• Professional Career

2003-2007 Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

2007-2013 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

2004-2008 Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2008-2009 Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering

2009-2010 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy

2013-present Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

2015-2017 Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

• Research

He focuses on the interdisciplinary fields of economic analysis and operations research, with special interests in energy and environmental issues. His research interests include energy and environmental modeling approaches using mathematical programming (e.g., bilevel programming, complementarity problem, stochastic programming).

He publishes papers in peer-reviewed journals that span across the areas of economics, operations research, and engineering. His papers appeared in journals such as American Economic Review, American Economic Journal, European Journal of Operational Research, and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

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Publications

 

• Books and Edited books

* Tanaka, M., A. J. Conejo, and A. S. Siddiqui (2022) Economics of Power Systems, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Springer.

* Chen, Y., A. S. Siddiqui, and M. Tanaka (2020) Analysis of Environmental Policy in the Power Sector: Equilibrium Methods and Bi-Level Modeling, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Springer.

* Tanaka, M., R. Takashima, and S. Toriumi (2018) Mathematical Models for Energy Risk Management (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.

* Ida, T., M. Tanaka, and K. Ito (2017) Smart Grid Economics (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd.

* Hatta, T., and M. Tanaka, Eds. (2007) The Economics of Regulatory Reform: A Case Study of Electric Power Industry (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Nikkei Publishing Inc.

* Hatta, T., and M. Tanaka, Eds. (2004) Liberalizing Electricity Markets: An Economic Analysis (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Toyo Keizai Inc

• Social Contribution

* Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2012-2019)

* Editorial Board, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (2013-2016)

* Guest Editor, Journal of Energy Engineering

* Government Committees (Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of the Environment, etc)

• Link

Personal website

• e-mail

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