NIREI, Makoto
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2002 March | University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Economics) |
| 1996 March | University of Tokyo, M.A. (Economics) |
| 1994 March | University of Tokyo, B.A. (Economics) |
Professional Experience
| 2019- | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo |
| 2017-2019 | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo |
| 2015-2017 | Chief Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance |
| 2008-2015 | Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University |
| 2006-2008 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Carleton University |
| 2004-2006 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Utah State University |
| 2001-2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Santa Fe Institute |
Research Field
Macroeconomics, business cycles, financial fluctuations, income inequality, innovation, complex systems
Research Theme
My research focuses on macroeconomic fluctuations that arise from interactions of idiosyncratic shocks through complementary decisions, such as firms’ investment or pricing. My recent research deals with fat-tail phenomena in asset pricing and in household income/wealth distributions.