KONDO HARUO

Department of EconomicsProfessor

Degree

  • Master in Economics
  • Ph.D. in Economics

Research Keyword

  • 財政学
  • 公共経済学
  • 地方財政
  • 政治経済学
  • 都市経済学

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Public economics, labor economics, Public finance/Public economy

Career

  • Apr. 2016 - Present
    Professor, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University
  • 01 Apr. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2019
    Part-time Researcher, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University
  • 01 Apr. 2016 - 31 Mar. 2017
    Part-time Researcher, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University
  • 01 Apr. 2010 - 31 Mar. 2016
    Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University
  • 01 Sep. 2013 - 31 Aug. 2014
    Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Queen's University
  • 01 Apr. 2008 - 31 Mar. 2010
    Lecturer, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University
  • 01 Apr. 2006 - 31 Mar. 2008
    Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
  • 01 Apr. 2005 - 31 Mar. 2006
    Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2008, Keio University, Graduate School, Division of Economics
  • 01 Apr. 2003 - 23 Mar. 2005, Keio University, Graduate School, Division of Economics
  • 01 Apr. 1999 - 23 Mar. 2003, Keio University, Faculty of Economics

Award

  • 20 Feb. 2019
    Research Encouragement Prize, Seinan Gakuin University, Seinan Gakuin University
  • 01 Dec. 2018
    Kurokawa Prize, The Japan Public Choice Society
  • 12 Nov. 2014
    Research Encouragement Prize, Seinan Gakuin University, Seinan Gakuin University
  • 24 May 2014
    Sato Prize, Japanese Institute of Local Public Finance

Papers

Miscellaneous

  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: Amagi Railway and Heisei Chikuho Railway
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 65(4), 58, Apr. 2024, Invited
  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: Railways in Chikoho, Kitakyushu and Hikoboshi Line
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 65(3), 58, Mar. 2024, Invited
  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: Fukuoka Airport
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 65(2), 58, Feb. 2024, Invited
  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: Fukuoka City Subway
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 65(1), 58, Jan. 2024, Invited
  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: JR Kyushu
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 64(12), 58, Dec. 2023, Invited
  • Public Transport in Fukuoka: Nishitetsu
    Haruo Kondoh
    Reformer, 64(11), 58, Nov. 2023, Invited
  • Fiscal Policy and Regional Economy: A Review and Perspective (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Nomura Capital Market Review, 25(4), 2-3, May 2022, Not reviewed, Invited
  • Comment Paper to Chapter 6
    Ihori Toshihiro; Terai Kimiko, eds
    The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation in Japan, 164-165, Dec. 2014, Not reviewed, Invited

