PARSONS Craig

Affiliation

Faculty of International Social Sciences, Division of International Social Sciences

Job Title

Professor

Research Fields, Keywords

Empirical International Economics, International Trade, International Economics

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The Best Research Achievement in the last 5 years 【 display / non-display

  • 【Published Thesis】 Vietnam's Ascendancy in the Electronics Trade and the Role of Inward FDI(Journal of Asia-Pacific Business)  2022.09

    【Published Thesis】 Non-tariff measures and Vietnam's export performance(ASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC LITERATURE)  2022.05

    【Published Thesis】 Exchange rate pass-through and invoicing currency choice between fixed and floating exchange rate regimes: Evidence from Malawi's transaction-level data(ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY)  2021.12

    【Published Thesis】 Measuring Mongolia`s Gains from Trade and Increased Integration in the World Economy(Global Economic Journal)  2020.03

    【Published Thesis】 New Evidence of Market Competition in the Japanese Tire Industry using Market Share Analysis(Journal of Asia-Pacific Business)  2019.08

Degree 【 display / non-display

  • Ph.D(Economics) - University of Hawaii

Campus Career 【 display / non-display

  • 2013.4
     
     

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityFaculty of International Social Sciences   Division of International Social Sciences   Professor  

  • 2012.4
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    2013.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityInternational Graduate School of Social Sciences   Professor  

  • 2007.4
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    2012.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityInternational Graduate School of Social Sciences   Associate Professor  

  • 2004.4
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    2007.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityInternational Graduate School of Social Sciences   Associate Professor  

  • 2001.9
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    2004.3

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityFaculty of Economics   Associate Professor  

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External Career 【 display / non-display

  • 1999.8
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    2001.5

    University of Alaska Anchorage  

Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display

  • 2019.12
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    2020.3
     

    Association for Comparative Economic Studies

  • 2019.10
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    2020.3
     

    Forum for Research in International Trade

  • 2016.4
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    2019.3
     

    日本国際経済学会

  • 2001.9
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    2020.3
     

    横浜経済学会

  • 2000.10
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    2020.3
     

    横浜国際社会科学学会

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Books 【 display / non-display

  • Disasters and Trade: Did Hurricane Katrina have an Impact?

    ( Role: Sole author)

    International Economics and Economic Policy 

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    Language:English Book type:Scholarly book

  • Import Variety and Productivity in Japan

    Anh Thu Nguyen( Role: Joint author)

    Economics Bulletin 

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    Language:English Book type:Other

  • New Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-through in Japanese Exports

    Craig Parsons,Kiyotaka Sato( Role: Joint author)

    International Journal of Finance and Economics 

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    Language:English Book type:Other

  • Have US-Japan Trade Agreements Made a Difference?

    Byron Gangnes,Craig Parsons( Role: Joint author)

    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 

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    Language:English Book type:Other

  • Optimal Taxation, Welfare and International Technology Transfer under Structural Change

    Hyung Rok YIM( Role: Joint author)

    Journal of Economic Research 

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    Language:English Book type:Other

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display

  • The Impact of Uncertainty on Greenfield FDI via GVC Disruptions Pre- and Post-Covid & Trump/Biden Trade War

    Grant number:25KO5050  2025.4 - 2028.3

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator 

  • The Impact of Global Value Chain Participation on Attracting Greenfield FDI: A Sectoral Analysis

    Grant number:22K01455  2022.4 - 2025.3

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    Investigator(s):PARSONS, Craig

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    Econometric estimations of the effect of GVC participation on inward FDI will be made. Preliminary results will be presented at international conferences abroad as well at seminars and conferences held in Japan. After receiving feedback at conferences, we
    will improve our methodology (e.g. controlling for endogeneity.) After sectoral difference are investigated, we will more closely investigate the differences across regions, in particular, in East Asia, North America, and Europe. The final project should result in two or three papers published in international journals.

  • Does Inward FDI Create Comparative Advantage or is it Attracted to it?

    Grant number:19K01600  2019.4 - 2022.3

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    Investigator(s):Parsons, Craig

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    Grant type:Competitive

    This research project will answer a long-standing puzzle in International Economics. The puzzle is, whether or not Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is attracted to host countries that already have a Comparative Advantage in the same sector, or whether instead, FDI changes and creates new Comparative Advantage in the host country in the sector of investment. The question will be answered using a global database of all new FDI transactions together with new estimates of the frontier econometric method to determine a country`s true Comparative Advantage.

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  • Uncertainty and Sector-specific Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Analysis Across a Global Spectrum and East Asian Perspectives

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    Graduate Faculty Seminar  2025.1 

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    Event date: 2025.1

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Country:Japan  

  • Uncertainty and Sector-specific Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Analysis Across a Global Spectrum and East Asian Perspectives

    ZOKIROV, Yigitali and PARSONS, Craig

    East Asian Economic Association  2024.11 

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    Event date: 2024.11

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Millenium Hilton Bangkok   Country:Thailand  

  • Re-examining RCAs and FDI

    Craig Parsons

    2023.11 

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    Event date: 2023.11

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   Country:India  

  • Firm exports and labor share in Vietnam

    East Asian Economic Association  2023.10 

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    Event date: 2023.10

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

  • The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis

    PARSONS, Craig

    Seoul National University, Graduate Student Seminar  2023.3  Seoul National University, Faculty of Economic (South Korea), Prof. Keun Lee

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    Event date: 2023.3

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Seoul National University, Faculty of Economic (South Korea)   Country:Korea, Republic of  

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Charge of on-campus class subject 【 display / non-display

  • 2025   International Economics

    College of Economics

  • 2025   International Economics: Intermediate

    College of Economics

  • 2025   International Economics: Intermediate (Guided Study)

    College of Economics

  • 2025   SeminarⅠ

    College of Economics

  • 2025   SeminarⅡ

    College of Economics

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display

  • External PhD Defense Committee Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

    2024.3  External PhD Committee for Ms. Huma Maqsood

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    Committee type:Other 

  • East Asian Economic Association

    2007.4  Member of International Convention Planning Committee (sometimes co-chair)

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    Committee type:Academic society