

· Japan's Association for Evolutionary Economics (JAFEE)

· European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)

· Japan's Association for Comparative Studies of Management (JACSM)

· Japan's Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES)

· Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association (BMA)

Main papers and publications

(available as electronic files and can be sent to you by e-mail upon request)

Book chapters

1. “Europeanization and the Evolution of Corporate Governance in Bulgaria”, in Yagi, K. and S. Mizobata (eds.), Melting Boundaries: Institutional Transformation in the Wider Europe, Kyoto University Press: Kyoto, 2008, pp. 180-207.

2. Comments on the article by Dorothee Bohle “Race to the Bottom? Comparative Institutional Advantages? Competition of Capitalisms in the Enlarged EU”, in Mizobata, S. (ed.), Varieties of Capitalism and Transformation, Bunrikaku: Kyoto, 2008, pp. 179-184.

3. (with Rumen Dobrinsky et al.) “Economic Transition and Industrial Restructuring in Bulgaria”, in Landesmann, M. and I. Szekely (eds.), Industrial Restructuring and Trade Reorientation in Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 213-241.

PhD dissertation

"Industrial Policy and Economic Development: A Case Study of Postwar Japan (1945-1973) From a Comparative Institutional Perspective", Graduate School of Social and Environmental Science, Kanazawa University, 1997.

Journal articles

1. (with N. Nenovsky) “A Game Theory Interpretation of the Post-Communist Evolution”, Journal of Economic Issues, March 2011, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 41-56.

2. (with Nikolay Nenovsky) “The Evolution of Post-Socialist Countries: An Interpretation from the Perspective of Cooperation” (in Bulgarian), Sociological Problems Quarterly, Vol. 3-4, 2009, pp. 156-174.　

3. "Bulgaria's Accession to the EU: Problems and Perspectives" (in Japanese), Russian-Eurasian Economy (Roshia-Yurashia Keizai), No. 901, August, 2007, pp. 2-16.

4. "The Impact of EU Accession on Corporate Governance Reform in Bulgaria", Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 57 (2), 2007, pp. 157-190.

5. "Ownership, Governance, and Financing of Bulgarian Companies", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Studies of Management (Hikaku Keieigaku Kenkyu), Vol. 30, 2006, pp. 16-42.

6. "The Capital Market and Corporate Governance in Bulgaria", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Studies of Management (Hikaku Keiei Gakkaishi), Vol. 29, 2005, pp. 111-122.

7. "Can a Country Extricate Itself From its Post-Socialist Trajectory? The Role of External Anchors in Bulgaria", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Economic Studies (Hikaku Keizai Taisei Kenkyu), Vol. 10, 2003, pp. 85-103.

8. "Currency Boards in Transition Economies: The Bulgarian Experience (1997-2000)", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Studies of Management (Hikaku Keiei Gakkaishi), Vol. 26, 2002, pp. 85-104.

9. (with N. Nenovsky) "The Currency Board and Bulgaria's Accession to the European Monetary Union", Kyoto University Economic Review, Vol. LXX, No. 1/2, April-October 2001, pp. 31-48.

10. "The Transition to Market Economy in Bulgaria: 10 Years After the Fall of Communism" (in Japanese), Russian-Eurasian Economy (Roshia-Yurashia Keizai Chosa Shiryo), No. 814, April, 2000, pp. 2-20.

11. "Privatization and Enterprise Control in Bulgaria from a Comparative Perspective", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Studies of Management (Hikaku Keiei Gakkai Nenpou), Vol. 24, 1999, pp. 75-86.

12. "The Transition to Capitalism in Post-socialist Bulgaria (1989-97): a Comparative Perspective", The Journal of the Japanese Association for Comparative Economic Studies (Hikaku Keizai Taisei Kenkyu), Vol. 5, 1998, pp. 99-110.

Book reviews

Review of the book by Y. Koyama "South Eastern Europe in Transition: A Quest for the Stabilization of the Region after the Breakup of the Former Yugoslavia", in Japanese Slavic and East European Studies, Vol. 25, 2004, pp. 183-190.