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Do Accrual-based Financial Statements Improve Local Public Sector Efficiency? Evidence from Japan
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    Seinan Accounting, FInance and Data Science: SAFIDS, Feb. 2024
  • Changes in Salaries of Local Council Members and Relationships with Peer Pressure and Partisanship (in Japanese)
    Takuro Miyamoto; Haruo Kondoh
    The 27th Annual Congress of the Japan Public Choice Society, Dec. 2023
  • Changes in Salaries of Local Counsil Members and Relationships with Peer Pressure and Partisanship (in Japanese)
    Takuro Miyamoto; Haruo Kondoh
    The 80th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2023
  • Does Hometown Tax Donation System as Interjurisdictional Competition Affect Local Government Efficiency? Evidence from Japanese Municipality Level Data
    Akinobu Ogawa; Haruo Kondoh
    The 79th Annual Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2023
  • Do Accrual-based Financial Statements Improve Local Public Sector Efficiency? Evidence from Japan
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    The 79th Annual Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2023
  • Does Hometown Tax Donation System as Interjurisdictional Competition Affect Local Government Efficiency? Evidence from Japanese Municipality Level Data
    Akinobu Ogawa; Haruo Kondoh
    98th Annual Conference of WEAI, Jul. 2023
  • An Empirical Analysis on Hometown Tax Donation System and Local Government Efficiency: A Study Using Local Public Service Index
    Akinobu Ogawa; Haruo Kondoh
    日本地方財政学会第31回大会, Jun. 2023
  • Do Accrual-based Financial Statements Improve Local Public Sector Efficiency? Evidence from Japan
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    日本経済学会2023年度春季大会, May 2023
  • Does Hometown Tax Donation System as Interjurisdictional Competition Affect Local Government Efficiency? Evidence from Japanese Municipality Level Data
    Akinobu Ogawa; Haruo Kondoh
    The 17th Irvine-Japan Conference on Public Policy, Feb. 2023
  • The Relationship between Use of Financial Statements by Local Governments and Their Public Finance (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    The 26th Annual Congress of the Japan Public Choice Society, Dec. 2022
  • Impact of Debt Levels in Local Governments on Fiscal Spending Structure: Evidence from Japan
    Kunio Urakawa; Haruo Kondoh; Masaaki Irie
    The 79th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2022, Toyo University
  • Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions on Regional Employment: Evidence from Japan
    Tomomi Miyazaki; Haruo Kondoh
    Singapore Economic Review Conference 2022, Aug. 2022
  • The Impact of Introducing Accrual Accounting on Local Public Finance
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    97th Annual Conference of WEAI, Jul. 2022
  • An Analysis on the effects of Hometown Tax on Local Finance (in Japanese)
    Akinobu Ogawa; Haruo Kondoh
    Research Committee on Public Finance and Banking, Statistics Seminar, Jun. 2022
  • Impact of Debt Levels in Local Governments on Fiscal Spending Structure: Evidence from Japan
    Kunio Urakawa; Haruo Kondoh; Masaaki Irie
    Research Committee on Public Finance and Banking, Statistics Seminar, Jun. 2022
  • The Impact of Introducing Accrual Accounting on Local Public Finance (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    30th Annual Congress of Japan Association of Local Public Finance, Jun. 2022
  • Utilization of Financial Statements by Local Governments and Their Fiscal Behavior (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    2021 Autumn Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Nov. 2021
  • Do Natural Disasters Affect Local Elections? An Empirical Examination Using Subnational Electoral Data
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    The 78th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2021
  • Do Natural Disasters Affect Local Elections? An Empirical Examination Using Subnational Electoral Data
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    Public Finance Workshop(CIRJE, the University of Tokyo), Aug. 2021, CIRJE, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, Invited
  • Local Public Accounting Reform and Fiscal Behavior of Municipalities (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    Research Committee on Public Finance and Banking, Statistics Seminar, May 2021
  • Do Natural Disasters Affect Local Elections? An Empirical Examination Using Subnational Electoral Data
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    Research Committee on Public Finance and Banking, Statistics Seminar, Mar. 2021
  • The Effects of High-SpeedTransportation Infrastructure on Regional Economy: Evidence from Kyushu Shinkansen Kagoshima Route and Tohoku Shinkansen (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    77th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2020
  • Effects of Local Government Debt Level on Local Government Expenditure (in Japanese)
    Kunio Urakawa; Haruo Kondoh; Massaki Irie
    2020 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2020
  • The Development of Local Public Accounting Rules and Municipal Expenditures: Was Local Public Accounting Reform before ‘Unified Standard’ Related to Expenditure Control? (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    23rd Annual Congress of the Japan Public Choice Society, Nov. 2019
  • Did Utilization of Local Public Accounting Decrease Public Expenditures? (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    76th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2019
  • Allocation of Disaster-Recovery Payments in Japan: The Role of Governor, Local Legislature and National Politics
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    The 75th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2019
  • Interactions between Monetary and Fiscal Stimulus and Regional Employment: Evidence from Japan
