# 京都大学 大学院経済学研究科・経済学部

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## DEPARTMENT FACULTY

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### Associate Professor

#### Hisaki KONO

- [Activity Database on Education and Research](https://kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/profile_private/en.7d576e4a6a91a89d.html)
- [PERSONAL WEBSITE](https://sites.google.com/site/hisakikono/)

##### Basic Information

- Academic Degrees:
  :   University of Tokyo (Ph.D. in Economics)
- Courses in charge:
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  :   [Undergraduate] Development Economics
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  :   [Graduate] Development Economics I & II
- Fields of Research:
  :   Development Economics
- Keywords:
  :   Poverty Reduction, Microfinance, Education, Market Transaction, Trade

##### Selected Publications

- “Microfinance Revolution: Its Effects, Innovations, and Challenges” (with K. Takahashi)
  Developing Economies, March 2010, 48(1), 15 – 73.
- “Why Is the Take-up of Microinsurance So Low? Evidence from a Health Insurance Scheme in India” (with S. Ito)
  Developing Economies, March 2010, 48(1), 74-101.
- “Foreign Aid and Recurrent Cost: Donor Competition, Aid Proliferation and Budget Support” (with Y. Arimoto)
  Review of Development Economics, vol.13(2), pages 276-287.
- “Heterogeneous Contests and Less Informative Signals” (with N. Yagi)
  Japanese Economic Review, March 2008, 59(1), 113-126.
- “Employment with connection: Negative Network Effects”
  Journal of Development Economics, October 2006, 81(1), pp.244-258.

##### Membership of Professional Organizations

- American Economic Association
- Econometric Society
- Japan Economic Association

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