Selected presentations at academic conferences, workshops and seminars

1. “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Eastern European Economies”, Paper presented at the international symposium “The Global Economic Crisis and Climate Change”, 28-31 January 2010, Kyungpook University, Daegu, South Korea.

2. “Comparison of the post-socialist trajectories of Bulgaria and Romania and the impact of the present global crisis”, Paper presented at the international workshop “Bulgarie et Roumanie 3 ans après l’adhesion: quels modeles de capitalisme?”, 13 November 2009, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France.

3. “Economic Crisis in the Southeast European Countries”, Paper presented at the international workshop “The Global Shock Wave”, 31 May 2009, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University (KIER), Kyoto. 　

4. “The Financial Crisis in European Emerging Economies”, Paper presented at the EACES Asian Workshop in Kyoto “Sustainability and Future Perspectives of Emerging Markets Through the Lens of Asian Dynamics”, 26-27 February 2009, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University (KIER), Kyoto. 　

5. “Corporate Governance in Eastern Europe”, Paper presented at a seminar of the RIEB (Research Institute for Economics and Business), 16 January 2009, Kobe University, Kobe.

6. “The Emergence and Evolution of Bulgarian Business Groups”, Paper presented at the 33rd conference of Japan's Association for Comparative Studies of Management, 4-6 July 2008, Sapporo University, Sapporo.

7. “The Diversity of Post-Socialist Transformation Paths and the Evolutionary-Institutional Approach”, Paper presented at the 2nd Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, 27-28 October 2007, University of Shimane, Hamada.

8. “The Diversity of Post-Socialist Transformation Paths: A Comparison of Bulgaria and Romania”, Paper presented at a seminar of the Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 18 September 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria.　

9. "Bulgaria's Accession to the EU: Problems and Perspectives", Paper presented at the 23rd Keio Jean Monnet Workshop for EU Studies, 27 January 2007, Keio University, Tokyo.

10. "EU Enlargement and Corporate Governance Reform in Eastern Europe", Paper presented at the EUIJ international symposium "Corporate Governance in the EU and Japan", 25 November 2006, Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka.

11. "The Impact of EU Accession on Corporate Governance Reform: Evidence from Bulgaria", Paper presented at the 2006 EAEPE Conference "Developing Economies: Multiple Trajectories, Multiple Developments", 2-4 November 2006, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.

12. "Europeanization and Corporate Governance in Bulgaria", Paper presented at the international conference "The Wider Europe: Institutions and Transformation" organized by the Graduate School of Economics and the Institute for Economic Research (KIER), 24-26 November 2005, Kyoto University, Kyoto.

13. "Capital Markets in Transition Economies: the Case of Bulgaria", Paper presented at a seminar of the CEMI (Centre d'Etudes des Modes de l'Industrialization), 23 March 2004, Paris, France.

14. "Why do Capital Markets in Transition Economies Remain Underdeveloped? Some Evidence from Bulgaria", Paper presented at the 2003 EAEPE conference "The Information Society - Understanding Its Institutions Interdisciplinary", 7-10 November 2003, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.

15. "The Role of External Anchors in Transition Economies: the Currency Board and the Prospect of EU Accession in Bulgaria", Paper presented at the 2002 EAEPE conference "Complexity and the Economy: Implications for Economic Policy", 7-10 November 2002, University of Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France.

16. "Economic Transition in Bulgaria from an Evolutionary Perspective: the Currency Board and the Prospect of EU Accession", Paper presented at the conference of the Japanese Association for Evolutionary Economics "Evolution/Transition: Evolutionary Perspectives on Transition Economies", 27-30 March 2002, Kyoto University, Kyoto.

　

Links

Japan's Association for Evolutionary Economics (JAFEE): http://www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~evoeco/.

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE): http://eaepe.org/.

Japan's Association for Comparative Studies of Management (JACSM): http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jacsm/index.html/

Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association (BMA): http://www.bma-bg.org/BG/index-2.htm.

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