KAZUKI ONJI
Ph.D. in Economics (University of California, San Diego)
OFFICE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE:
Australia-Japan Research Centre
Crawford School of Economics and Government
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT0200, Australia
TEL: +61-2-6125-0134
FAX: +61-2-6125-0767
WEB: http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/staff/konji.php
EMAIL: Kazuki.Onji@anu.edu.au
GRADUATE STUDIES:
DATES:
THESIS TITLE:
COMPLETION DATE:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
September 2000 – September 2005
Taxation and the Behavior of Corporate Groups
September 2005
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES:
Bachelor of Economics with Honours
(1994-1998)
Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)
(1994-1997)
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Majors: Economics, Mathematical Economics
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Majors: Modern China, Chinese
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Primary Fields:
Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
Secondary Fields:
Industrial Organization, Japanese and East Asian Economies
CURRENT POSITION:
6/2006 – Present:
CRAWFORD SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, CANBERRA
Postdoctoral Fellow
GOVERNMENT,
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
9/2005 – 6/2006:
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN
DIEGO
Lecturer (Principles of Economics I, II; Financial Insurance)
4/2001 – 7/2005:
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN
DIEGO
Teaching Assistant for public finance courses on taxation and expenditure, and for
other applied microeconomics classes
9/2000 – 3/2001:
JAPANESE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Teaching Assistant for Introductory and Intermediate Japanese
PUBLICATIONS (RERERRED JOURNALS):
The Response of Firms to Eligibility Thresholds: Evidence from the Japanese Value-added Tax. (In
Press) Journal of Public Economics.
Changes in the Banking System and Small Business Lending. (In Press) Small Business Economics.
(with David Vera)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2006-2008
JAPANESE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC POLICY (joint with Jenny Corbett)
Undergraduate/Graduate Course for Economics and Asian Studies at ANU
2005/6
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I (Fall)
Introductory microeconomics course at UCSD
2005/6
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II (Fall and Spring)
Introductory applied microeconomics course at UCSD
2005/6
FINANCIAL INSURANCE (Winter and Spring)
Upper division finance course at UCSD
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WORKING PAPERS:
Procrastination, Prompts and Preferences: Evidence from Daily Records of Self-directed Learning
Activities (2008). (Under review, with Rina Kikuchi)
Tax Law Asymmetries and Income Shifting: Evidence from Japanese Capital Keiretsu (2008) Asia
Pacific Economic Papers No. 371. (Under review, with David Vera)
Tax Reforms and the Consequence of Political Compromises: The Case of the 1989 Reform in Japan.
(under revision)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
Troubled Banks and the Behavioral Responses to Recapitalization Plans in Japan. Joint with Jenny
Corbett and David Vera. Grant application submitted to the Japan Bank Foundation for the Promotion of
Science (Zenkoku Ginkō Gakujyutsu Kenkyū Shinkō Zaidan).
Detecting Tariff Evasion from Price Data: Application to Imported Pork in Japan. Funded by the
Japan Economic Research Foundation Grant.
Persistent Practice and the Acquisition of English-listening Skills. Funded by Early-Stage Educational
Program Grant, Centre for Research and Education, Shiga University.
GRANT, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2008
2007
2007
2007-2009
2003-2004:
2003 July
1997 Feb.
ANU Travel Grant
Japan Economic Research Foundation Grant
J.G. Crawford Award
Early-Stage Educational Program Grant, Centre for Research and Education,
Shiga University (Hōgateki Kyōiku Purojyekuto, Kyōiku Kenkyū Purojyekuto
Sentā). (co-investigator)
Pacific Basin Endowment Graduate Fellowship, UCSD
Joseph Naiman Fellowship in Japanese Studies, UCSD
Burton and Gallan Hall Academic Award for Excellence in Economics, ANU
RECENT PRESENTAIONS:
Procrastination, Prompts and Preferences: Evidence from Daily Records of Self-directed Learning
Activities
1. Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance, December 2008, Tokyo (accepted for
presentation).
2. Economics Department, Ritsumeikan University, January 2008, Shiga, Japan.
3. Joint Kansai Labor Workshop/Behavioral Economics Workshop (Osaka University), December 2007,
Osaka.
4. Japan Study Association of Australia Fifteenth Biennial Conference, July 2007, Canberra.
5. Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society, July 2007, Brisbane.
6. Japan Centre Seminars, Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU, May 2007, Canberra.
7. Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, April 2007, Canberra.
Detecting Tariff Evasion from Price Data: Application to Imported Pork in Japan
1. Economics Showcase, ANU, November 2008, Canberra (invited for presentation).
Tax Law Asymmetries and Income Shifting: Evidence from Japanese Capital Keiretsu
1. Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, August 2008, Maastricht.
2. Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society, July 2008, Wellington.
3. National Bureau of Economic Research – Japan Project Meeting, June 2008, Tokyo.
4. Japanese Economy Workshop, ANU, June 2008, Canberra.
5. Crawford Friday Workshop, ANU, April 2008, Canberra.
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The Response of Firms to Eligibility Thresholds: Evidence from the Japanese Value-added Tax
1. Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan, April 2009, Michigan (accepted for
presentation).
2. National Bureau of Economic Research – Japan Project Meeting, June 2007, Tokyo.
3. Australian National University, February 2006, Canberra.
4. Hamilton College, January 2006, NY.
5. Institute of Social and Economics Research, Osaka University, October 2005, Osaka.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
Discussant
1. Discussion of “A Model of the Italian Cut-off System for Taxing Small Businesses” by Marchese C.
and Privileggi F. at the Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, August 2008.
2. Discussion of “Optimal redistribution with unobservable disability: welfarist versus non-welfarist
social objectives” by Racionero M. and Pestieau P. M. at the ANU Workshop on Taxation and Public
Finance, June 2008.
Referee: Asia Pacific Economic Papers
Administrative
2008 – 1/2009
2008
2008 – Present
2007 – Present
2006 – 2007
Organizer, Asia-Pacific Week 2009, Japan Group
Primary organizer, ANU Workshop on Taxation and Public Finance, 11 June 2008
Network Moderator for the Australian Research Network on the Japanese
Economy (http://ajen.anu.edu.au/)
Editorial Committee, Asia Pacific Economic Papers
Organizing Committee, Economics, Business & Trade Stream, Japan Study
Association of Australia Fifth Biennial Conference 2007.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Japanese
Economic Association, Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance (Japan)
LANGUAGES: Japanese (native), English (fluent), Chinese (reading knowledge)
March 2009
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