Kyohei Yamada

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Graduate School of International Relations Professor

Degree

• PhD（2013 Yale University）

Research funding number

• 60710605

J-Global ID

• 201501072704900941

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Politics

Published Papers

• Revisiting Auxiliary Social Services for Persons with Disability: The Philippines Case

  Exxon Buena Susmerano; Kyohei Yamada

  International Journal of Social Welfare 2021/06 [Refereed]
  
• Personal social capital and voluntary participation in the Village Development Programme in rural Sri Lanka

  Niranjala Hulugalla; Kyohei Yamada; Makoto Kakinaka

  Journal of International Development Wiley 0954-1748 2021/05 [Refereed]
  
• Municipal Mergers and Voter Turnout in National Elections in Japan - 15 Years After Mergers

  Kyohei Yamada

  IUJ Research Institute Working Paper (PIRS-2020-1) 2020/09
• Do boundary consolidations alter the relationship between politicians and voters? The case of municipal mergers in Japan

  Kyohei Yamada; Kiichiro Arai

  Local Government Studies Informa UK Limited 1 - 27 0300-3930 2020/05 [Refereed]
  
• The impact of municipal mergers on local public spending: Evidence from remote-sensing data

  Steve Pickering; Seiki Tanaka; Kyohei Yamada

  Journal of East Asian Studies Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1 - 24 1598-2408 2020/04 [Refereed]
  
• Obtaining Multiple Election Cards and Voting Multiple Times in Afghanistan : Data from a Survey of Voters in Jalalabad City

  Nisar Ahmad Muslih; Kyohei Yamada

  Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies 35 (1) 116 - 128 2019 [Refereed]
  
• From a Majority to a Minority: How Municipal Mergers in Japan Changed the Distribution of Political Powers and the Allocation of Public Services Within a Merged Municipality

  Kyohei Yamada

  Urban Affairs Review SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC 54 (3) 560 - 592 1078-0874 2018/05 [Refereed]
  
• Crucial Decisions By Small Towns and Villages: Why Did Some Municipalities Choose to Merge But Others Did Not During the Nationwide Wave of Municipal Mergers in Japan?

  Kyohei Yamada

  International Journal of Public Administration ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 39 (6) 480 - 491 0190-0692 2016/05 [Refereed]
  
• Examining the Effect of Providing a Pen on the Response Rate to a Mail Survey

  Kiichiro Arai; Kyohei Yamada

  Behaviormetrika 43 (2) 83 - 101 2016 [Refereed]
  
• Removing boundaries, losing connections: Electoral consequences of local government reform in Japan

  Yusaku Horiuchi; Jun Saito; Kyohei Yamada

  Journal of East Asian Studies EAST ASIAN INST 15 (1) 99 - 125 1598-2408 2015/04 [Refereed]
  
• Survey Results of Municipal Council Members in Tohoku Region of Japan

  Yoshikuni Ono; Kyohei Yamada

  Hogaku 79 (3) 265 - 335 2015
• Electoral adaptation and business cycles in post-1994 Japan

  Frances Mc Call Rosenbluth; Kyohei Yamada

  Asian Survey UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS 55 (6) 1071 - 1092 0004-4687 2015 [Refereed]
  
• Geographic Income Distribution and the LDP

  Kyohei Yamada

  Journal of Social Science 62 (1) 131 - 149 2011/02
• Electoral Adaptation in Japan: Party Strategy after Electoral Rule Change

  Frances Rosenbluth; Jun Saito; Kyohei Yamada

  Journal of Social Science 62 (1) 5 - 23 2011/02

Books etc

• Rethinking Locality in Japan

  Sonja Ganseforth; Hanno Jentzsch (ContributorChapter 14: Uprooting the Political Landscape: How Municipal Mergers Untethered the Local from National Politics)Routledge 2021/07
• Jikken Seijigaku [Experimental Political Science]

  Yoichi Hizen (ContributorChapter 5 Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment in Japan)Keiso Shobo 2016/09
• Seito Seiji no Konmei to Seiken Kotai

  Nobuhiro Hiwatari; Jun Saito (ContributorChapter 1, Chapter 7)東京大学出版会 2011/12 9784130362412 iii, 269p
• Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics

  Gaunder, Alisa (ContributorChapter 10: Local Government in Japan)Routledge 2011 9780415551373 xvi, 443 p.

Conference Activities & Talks

• Municipal Mergers and Voter Turnout in National Elections - 15 Years Later

  Kyohei Yamada

  Japanese Association of Electoral Studies Annual Meeting (Canceled)  2020/05
• Does Aging of the Japanese Society Discourage Politicians from Supporting Monetary Easing by the Bank of Japan?

  Gene Park; Kyohei Yamada

  Northeast Workshop on Japanese Politics at Dartmouth  2019/08
• Does Linguistic Identity Moderate Economic Voting? Analysis of Zambia's 2016 Presidential Election

  Kyohei Yamada

  Japanese Association of Electoral Studies Annual Meeting  2019/07
• Does Aging of the Japanese Society Discourage Politicians from Supporting Monetary Easing by the Bank of Japan?

  Gene Park; 山田恭平

  Yale Workshop on Japanese Politics and Diplomacy  2019/05
• Boundary Consolidations and the Distribution of Voter Preferences within and across Jurisdictions: Examples from Municipal Mergers in Japan

  Kyohei Yamada

  IPSA (International Political Science Association) World Congress of Political Science.  2018/07
• Size and Local Democracy: How Population Size Shapes the Behavior of Local Politicians in Japan  [Not invited]

  Yoshikuni Ono; Kyohei Yamada

  Japanese Association of Electoral Studies Annual Meeting  2018/05
• Illegal Election Cards in Afghanistan: Evidence from a Survey of Voters in Jalalabad City

  Kyohei Yamada

  APSA (American Political Science Association) Annual Meeting  2017/08
• Field Experiment, Politics, and Culture: Testing Social Psychological Theories Regarding Social Norms Using a Field Experiment in Japan

  Kyohei Yamada; Alan Gerber

  Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference  2009

MISC

• Book Review: Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy

  Kyohei Yamada  Social Science Japan Journal  20-  (2)  303  -306  2017/08  [Invited]
  
• Book Review: Nihon no Rōkaru Demokurashī (Local Democracy in Japan)

  Kyohei Yamada  Social Science Japan Journal  20-  (1)  133  -137  2017/02  [Invited]
  
• Book Review: Spending Without Taxation: FILP and the Politics of Public Finance in Japan

  Kyohei Yamada  Comparative Political Studies  45-  (7)  931  -934  2012/07  [Invited]
  

Awards & Honors

• 2020/05 Japanese Association of Electoral Studies 日本選挙学会賞（優秀論文）
   Obtaining Multiple Election Cards and Voting Multiple Times in Afghanistan: Data from a Survey of Voters in Jalalabad City 

  受賞者: Nisar Ahmad Muslih;Kyohei Yamada
• 2019/07 Japanese Association of Electoral Studies Excellence in Presentation Award
   Size and Local Democracy: How Population Size Shapes the Behavior of Local Politicians in Japan 

  受賞者: Yoshikuni Ono;Kyohei Yamada

Teaching Experience

Political Institutions and GovernanceInternational University of Japan
Local Government and Public ServicesInternational University of Japan
Japanese Government and PoliticsInternational University of Japan
Tutorial 1, 2Rikkyo University
Japanese PoliticsRikkyo University
Research MethodologyRikkyo University