Researcher Profile and Settings

researchmap

https://researchmap.jp/Colin_Robert_Davis

Research Interests

• Economic Growth
• Economic Geography
• International Economics

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Theoretical economics / Economic Growth and International Economics

Education

• Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), 2003/04 - 2006/03
• Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Master of Economics, 2001/04 - 2003/03
• Saint Mary's University, Faculty of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce, Honours Economics, 1996/09 - 2000/05

Degree

• Doctor of Economics, Hokkaido University

Association Memberships

• Japanese Economic Association
• The Japanese Society of International Economics
• International Economics and Finance Society Japan

Published Papers

• Unionization, Industry Concentration, and Economic Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto; Ken Tabata
  Macroeconomic Dynamics (forthcoming), 2024
• Innovation Offshoring and Reshoring with Fully Endogenous Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Southern Economic Journal, 90(1) 90 - 120, 2023
• Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Regional Science and Urban Economics, 97 1 - 13, 2022
• Demographic Structure, Knowledge Diffusion, and Endogenous Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto; Ken Tabata
  Journal of Macroeconomics, 71 1 - 17, 2022
• Import Competition and Industry Location in a Small-Country Model of Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Review of International Economics, 29(4) 1046 - 1064, 2021, Scientific journal
• Tariffs, Agglomeration, and Endogenous Growth
  Colin Davis, Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economics & Business Administration), 223(1) 61 - 74, 2021
• Considering the Human Capital Elasticity of Output in a Dynamic Ricardian Framework
  Yasunobu Tomoda; Colin Davis
  Economic Studies (Hokkaido University), 69 65 - 75, 2020, Scientific journal
• How do Business Startup Modes affect Economic Growth?
  Colin Davis; Laixun Zhao
  Canadian Journal of Economics, 52 1755 - 1781, 2019, Scientific journal
• Corporate Tax Policy and Industry Location with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-Ichi Hashimoto
  Economic Inquiry, 56(2) 1136 - 1148, 2018, Scientific journal
• Competing Incremental and Breakthrough Innovation in a Model of Product Evolution
  Colin Davis; Yasunobu Tomoda
  Journal of Economics, 123(3) 225 - 247, 2018, Scientific journal
• Economic Integration, Monopoly Power and Productivity Growth Without Scale Effects
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Review of Development Economics, 20(1) 152 - 163, 2016, Scientific journal
• R&D Subsidies, International Knowledge Diffusion, and Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, 19(8) 1816 - 1838, 2015, Scientific journal
• Industry Concentration, Knowledge Diffusion and Economic Growth Without Scale Effects
  Colin Davis; Ken-Ichi Hashimoto
  Economica, 82(328) 769 - 789, 2015, Scientific journal
• Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth Without Scale Effects
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 40 266 - 278, 2014, Scientific journal
• Regional Integration and Innovation Offshoring with Occupational Choice and Endogenous Growth
  Colin Davis
  Journal of Economics, 108(1) 59 - 79, 2013, Scientific journal
• Economic Integration, Agglomeration and Endogenous Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economics & Business Administration) 205, Kobe University, 205(1) 89 - 100, 2012, Scientific journal
  

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• Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth
  Colin Davis; Alireza Naghavi
  Economic Inquiry, 49(2) 334 - 348, 2011, Scientific journal
• Interregional Knowledge Spillovers and Occupational Choice in a Model of Free Trade and Endogenous Growth
  Colin Davis
  Journal of Regional Science, 49(5) 855 - 876, 2009, Scientific journal
• A Simple Model of Industry Location with Innovation and Skill Heterogeneity
  Colin Davis
  Kobe University Economic Review 53, 神戸大学大学院経済学研究科 / 神戸大学経済学部, 53 69 - 77, 2007, Scientific journal
  

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• Communication Costs, Network Externalities, and Long-run Growth
  Colin Davis
  Economics Bulletin 15, 1 - 9, 2007, Scientific journal
• Intra-Industry Trade and FDI under Oligopoly,
  Hiroshi Ono; Colin Davis
  Economic Journal of Hokkaido University, Hokkaido University, 34 137 - 160, 2005, Scientific journal
• Underwriter Reputation and Underpricing: Evidence from the Japanese IPO Market
  Berna Kirkulak; Colin Davis
  Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 13(4) 451 - 470, 2005, Scientific journal
• Capital-Intensive Country-Specific Network Costs and Intra-Industry Trade
  Colin Davis
  Economics Bulletin 6, 1 - 9, 2005, Scientific journal
• Partial Ownership Arrangements in the Japanese Automobile Industry; 1990 - 2000
  Hiroshi Ono; Takuya Nakazato; Colin Davis; Wilson Alley
  Journal of Applied Economics 7, 355 - 367, 2004, Scientific journal

MISC

• R&D Subsidies, Innovation Location, and Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
  Discussion Paper No. 1226, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, 2023
  

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• Innovation to Keep or to Sell and Tax Incentives
  Colin Davis; Laixun Zhao
  Discussion Paper No. 2022-28, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, 2022
  

