Kazumi Asako is professor at the Faculty of Economics, Rissho University. His fields of interest in research are macroeconomics, empirical analysis of Japanese economy, and social common capital and environmental economics. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Tokyo in 1974 and a Ph.D. in economics at Yale University.
Jun-ichi Nakamura is general manager, Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank of Japan. His fields of interest are corporate finance, financial system, corporate investment behavior, and Japanese economy. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics at Keio University in 1989, and MA in economics at the University of Tokyo in 1995.
Konomi Tonogi is assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics, Rissho University. His research area is investment dynamics, intangible investment, firm value, and productivity analysis. He received BA in economics at Chuo University in 2002 and MA (2004) and Ph.D (2015) in economics at Hitotsubashi University.