Profile & Education

Name Real Arai
Current Position Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University
Address 67, Fukakusa Tsukamoto-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, JAPAN.
E-mail real (at) econ.ryukoku.ac.jp
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Homepage https://real-a.net/index-e.html
Education Ph.D. in Economics, Kyoto University, March, 2012.
M.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, March, 2007.
B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, March, 2005.
Main Research Fields Fiscal Policy, Public Finance, Public Economics, Macroeconomics.

Professional Experiences

Academic Positions

Apr.2023 – (Current)
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
Apr.2019 – Mar.2023
    Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Aichi University, Aichi, Japan.
Apr.2015 – Mar.2019
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan.
Sep.2011 – Mar.2015
    Assistant Professor, the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Apr.2010 – Aug.2011
    Researcher, The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Visiting and Other Positions

Feb.2013 – (Current)
    Visiting Researcher, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Tokyo, Japan.
Oct.2009 – Feb.2010
    Research Assistant, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Prof. Akihisa Shibata)
Jun.2009 – Sep.2009
    Research Assistant, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Prof. Kenn Ariga)
Oct.2008 – Mar.2009
    Research Assistant, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Prof. Akihisa Shibata)
Jun.2008 – Sep.2008
    Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Prof. Tetsuro Shimamoto)
Oct.2007 – Feb.2008
    Research Assistant, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Prof. Akihisa Shibata)

Teaching

  • Aichi University
    Economic Data Analysis (undergrad), Public Finance (graduate, undergrad), Local Public Finance (undergrad), Introduction to Macroeconomics (undergrad), English in Economics (undergrad).
  • Kochi University of Technology
    Macroeconomics (undergrad), Introduction to Macroeconomics (undergrad), Economic Policy (undergrad), Kochi Economic Analysis (undergrad), Public Economics (undergrad).
  • Hiroshima University
    Public Finance (undergrad), Special Lecture of Fiscal Sustainability (graduate)