Thinking ahead about the trade impact of COVID-19
Richard Baldwin and Eiichi TomiuraEiichi Tomiura is a professor at the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
and a faculty fellow and program director at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade
and Industry in Japan. Prior to his current position, he was formerly Dean, College
of Economics at Yokohama National University. He was also served for Ministry of
International Trade and Industry (MITI), Government of Japan till 2000. He earned
his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and
his B.A. in Economics from University of Tokyo in 1984.His research expertise is in
empirical international trade, especially offshore outsourcing with firm-level data.
His articles have been published in many journals including Journal of International
Economies, Review of International Economics, and Regional Science and Urban
Economics. He has received Economist Award, Nikkei Prize, and Kojima Kiyoshi Prize
in Japan.