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SHIMOKAWA, Satoru
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, School of Political Science and Economics
Job title
Professor
Degree
博士

Research Experience

  • 2025.04
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    Now

    Waseda University   Faculty of Political Science and Economics   Professor

  • 2023.06
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    Now

    Institute of Food and Energy Systems   Director

  • 2016.04
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    2025.03

    Waseda University,   Faculty of Political Science and Economics,   Associate Professor

  • 2015.07
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    2016.03

    The Institute of Developing Economies,   Research Fellow

  • 2007.07
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    2015.06

    Hong Kong University of Science &Technology,   Division of Social Science,   Assistant Professor

Education Background

  •  
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    2007

    Cornell University,   Applied Economics and Management,   Ph.D.  

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    2003

    Cornell University,   Applied Economics and Management,   M.S.  

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    2000

    Hokkaido University,   Agricultural Economics,   B.S.  

Committee Memberships

  • 2021.11
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    Now

    Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association  Area Editor

  • 2019.04
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    Now

    Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics  Editorial Board

  • 2016.07
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    2022.06

    Food Policy  Associate Editor

  • 2011.01
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    2013.12

    Food Policy  Associate Editor (Editor-in-Chief in 2013)

  • 2020.08
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    Now

    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review  Editorial Board

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Research Areas

  • Agricultural and food economics

Research Interests

  • Agricultural Economics

  • Development Economics

  • Food Policy

 

Papers

  • Local restrictions, population movement, and spillovers during the pandemic: Evidence from Japan's restaurant restriction

    Zihan Xu, Satoru Shimokawa

    Health Economics    2024.09  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author

    DOI

    Scopus

  • A trade-off between lives and the economy? Subsidizing dining out under the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

    Yupeng Wang, Satoru Shimokawa

    Food Policy    2024.04  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Last author, Corresponding author

    DOI

    Scopus

  • The urban–rural gap in the demand for food safety in China: The role of food label knowledge

    Satoru Shimokawa, Dezhuang Hu, Dandan Li, Hong Cheng

    Agricultural Economics   52 ( 2 ) 175 - 193  2021.03  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    15
    Citation
    (Scopus)
  • Why can calorie posting be apparently ineffective? The roles of two conflicting learning effects

    Satoru Shimokawa

    Food Policy   64   107 - 120  2016.10  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author

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    We investigate why the aggregate effect of calorie posting on calorie consumption can be insignificant by decomposing the learning effect into two conflicting components: a calorie-decreasing effect of learning that one was underestimating caloric content (LUE), and a calorie-increasing effect of learning that one was overestimating caloric content (LOE). Our lab snack-order experiments demonstrate the existence of the LUE effect (-8.3%) and the LOE effect (+4.8%), where the aggregate learning effect is -5.8%. Our results also imply that the LUE can be cancelled out by a positive saliency effect, while the undesirable saliency effect may be mitigated by combining the calorie posting with information about daily calorie needs. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    DOI

    Scopus

    5
    Citation
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  • Nutritional impacts of rising food prices in African countries: a review

    Xiaohua Yu, Satoru Shimokawa

    Food Security   8 ( 5 ) 985 - 997  2016.10  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Last author

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    This paper investigates the influences of food price spikes on nutritional outcomes in six African countries: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Drawing on the estimates of food demand elasticity with respect to food prices in previous studies, we constructed the elasticity of calorie and protein consumption with respect to food prices. We find that, while increasing cereal prices has the largest negative influences on both calorie and protein consumption in all the countries, the magnitude of the influences may differ by regions and the country's dietary patterns. The negative influences are particularly large in rural areas and in the countries whose diets highly depend on a single staple cereal while small in the countries whose diets have alternative staple foods. Our findings highlight the importance of stabilizing cereal prices to reduce calorie deficiency while it may not be enough to improve protein deficiency.

    DOI

    Scopus

    14
    Citation
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Books and Other Publications

  • 食べる経済学 (未来のわたしにタネをまこう 1)

    下川 哲( Part: Sole author)

    大和書房  2021.11 ISBN: 4479393749

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  • The Rising Cost of a Healthy Diet: Changing Relative Prices of Foods in High-income and Emerging Economies

    Steve Wiggins, Sharada Keats, Euna Han, Satoru Shimokawa, Joel Alberto Vargas Hernandez, Rafael Moreira Claro( Part: Contributor)

    Overseas Development Institute  2015

  • Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development.

    Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Satoru Shimokawa. (Eds, F. Bourguignon, B. Pleskovic

    Rethinking Infrastructure for Development, The World Bank.  2007

Presentations

  • 酪農農家の電力消費パターンと乳質データからみる再生可能エネルギー活用の可能性 ―茨城県酪農農家におけるスマートメーターデータより―

    下川 哲

    2025年度 日本農業経済学会大会 

    Presentation date: 2025.03

  • How Does Self-Control Influence Effective Altruism?Implication for Go to Eat Coupon Purchases in Japan

    Satoru Shimokawa, Yoshio Kamijo

    32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Delhi, India 

    Presentation date: 2024.08

    Event date:
    2024.08
     
     
  • Demand for Stigmatized Product: The Case of Fukushima Rice

    Zeng, Sen, Satoru Shimokawa

    North America Summer Meeting of Econometric Society 2024 

    Presentation date: 2024.06

  • 経済学から読み解く「食」と未来社会

    下川 哲  [Invited]

