UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.

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UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc. (UTEcon) is an economic consulting firm that offers a wide range of economic consulting services to companies, governments, and law firms. UTEcon was founded in August 2020 as a subsidiary of the University of Tokyo. UTEcon is looking for economists with the growth of its business.

UTEcon offers solutions for client-specific problems taking advantage of the expertise of the faculty members of the University of Tokyo and those of the firm’s own experts. Our services include pricing, policy evaluation, machine-learning based prediction of bankruptcy and accounting fraud, market design, antitrust-related analysis, nowcasting, and quantitative and behavioral marketing. Economists will have opportunities to work on various economic problems with top-notch researchers in a startup environment, and will play a central role in managing projects.

UTEcon web site is at https://www.utecon.net/. For questions, contact us at info@utecon.net.

Responsibilities
• Formulate economic arguments and develop analysis strategies
• Generate reports, proposals, presentation materials
• Coordinate the timeline, the work product, and the team members

Requirements
• A Ph.D. in Economics with expertise in industrial organization, econometrics, applied microeconomics, or labor economics
• Business-level fluency in Japanese
• Passion for applying academic insights and tools to solve real-world problems