    Tomomi Miyazaki; Haruo Kondoh
    Asia-Pacific Economic Association 2019, Aug. 2019
  • Did Utilization of Local Public Accounting Decrease Public Expenditures? (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Akinobu Ogawa
    27th Annual Congress of Japan Association of Local Public Finance, Jun. 2019
  • Allocation of Disaster-Recovery Payments in Japan: The Role of Governor, Local Legislature and National Politics
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    Rokko Forum, Mar. 2019, Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kobe University, Invited
  • Interactions between Monetary and Fiscal Stimulus and Regional Employment: Evidence from Japan
    Tomomi Miyazaki; Haruo Kondoh
    The 15th Irvine-Japan Conference on Public Policy, Feb. 2019
  • The Politics of Road Investment and Regional Economic Growth: A Case of Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    Australasian Public Choice Conference 2018, Dec. 2018
  • Allocation of Disaster-Recovery Payments in Japan: The Role of Governor, Local Legislature and National Politics
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    Public Economics Workshop, the University of Adelaide, Nov. 2018
  • Allocation of Disaster-Recovery Payments in Japan: The Role of Governor, Local Legislature and National Politics
    Haruo Kondoh; Takeshi Miyazaki
    75 th Annual Congress of Japanese Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2018
  • Fiscal Policy in the Abenomics era and Regional Economy: An Analysis using Prefectural Monthly Data (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2018 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2018
  • Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    The 55th Annual Meetings of Public Choice Society, Mar. 2018
  • The Political Economy of Road investment and Its Effects on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Seminar at Economic Society of Saga University, Jan. 2018, Saga University, Invited
  • Fiscal Policy in the Abenomics era and Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    74 th Annual Congress of Japanese Institute of Public Finance, Sep. 2017
  • Public Investment in Japan and Public Choice
    Haruo Konoh
    54th Annual Congress of West Japan Institute of Public Finance, Jul. 2017
  • Did Abenomics improve unemployment? (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Tomomi Miyazaki
    An Interim Conference of Shinohara Project, Political Economic Analysis of Economic Policy and Design of Economic Systems, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University, Mar. 2017, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University, Invited
  • The Effects of Transportation Infrastructure on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    73rd Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2016
  • The Politics of Road Investment and Regional Economic Growth: A Case of Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    The 72nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2016
  • The Effects of Municipal Public Capital on Land Prices: An Analysis Using Municipal Financial Statements (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    24th Annual Congress of Japan Association of Local Public Finance, May 2016
  • Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, Mar. 2016, Seinan Gakuin University
  • Fiscal Problems and Regional Decentralization in Japan (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    The 111th Meeting of Fukuoka Social Welfare Society, Jan. 2016, 福岡行動医学研究所, Invited
  • Distribution of Funds for Road Investment and Regional Economic Growth: A Case of Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    2015 Annual Congress of Korean Association of Public Finance, Oct. 2015
  • The Effects of Municipal Public Capital on Land Prices: An Analysis Using Municipal Financial Statements (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    72nd Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2015
  • The Effects of Public Investment on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Presentation Meeting on Public Capital Formation or Public Investment in the Future, Feb. 2015, Kyoto University, Invited
  • Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    Theory and Econometrics Seminar, Wakayama University, Dec. 2014, Wakayama University
  • Distribution of Funds for Road Investment and Regional Economic Growth: A Case of Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    71st Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2014
  • Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    2014 Autumn Congress of Japanese Economic Association, Oct. 2014
  • Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
    Haruo Kondoh
    The 70th Annual Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2014
  • An Empirical Analysis of Political Factors Affecting Road Investments in Japan: A Reexamination Using the Dynamic Panel Approach (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2013 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2013
  • Legislature Size, Political Fragmentation and Local Public Debt: Evidence from Japanese Cities in the 1990s
    Takuro Miyamoto; Haruo Kondoh
    2012 Autumn Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Nov. 2012
  • Current Situation and Problems in Public Finance of Japan (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Fukuoka Brunch, Kyushu-Hokubu Certified Public Tax Accountants' Asscociation, Nov. 2012, Kyushu-Hokubu Certified Public Tax Accountants' Asscociation, Invited
  • The Distribution of Funds for Road Investments between Regions and Political Factors (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    69th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2012
  • Local Public Sector Investment and Regional Business Fluctuations in Japan
    Tomomi Miyazaki; Haruo Kondoh
    2012 Autumn Congress of Japanese Economic Association, Oct. 2012
