SIG Chair:  Agent-Based Social Systems

Shingo Takahashi is an economist in the area of labor economics.  He received his PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, then joined IUJ.  His research focuses on the empirical investigation of the behavioral responses of firms or individuals to their changes in institutional or social environment. His econometric work focuses on the estimation of such responses in a reliable and unbiased manner. Currently he is investigating how the bargaining decentralization that took place in Australia would affect the productivity of Australian firms.Shingo Takahashi is also interested in other fields of studies, including compensation of top executives, and productivity analysis using Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis.Hobbies: playing guitar, fishing, and BBQ.