| COLIN DAVIS |  |
| The Institute for the Liberal Arts | |
| Professor |
Last Updated :2025/06/21
Researcher Profile and Settings
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Research Interests
Research Areas
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
Association Memberships
- Japanese Economic Association
- The Japanese Society of International Economics
- International Economics and Finance Society Japan
Published Papers
- R&D Subsidies, Innovation Location, and Productivity Growth
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Review of International Economics (forthcoming), 2025 - Unionization, Industry Concentration, and Economic Growth
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto; Ken Tabata
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 29(e3) 1 - 23, 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 - 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 - How do Business Startup Modes affect Economic Growth?
Colin Davis; Laixun Zhao
Canadian Journal of Economics, 52 1755 - 1781, 2019 - Corporate Tax Policy and Industry Location with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis; Ken-Ichi Hashimoto
Economic Inquiry, 56(2) 1136 - 1148, 2018 - Competing Incremental and Breakthrough Innovation in a Model of Product Evolution
Colin Davis; Yasunobu Tomoda
Journal of Economics, 123(3) 225 - 247, 2018 - Economic Integration, Monopoly Power and Productivity Growth Without Scale Effects
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Review of Development Economics, 20(1) 152 - 163, 2016 - R&D Subsidies, International Knowledge Diffusion, and Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 19(8) 1816 - 1838, 2015 - Industry Concentration, Knowledge Diffusion and Economic Growth Without Scale Effects
Colin Davis; Ken-Ichi Hashimoto
Economica, 82(328) 769 - 789, 2015 - 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 - Regional Integration and Innovation Offshoring with Occupational Choice and Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
Journal of Economics, 108(1) 59 - 79, 2013 - 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 - Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth
Colin Davis; Alireza Naghavi
Economic Inquiry, 49(2) 334 - 348, 2011 - 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 - 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 - Communication Costs, Network Externalities, and Long-run Growth
Colin Davis
Economics Bulletin 15, 1 - 9, 2007 - Intra-Industry Trade and FDI under Oligopoly
Hiroshi Ono; Colin Davis
Economic Journal of Hokkaido University, Hokkaido University, 34 137 - 160, 2005 - Underwriter Reputation and Underpricing: Evidence from the Japanese IPO Market
Berna Kirkulak; Colin Davis
Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 13(4) 451 - 470, 2005 - Capital-Intensive Country-Specific Network Costs and Intra-Industry Trade
Colin Davis
Economics Bulletin 6, 1 - 9, 2005 - 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
MISC
- International Knowledge Diffusion and Productivity Growth in a Cash-in-Advance Economy
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Discussion Paper No. 1278, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, 2025 - Asymmetric Tariffs and Productivity Growth in an Endogenous Market Structure
Colin Davis; Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Discussion Paper No. 1259, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, 2024 - 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
Presentations
- International Knowledge Diffusion and Productivity Growth in a Cash-in-Advance Economy
Colin Davis
Trade, Growth and Financial Integration, Kobe University, Japan, Mar. 2025 - Innovation and Inequality in a Model of Endogenous Growth and Endogenous Time Preference
Colin Davis
International Symposium on Global Value Chains and Economic Inequality, Kobe University, Japan, Jan. 2025 - The evolution of trade patterns and economic development in a dynamic Ricardian framework
Colin Davis
Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of International Economics, Kobe University, Japan, Oct. 2024 - 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 - Innovation for Sale and Economic Policy
Colin Davis
Rokkodai Macroeconomics Seminar, Kobe University, Japan, Oct. 2021 - Innovation for Sale and Economic Policy
Colin Davis
Workshop on Innovation, Growth & Economic Policy, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Sep. 2021 - Innovation for Sale
Colin Davis
Workshop on Trade, Finance & Innovation, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Jan. 2020, Jan. 2020, Jan. 2020 - Endogenous Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
Colin Davis
Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Tokyo University, Japan, Jun. 2019 - Endogenous Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions
Colin Davis
International Atlantic Economic Conference, Athens, Greece, Mar. 2019 - Innovation Trade Patterns with Fully Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
ISER Seminar Series, ISER, Osaka University, Japan, Mar. 2019 - Taxing Innovation for Sale?
