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SASAO TOSHIAKI

Department / Course College of Economics Department of Economics

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Economics

Academic background
1.	2004/03/08 Degree Acquisition	│ Kobe University Ph.D (Economics)
2.	1998/04/01～2000/03/31	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Major of economics and economic policy │ Graduate School of Economics │ Kobe University │ Unfinished
3.	1996/04/01～1998/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Major of economics and economic policy │ Graduate School of Economics │ Kobe University │ Completed Master of Economics (Master of Economics)
4.	1992/04～1996/03	Course of Economics │ Faculty of Economics │ Osaka City University │ Graduated Bachelor of Economics

Business career
1.	2016/04 ～ 2021/03	Professor │ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences │ Iwate University
2.	2004/10 ～ 2016/03/31	Associate Professor │ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences │ Iwate University
3.	2000/04 ～ 2004/09	Lecturer │ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences │ Iwate University

Research activities
1.	1998/04 ～	Society of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
2.	2008/04 ～ 2014/03	∟ Director
3.	2008/04 ～ 2022/03	∟ Managing director
4.	2024/04 ～ 2026/03	∟ Vice president / Managing director
5.	1998/04 ～	Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Subject of research
1.	Econometric Analysis of Waste Management and Material Cycles

Research summary
Econometric Analysis of Waste Management and Material Cycles I have been researching about waste management and material cycle empirically from the view point of environmental economics. I use some econometric methods to evaluate waste management and recycling policies. I have been used some cross-sectional and panel datasets of municipal waste management in Japan and foreign countries to do following research: 1) Cost analysis of waste management and material cycle focusing on regional management and public¬¬–private partnerships in waste management in Japan; 2) Examination of the effect of waste incineration taxation and weight-based pricing on municipal solid waste in Flanders, Belgium; 3) Price analysis of waste plastics of package and containers markets.

Present specialized field
Sound material-cycle social systems, Environmental policy and social systems, Economic policy (Keyword：Environmental Economics, Economics of Waste, Circular Economy)

Books
1.	2023/09/20	Introduction to Circular Economy │ (Sole-authored)
2.	2011/09	Economic Analysis of Waste Management │ (Sole-authored)
3.	2020/10	Regional Waste Management – Inter-municipal Cooperation and Public and Private Partnership │ (Co-authored)
4.	2019/03	Toward Regional Cooperation of Local Governments in ASEAN │ ERIA Collaborative/Support Research Report │ (Co-authored)
5.	2014/05/30	Handbook on Waste Management │ (Co-authored)
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Papers
1.	2022/07/08	Why is plastic recycling expensive? Hybrid panel data analysis of recyclable plastic containers and packaging in Japan │ Resources, Conservation and Recycling │ 185 (Sole-authored)
2.	2021/05/11	Does weight-based pricing for municipal waste collection contribute to waste reduction? A dynamic panel analysis in Flanders │ Waste Management │ 128,pp.132-141 (Co-authored)
3.	2020/11/07	Econometric Analysis of Municipal Waste Collection and Disposal Costs : A Comparison of Municipalities and Inter-municipalities │ Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts │ 31,pp.75-87 (Sole-authored)
4.	2020/02/18	The effect of waste incineration taxation on industrial plastic waste generation: A panel analysis │ Resources, Conservation and Recycling │ 157 (104717) (Co-authored)
5.	2019/03/23	Recycling of Household Containers and Packaging Waste in Belgium │ Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts │ 30,pp.38-47 (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2022/10/02	Time-series Data Analysis of Demand and Supply of Wastepaper
2.	2017/10/01	How does municipal solid waste policy affect heat and electricity produced by incinerators? (Sardinia 2017 / Sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium)
3.	2014/03/11	Does Industrial Waste Taxation Contribute to Reduction of Landfilled Waste?: Dynamic Panel Analysis Considering the Category of Industrial Waste in Japan (3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (3RI))
4.	2013/10/19	Does Industrial Waste Taxation Contribute to Waste Reduction? : Panel Data Analysis of Generation and Final Disposal of Industrial Waste in Japan (14th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation)

Message
1.	Economics of Waste!?

Home Page
Website of Toshiaki Sasao, Professor of Environmental Economics

Department laboratory expense researcher number
90322958