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Presentations

• Optimal R&D Subsidies, Industry Location, and Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis
  The Japanese Society of International Economics Kansai Branch Meeting, Sep. 2023
• Optimal R&D Subsidies, Industry Location, and Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis
  Spring Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics, Nara Prefectural University, Japan, Jun. 2023
• Optimal R&D Policy, Industry Location, and Productivity Growth
  Colin Davis
  International Conference on International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics, Kobe University, Japan, Feb. 2023
• Unionization, Industry Concentration, and Economic Growth
  Colin Davis
  Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of International Economics, Kinki University, Japan, Oct. 2022, Oral presentation
• Innovation for Sale and Economic Policy
  DAVIS Colin
  Rokkodai Macroeconomics Seminar, Kobe University, Japan, Oct. 2021, Oral presentation
• Innovation for Sale and Economic Policy
  DAVIS Colin
  Workshop on Innovation, Growth & Economic Policy, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Sep. 2021
• Innovation for Sale
  DAVIS Colin
  Workshop on Trade, Finance & Innovation, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Jan. 2020, Jan. 2020, Jan. 2020, Oral presentation
• Endogenous Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
  DAVIS Colin
  Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Tokyo University, Japan, Jun. 2019
• Endogenous Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
  DAVIS Colin
  International Atlantic Economic Conference, Athens, Greece, Mar. 2019
• Innovation Trade Patterns with Fully Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  ISER Seminar Series, ISER, Osaka University, Japan, Mar. 2019
• Taxing Innovation for Sale?
  DAVIS Colin
  Workshop on One Belt One Road & U.S.-China Trade Disputes, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2018
• Endogenous Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
  DAVIS Colin
  Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of International Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, Oct. 2018
• Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  International Atlantic Economic Conference, London, England, Mar. 2018
• Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Japanese Society of International Economics Kansai Research Seminar, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, Nov. 2017
• Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  RITM Lunch Seminar, University Paris-Sud, France, Oct. 2016
• Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  European Trade Study Group, Aalto University Vatt Institute, Finland, Sep. 2016
• Innovation for Sale
  DAVIS Colin
  Workshop on Trade, Innovation, and Growth, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Jul. 2016
• Innovation and Production Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  International Economics Seminar, Kyoto University, Japan, Feb. 2016
• Innovation and Production Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Rokkodai Macroeconomics Seminar, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2015
• Corporate Tax Policy and Industry Location with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  European Trade Study Group, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, Sep. 2015
• Economic Integration, Monopoly Power, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
  DAVIS Colin
  European Trade Study Group, University of Munich, Germany, Sep. 2014
• Competing Process and Quality Innovation and the Product Life Cycle
  DAVIS Colin
  SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics, MINES ParisTech, France, Jul. 2013
• Regional Integration and Innovation Offshoring with Occupational Choice and Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2012
• Productivity Growth and Patterns of Industry Location without Scale Effects,
  DAVIS Colin
  The Japanese Society of International Economics Spring Meeting, Ryukoku University, Japan, Jun. 2011
• Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
  DAVIS Colin
  Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan, May 2011
• Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
  DAVIS Colin
  Pacific Economic Review Workshop, RIEB, Kyoto University, Japan, Apr. 2011
• Productivity Growth and Patterns of Industry Location without Scale Effects
  DAVIS Colin
  Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Mar. 2011
• Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
  DAVIS Colin
  Macroeconomics Research Seminar, Osaka University, Japan, Feb. 2011
• Growth and the Location of Innovation and Industry in a Model of Occupational Choice
  DAVIS Colin
  Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Osaka University, Japan, Jun. 2010
• Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Taipei International Conference on Growth, Trade, and Dynamics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Jun. 2010
• Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Meeting of the Japanese International Economics Association (Kansai), Wakayama University, Japan, May 2010
• Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Joint Workshop on New Challenges in the Labor Market & Sustainable Growth, Kobe University, Japan, Apr. 2010
• Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Special Workshop on Trade, RIEB -- Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Jan. 2010, Oral presentation
• Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Macroeconomics Research Seminar, Osaka University, Japan, 2009
• International Knowledge Spillovers and Skill Acquisition in a Two-Region Model of Endogenous Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  One-Day Workshop on Trade and Growth, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2008
• Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  European Trade Study Group, Warsaw University, Poland, Sep. 2008
• Endogenous Skill Formation, Knowledge Spillovers, and the Location of Industry
  DAVIS Colin
  Applied Macro/Micro-economics and Econometrics Workshop, Hokkaido University, Japan, Dec. 2007
• Industry Location with Horizontal Innovation and Skill Heterogeneity
  DAVIS Colin
  Rokko Forum, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2007
• Communication Costs, Network Externalities, and Long-run Growth
  DAVIS Colin
  Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Kobe University, Japan, Jun. 2006

Research Projects

• Assessing the Effects of Policy Competition on Industry Location Patterns and Economic
  DAVIS Colin, HASHIMOTO Ken-ichi
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2022/04 -2025/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
• A Theoretical Study of Environmental Regulations and Firm-level Development of Environmental Technologies
  TOMODA Yasunobu; OHORI Shuichi; DAVIS Colin; KINOKUNI Hiroshi
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2019/04 -2023/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hiroshima University
• A Study of the Implications of Innovation Location Patterns for Economic Growth and National Welfare
  DAVIS Colin; HASHIMOTO Ken-ichi
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2019/04 -2022/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
• A dynamic analysis on human capital elasticity and trade structure
  TOMODA Yasunobu; HISANAGA Makoto; DAVIS Colin
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2015/04 -2019/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Industry Concentration, Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth, and Economic Development
  Davis Colin, HASHIMOTO Ken-ichi
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2015/04 -2018/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
• Competing Process and Quality Innovation and the Duration of Product Cycles
  YASUNOBU Tomoda, TANAKA Satoru, DAVIS Colin
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2012/04 -2015/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• An Industrial Organizational Study about the Role That the Public and Private Financial Institutions Should Play
  MORI Nobuhiro, DAVIS Colin, OKAMURA Makoto, TOMODA Yasunobu, OHKAWA Takao
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2007 -2008, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Nara University of Education