Colin Davis
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
Colin Davis
Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of International Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, Oct. 2018 - Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
International Atlantic Economic Conference, London, England, Mar. 2018 - Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
Japanese Society of International Economics Kansai Research Seminar, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, Nov. 2017 - Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
RITM Lunch Seminar, University Paris-Sud, France, Oct. 2016 - Innovation and Manufacturing Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
European Trade Study Group, Aalto University Vatt Institute, Finland, Sep. 2016 - Innovation for Sale
Colin Davis
Workshop on Trade, Innovation, and Growth, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Jul. 2016 - Innovation and Production Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
International Economics Seminar, Kyoto University, Japan, Feb. 2016 - Innovation and Production Offshoring with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
Rokkodai Macroeconomics Seminar, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2015 - Corporate Tax Policy and Industry Location with Fully Endogenous Productivity Growth
Colin Davis
European Trade Study Group, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, Sep. 2015 - Economic Integration, Monopoly Power, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
Colin Davis
European Trade Study Group, University of Munich, Germany, Sep. 2014 - Competing Process and Quality Innovation and the Product Life Cycle
Colin Davis
SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics, MINES ParisTech, France, Jul. 2013 - Regional Integration and Innovation Offshoring with Occupational Choice and Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2012 - Productivity Growth and Patterns of Industry Location without Scale Effects,
Colin Davis
The Japanese Society of International Economics Spring Meeting, Ryukoku University, Japan, Jun. 2011 - Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
Colin Davis
Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan, May 2011 - Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
Colin Davis
Pacific Economic Review Workshop, RIEB, Kyoto University, Japan, Apr. 2011 - Productivity Growth and Patterns of Industry Location without Scale Effects
Colin Davis
Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Mar. 2011 - Patterns of Technology, Industry Concentration, and Productivity Growth without Scale Effects
Colin Davis
Macroeconomics Research Seminar, Osaka University, Japan, Feb. 2011 - Growth and the Location of Innovation and Industry in a Model of Occupational Choice
Colin Davis
Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Osaka University, Japan, Jun. 2010 - Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
Taipei International Conference on Growth, Trade, and Dynamics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Jun. 2010 - Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
Meeting of the Japanese International Economics Association (Kansai), Wakayama University, Japan, May 2010 - Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
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
Colin Davis
Special Workshop on Trade, RIEB -- Rokko Forum, Kobe University, Japan, Jan. 2010 - Financial Risks and Research Contracts in a Model of Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
Macroeconomics Research Seminar, Osaka University, Japan, Dec. 2009 - International Knowledge Spillovers and Skill Acquisition in a Two-Region Model of Endogenous Growth
Colin Davis
One-Day Workshop on Trade and Growth, RIEB, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2008 - Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth
Colin Davis
European Trade Study Group, Warsaw University, Poland, Sep. 2008 - Endogenous Skill Formation, Knowledge Spillovers, and the Location of Industry
Colin Davis
Applied Macro/Micro-economics and Econometrics Workshop, Hokkaido University, Japan, Dec. 2007 - Industry Location with Horizontal Innovation and Skill Heterogeneity
Colin Davis
Rokko Forum, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2007 - Communication Costs, Network Externalities, and Long-run Growth
Colin Davis
Asian Pacific Trade Seminars, Kobe University, Japan, Jun. 2006
Research Projects
- Evaluating the Effects of Competition Policy on Industry Location and Economic Growth
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), 2025/04 -2030/03, Evaluating the Effects of Competition Policy on Industry Location and Economic Growth, Doshisha University - Theoretical Study on International Trade of Used Goods under Extended Producer Responsibility Policy
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), 2024/04 -2028/03, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Osaka University of Economics - 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