  • Local Public Sector Investment and Regional Business Fluctuations in Japan
    Tomomi Miyazaki; Haruo Kondoh
    The 68th Annual Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Aug. 2012
  • Empirics of Prefectural Grants-in-Aid in Japanese Municipalities: An Investigation Using Prefecture-level Panel Data (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    20th Annual Congress of Japan Association of Local Public Finance, May 2012
  • Public Expenditure and Regional Economic Growth (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    68th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2011
  • Government Transparency and Expenditure in the Rent-Seeking Industry: the Case of Japan for 1998-2004
    Eiji Yamamura; Haruo Kondoh
    Kansai Public Economics Seminar, Oct. 2011
  • Government Transparency and Expenditure in the Rent-Seeking Industry: the Case of Japan for 1998-2004
    Eiji Yamamura; Haruo Kondoh
    Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, Sep. 2011
  • Empirics of Prefectural Grants-in-Aid (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    The 100th Annivarsary of Otaru University of Commerce International Symposium, Local Public Finance Session, Aug. 2011, 小樽商科大学, Invited
  • Public Expenditure and Regional Economic Growth (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2011 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2011
  • The Impact of Public Expenditure on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Economics Workshop, Meiji University, Jan. 2011, Invited
  • The Impact of Public Expenditure on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Lunch Meeting, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Nov. 2010, Ministry of Finance
  • The Impact of Public Expenditure on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Contemporary Policy Seminar, Chuo University, Nov. 2010, Invited
  • The Effect of Public Expenditure on Regional Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    67th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2010
  • Municipal Fiscal Management and Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis on the Fiscal Deficits (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Takuro Miyamoto
    Applied Economics Workshop, Kyushu University, Jul. 2010, 九州大学, Invited
  • Municipal Fiscal Management and Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis on the Fiscal Deficits (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Takuro Miyamoto
    14th Annual Congress of the Japan Public Choice Society, Jun. 2010
  • Municipal Fiscal Management and Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis on the Fiscal Deficits (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Takuro Miyamoto
    2010 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2010
  • A Time-Series Analysis of Local Public Financial Management (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2009 Autumn Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Nov. 2009
  • Municipal Fiscal Management and Political Economy (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh; Takuro Miyamoto
    66th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2009
  • Empirics of the Capitalization Hypothesis in Japanese Local Finance (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2009 Spring Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Jun. 2009
  • Political Economic Analysis on Local Public Finance Management (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Policymaking Analysis Unit Conference, Keio University Global COE Program, Designing Governance for Civil Society, Oct. 2008, Keio University, Invited
  • Political Economic Aspects of Public Capital Formation in Japan (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Applied Economics Workshop, Kyushu University, May 2008, Kyushu University, Invited
  • Political Economic Aspects of Public Capital Formation in Japan (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    2007 Autumn Congress of Japan Association for Applied Economics, Nov. 2007
  • Governors’ Tenure and Fiscal Management (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    64th Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2007
  • Efficiency of Public Capital and Intergovernmental Transfer (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Housing and Land Economics Seminar, Sep. 2007
  • Empirics on Capitalization Hypothesis: An Analysis using Japanese Local Public Finance Statistics (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    63rd Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2006
  • Political Economic Analysis on Japanese Local Governments' Expenditure (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    10th Annual Congress of the Japan Public Choice Society, Jul. 2006
  • Political Economic Analysis on Japanese Local Governments' Expenditure (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    62nd Annual Congress of Japan Institute of Public Finance, Oct. 2005
  • Political Economic Analysis on Japanese Local Governments' Expenditure (in Japanese)
    Haruo Kondoh
    Research Committee on Public Finance and Banking, Statistics Seminar, May 2005, (財)統計研究会(東京都港区)

Academic society affiliations

  • International Institute of Public Finance
  • Japan Institute of Local Public Finance
  • 西日本財政学会
  • 日本応用経済学会
  • 公共選択学会
  • 日本財政学会
  • 日本経済学会

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • Senior Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
    others
    01 Apr. 2008 - Present
  • Member, Catchment Area Corporation Fund Council, Fukuoka Urban Area Administrative Business Association
    others
    Dec. 2022 - Nov. 2024
  • Board Member of Japan Public Choice Society
    others
    Dec. 2021 - Nov. 2024
  • Member, Council for Water Supply Utility, Nakama City
    others
    Jul. 2020 - Mar. 2021
  • A Member of the Fukutsu City Administrative Reform Council
    others
    Jun. 2015 - Jul. 2016