Hideaki SAKAWA

Associate Professor

Education, Degree

Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (April 2003–March 2008)
PhD in Economics, Osaka University., March 2008.
MA in Economics, Osaka University, March 2005.
Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (April 1999–March 2003)
BA in Economics, University of Tokyo., March 2003.

Professional Experience

April 2013-Present. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University
September 2017-September 2018. Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program), Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB). Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
April 2009-March 2013. Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University.
September 2011-September 2012. Visiting Research Scholar, Fox School of Business, Temple University.
November 2007-March 2009. Pre-Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka University

Research Fields

Corporate Governance. Corporate Finance. Empirical Analyses of Japanese Corporations

Research Interests

Corporate Governance and Disclosure quality of Japanese MNEs. Covid-19.

Selected Publications

“The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Japanese shipping industry: An event study approach”, Transport Policy Vol. 130, pp. 130-140, 2023 (With N. Watanabel).
“Accounting Frauds and Main-Bank Monitoring in Japanese Corporations”, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 180, No. 2, pp. 605-621, 2022 (With N. Watanabel) (FT Top 50).
“The Internationalization and Voluntary Adoption of International Accounting Standards by Japanese MNEs”, Management International Review, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 713-744, 2021 (With N. Watanabel and J. Gu).
“Relation between Top Executive Compensation Structure and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Japanese Public Disclosed Data”, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol.20, No.6, pp. 593-608, 2012. (With K. Moriyama and N. Watanabel).