Otsuka, Akihiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K17067)
Article History
Received: 4 May 2017
Accepted: 15 September 2017
First Online: 9 October 2017
Authors’ information
: Dr. Otsuka is an associate professor at Yokohama City University’s Association of International Arts and Science, Japan. His field of expertise is empirical research on urban economics, regional economics, and energy economics. His representative papers were awarded the Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award and the RSPP Annual Paper Award. He is currently conducting research on sustainable regional economic systems through empirical studies on the economies of agglomeration and energy efficiency in regional economies.
: The author declares that they have no competing interests.
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