Education and Professional Experience

present

Senior Research Economist, Socio-economic Research Center, CRIEPI.

2021.2

D.Ec., Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University.

2005

Visiting Researcher, Policy Study Group, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2001 - 2002

Visiting Researcher, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

1992

BEc, Department of Economics, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS (ENGLISH)

• Wakabayashi and Arimura, 2020, The role of staff assignment in implementing energy-conserving practices in small- and medium-sized firms: an empirical analysis based on data from a Japanese survey, Energy Efficiency: 13(8), pp.1763-1780, DOI 10.1007/s12053-020-09904-1
• Wakabayashi and Kimura, 2018, The impact of the Tokyo Metropolitan Emissions Trading Scheme on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: findings from a facility-based study, Climate Policy: 1-16.
• Haites, E., et al., 2018, Experience with carbon taxes and greenhouse gas emissions trading systems (January 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3119241 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3119241
• Wakabayashi and Arimura, 2016, Voluntary agreements to encourage proactive firm action against climate change: An empirical study of industry associations' voluntary action plans in Japan, Journal of Cleaner Production: 112(4), pp.2885-2895
• Thollander et al., 2015, A review of industrial energy and climate policies in Japan and Sweden with emphasis towards SMEs, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews: 50, pp.504-512
• Wakabayashi, 2013, Voluntary business activities to mitigate climate change: Case studies in Japan, Energy Policy: 63, pp.1086-1090.
• Wakabayashi and Sugiyama, 2007, Chapter 3 Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment, in; Morgenstern and Pizer eds., Reality check: The nature and performance of voluntary environmental programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan, RFF press, pp.43-63
• Wakabayashi and Hewings, 2007, Life cycle changes in consumption behavior: Age-specific and regional variations, Journal of Regional Science: 47(2), pp.315-317.