AGU RESEARCH

College of Economics

  • College of Economics Department of Public and Regional Economics
  • Published on 2025/11/04
  • The development and social application of a nationwide small-area future population projection system received the "2024 Symphonica Statistical GIS Activity Encouragement Award".
  • Professor Takashi Inoue
  • Traditionally, highly reliable population projections have only been conducted at the municipal level. However, Professor Inoue has established a method for projecting future populations for smaller areas by adopting the concept of "population potential," which defines the sum of the influence that surrounding areas exert on a given region. He developed the "National Small-Area Future Population Projection System," and the realization of this applied method, which has led to social applications, has been highly praised.

  • College of Economics, Department of Economics
  • Posted on 2023/06/26
  • Economic and quantitative analysis of the effects of carbon pricing
    - Proposing a balance between reducing carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth -
  • Professor Shigeru Matsumoto
  • Professor Shigeru Matsumoto and his research group, who conducted a detailed analysis of the impact of carbon pricing policies on household finances using microdata on consumption, were awarded the Achievement Award at the Ichimura Prize for Global Environmental Studies. The group was highly praised for their economic and quantitative analysis of the effectiveness and effects of carbon pricing policies, which have been noted as having been slower to take hold in Japanese society than in Western countries, and for proposing a method to achieve emissions reductions without significantly slowing down economic activity.

  • College of Economics Department of Public and Regional Economics
  • Published on 2025/11/04
  • The development and social application of a nationwide small-area future population projection system received the "2024 Symphonica Statistical GIS Activity Encouragement Award".
  • Professor Takashi Inoue

  • College of Economics, Department of Economics
  • Posted on 2023/06/26
  • Economic and quantitative analysis of the effects of carbon pricing
    - Proposing a balance between reducing carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth -
  • Professor Shigeru Matsumoto
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