PhD candidate at UC Berkeley ARE (Agricultural and Resource Economics)
My research interests are environmental and energy economics, public economics and applied microeconomics. Previously, I obtained an MPhil in Social Science from HKUST.
I am on the 2026-27 job market.
CV | Google Scholar | takanao_tanaka@berkeley.edu
Job Market Paper (coming soon):
Electricity Supply Shocks and Manufacturing: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, with Daiji Kawaguchi
Presentation: NBER Japan Project Meeting, Camp Resources, LSE Environmental Camp, UC Berkeley
Publications:
Air pollution and the airborne diseases: Evidence from China and Japan, with Guojun He and Yuhang Pan
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2025
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023
Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, with Shohei Okamoto
Nature Human Behaviour, 2021
Short-and medium-term impacts of strict anti-contagion policies on non-COVID-19 mortality in China, with Jinlei Qi et al.
Nature Human Behaviour, 2021
The short-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in China, with Guojun He and Yuhang Pan
Nature Sustainability, 2020
Works in progress:
Combating Noise Pollution, with Takeru Sugasawa and Shinsaku Takikawa
Presentation: ASSA Annual Meeting, IPSWD (Columbia), UC Berkeley
Environmental Regulation, Cost, Price and Welfare