Kazuki HIRAGA

Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Keio University, Faculty of Economics, B.A. March 2006
Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, M.A. March 2008
Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, April 2008- March 2011

Professional Experience

Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, April 2011- March 2013.
Assistant Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, April 2013- March 2016.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, April 2016- March 2021.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, April 2021- present.

Research Fields

Public Finance, Public Economics, Macroeconomics

Research Interests

Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Sustainability

Selected Publications

“Why is the Shape of the Laffer Curve for Consumption Tax Different from that for Labor Income Tax?” (with Kengo Nutahara), FinanzArchiv 78, pp.342-361, 2022.
“Wagner’s law, fiscal discipline, and intergovernmental transfer: empirical evidence at the US and German state levels,” (with Yoshito Funashima), International Tax and Public Finance 24 (4), pp.652-677, 2017.
“Effects of public investment on sectoral private investment: A factor augmented VAR approach,” (with Takao Fujii, Masafumi Kozuka), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 25, pp.35-47, 2013.