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Scopus Author ID: 57215012277

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Corporate Studies - 企業組織, Banking - 金融仲介機能, Industrial Organization - 産業組織, Behavioral Studies - 行動科学, Law and Economics - 法と経済

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Japan

Biography

Kentaro Asai joined Kyoto University in 2024 as a professor in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law and Policy at the Graduate School of Law. He earned his PhD, MA, and BA with Honors in economics from the University of Chicago. He has published internationally in scholarly journals and policy reports in economics and finance. He is also a former security analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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Employment (2)

Kyoto University: Kyoto, JP

2024-04-01 to present | Professor (Graduate School of Law, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law and Policy)
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Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

2016-07-10 to 2024-03-31 | Assistant Professor (College of Business and Economics)
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Education and qualifications (4)

The University of Chicago: Chicago, US

2014 to 2016 | Ph.D. (Economics)
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The University of Chicago: Chicago, US

2011 to 2013 | M.A. (Economics)
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The University of Chicago: Chicago, US

2004 to 2007 | B.A. with Hornors (Economics)
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The University of Chicago: Chicago, US

2004 to 2007 | B.S. (Mathematics with Specialization in Economics)
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Works (13)

Common Lender, Ex-Banker Director, and Corporate Investment

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109023001084
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Opacity, Signaling, and Bail-Ins

SSRN Electronic Journal
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4396051
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Kentaro Asai

Bank Lobbying as a Financial Safety Net: Evidence from the Postcrisis U.S. Banking Sector

Review of Corporate Finance Studies
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/rcfs/cfac042
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Kentaro Asai

Debt-Equity Conflicts and Efficiency of Distressed Firms: Evidence From Banker-Directors in Japan

SSRN Electronic Journal
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4150195
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Corporate Finance and Capital Structure: A Theoretical Introduction

Routledge
2021 | Book
ISBN: 9780367860066
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Regulatory Capture in Public Procurement: Evidence from Revolving Door Bureaucrats in Japan

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.03.031
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Kentaro Asai

A Dynamic Analysis of Misconduct in Contemporary Social Context

Japan Law and Economics Association
2020 | Journal article
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Limited Liability and Corporate Efficiency

International Review of Law and Economics
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2019.105886
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Kentaro Asai

Ownership Networks May Facilitate Bid-Rigging

SSRN Electronic Journal
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3298152
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Kentaro Asai

Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible, by William N. Goetzmann (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2016), pp. 584.

Economic Record
2017 | Book review
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12374
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Kentaro Asai

Is Capping Executive Bonuses Useful?

International Monetary Fund Working Papers
2016 | Book
ISBN: 9781475543254/1018-5941
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Kentaro Asai

Trading Experience Modulates Anterior Insula to Reduce the Endowment Effect

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519853113
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Kentaro Asai

Risk Taking by Banks: The Role of Governance and Executive Pay

Global Financial Stability Report, October 2014
2014 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781498390811/1729-701X
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