    第34回日本疫学会学術総会 

    Presentation date: 2024.02

  • Distinguishing Attitude and Belief Expressions from Economic Preferences in Long-Lasting Aversion in Food Choice

    Shimokawa, Satoru, Kito, Yayoi, Kudo, Haruyo, Yamaguchi, Michitoshi, Niiyama, Yoko

    31st International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Virtual 

    Presentation date: 2021.08

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Research Projects

  • The Potential of Insect Farming to Facilitate Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Food Production

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2023.04
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    2027.03
     

  • Emerging food system problems caused by the long-term impact of COVID-19 on consumer mindset and behavior in Japan

    PRIMAFF  Contracting Research on Policy for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

    Project Year :

    2020.08
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    2023.03
     

    Satoru Shimokawa, Kiyokazu Ujiie

     [International coauthorship]

  • Sustainable Measures to Mitigate Consumers' Excessive Avoidance of Fukushima Foods - Behavioral Economics Approach

    Project Year :

    2019.04
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    2022.03
     

  • Consumer Demand and Satisfaction to Food Safety in China

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2016.04
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    2019.03
     

    Shimokawa Satoru

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    To explore the demand for food safety in both urban and rural China, we conducted a household survey with discrete choice experiments and consumer satisfaction surveys in urban and rural areas in Hubei Province. We measured the demand for rice and pork with the green food label or the organic food label.
    First, we find that “knowing the green food label” significantly increases the demand for green foods, and the influence is larger in urban areas than in rural areas. Even among consumers without knowing the label, the demand is positive in urban areas while almost zero in rural areas. These knowledge-related differences contribute to explaining about 30% of the urban-rural gap in the demand for green foods.
    Second, we show that the availability of foods with the food safety labels increases consumer satisfaction in China, and the positive effect is larger among consumers who did not purchase the labeled items than among those who purchased the labeled items.

  • Decision Making on Food Choice and Meal Construction and Requirements of Health Risk Communication

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2019.04
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    2023.03
     

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Social Activities

  • コロナ禍の飲食店政策を「人流データ」で振り返る

    東洋経済新報社  週刊東洋経済 

    2023.12
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  • やさしい経済学 食から考える世界と未来(1)ー(10)

    日本経済新聞社  日本経済新聞朝刊 

    2023.03
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    2023.04

  • 持続可能な『食』と『農』とは ~『食べる』から考える私たちの未来~

    東京都  くらしフェスタ東京 食と農セミナー 

    2022.12
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  • 経済学者が読み解く現代社会のリアル: 持続可能な食の実践に壁、人間の合理性の限界

    東洋経済新報社  週刊東洋経済 

    2020.06
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  • Eat Better

    SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Panel Discussion Food 

    2024.05
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Sub-affiliation

  • Affiliated organization   Global Education Center

  • Faculty of Commerce   School of Commerce

Research Institute

  • 2023
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    2024

    Institute of Food and Energy Systems   Director of Research Institute

Internal Special Research Projects

  • カンボジアにおける食用コオロギの養殖を活用した貧困削減と未来型食品開発

    2022  

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    本研究では、コオロギ粉末入り穀物飼料を使った鶏肉と牛肉に対する支払意思額を推計するため、オンライン調査を日本の消費者1650名に対して実施した。その中で、鳥は昆虫を食べるという食物連鎖を想起させることが、支払い意思額にどう影響するか検証した。トレーサビリティの影響も検証した。その結果、コオロギ粉末入り穀物飼料を使うことで、鶏肉と牛肉ともに支払意思額が50%近く減ることがわかった。食物連鎖を想起させることは、鶏肉への支払い意思額を悪化させるが、牛肉への影響はなかった。トレーサビリティは支払意思額を約15%増加させたが、コオロギ粉末入り穀物飼料の使用による負の効果を補うほどの効果はなかった。

  • Impact of Cultivated Land Conversion on Food Security in China

    2016  

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    In China, the steep rise in cultivated land conversion, accompanied by a population increase, has provoked the debate about its impact on food security. Accordingly, the Chinese government emphasizes the importance of retaining cultivated land. However, it is still controversial if cultivated land conversion really threatens China’s food security. Thus, this study investigates the causal impact of cultivated land conversion on grain output in China by employing the instrumental variables estimation. Our estimation strategy exploits the facts that tax reform (a change in the enterprise tax-sharing scheme) and administrative decentralization in 2002 unintentionally influenced farmland conversion and that the magnitude of the unintended influences varied across local governments depending on how much their tax revenues had depended on the enterprise tax before the reform. Using data from 1999 to 2005, we found that land conveyance area significantly increased as local governments’ fiscal revenue decreased, and a decrease in farmland area caused by the land conveyance decreased grain output. Even after controlling for potential endogeneity bias, a 1% decrease in local government’s fiscal revenue increased land conveyance areas by 3.4%, and it decreased grain output by 0.10%. The findings may moderately support China’s recently imposed “redline” of 120 million hectares of cultivated land.