Research

Peer-reviewed publications

• "COVID-19, teleworking, and the real estate market" (with M. Naoi and S. Yasuda)Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2026
• DOI: 10.1007/s11146-026-10052-z

• Mikawa, Naoto, "Impact of the 2011 earthquake on the real estate market in Tokyo." Japan and the World Economy, 2025, 73: 101298
• DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2025.101298

• Mikawa, Naoto, Shohei Yasuda, and Norifumi Yukutake, "Does inheritance taxation reform promote to build inexpensive rental housing?." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2023, 68: 101255.
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101255
• Previously circulated as "Inheritance taxation reform distorts rental housing market: Evidence from Japan"
• Short abstract in Japanese

Work in progress

• Urban Agglomeration and Temperature: A Case Study of Tokyo (with M. Fujisawa and M. Kawabata)
• How Teleworking Reshapes Urban Structure: Evidence from Japan

Working papers

Presentations

2026

1. TOKAI Economics Workshop @ Tokai University, July 8, 2026
2. Applied Regional Economics Workshop 2026 @ Kyoto Sangyo University, June 20, 2026

2025

3. The 2025 AsRES International Real Estate Conference @The University of Melbourne, Australia, July 11th, 2025
4. Kagawa University – Keio University Young Scholars Workshop on Applied Economics @Kagawa University, August 21st, 2025
5. Asian Economic Panel @IDE-JETRO, September 8th, 2025
6. Japanese Economic Association 2025 Fall Meeting @Hirosaki University, September 13th, 2025
7. Housing Economic Seminar (Housing Research and Advancement Foundation of Japan), September 19th, 2025
8. The 34th Annuam Meeting of the Geographic Information Systems Conference @The University of Toyama, November 1st, 2025 (Poster Presentation)
9. CSIS DAYS 2025 @The University of Tokyo, November 14th, 2025 (Poster Presentation)
10. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference @The University of Toyama, November 29th, 2025

2024

11. The 2024 AsRES-GCREC & AREUEA International Real Estate Joint Conference @National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, July 26th, 2024
12. Applied Regional Economics Workshop 2024 @Kyoto Sangyo University, June 15th, 2024
13. The 16th Joint Economic Symposium of Six Leading East Asian Universities @Keio University, January 26th, 2024

2023

14. The Applied Regional Science Conference 37th Annual Meeting @Osaka University, December 10th, 2023
15. Housing Economic Seminar (Housing Research and Advancement Foundation of Japan) @Online, June 8th, 2023
16. The 15th Joint Economic Symposium of Six Leading East Asian Universities @National Chengchi University, Taiwan, April 14th, 2023

2022

17. IEFS Japan Annual Meeting 2021 @ Online, March 28th, 2022 [Program]

2021

18. The Applied Regional Science Conference 35th Annual Meeting @Online, November 20th, 2021 [Website]
19. Japanese Economic Association 2021 Fall Meeting @Osaka University, October 10th, 2021 [Website]

Last updated: April 8th, 2026