TANI, Tatsuhiko Associate Professor
Specialized fields
- Public finance, local finance theory
Research Keywords
- Universalist benefits, local government financing, American finance
Courses taught
- Public Finance I & II, Inequality Theory I, Reading & Writing, Seminars I, II & III
Representative works
- "Financial Measures for Supporting the Education of Immigrant Children: Issues Raised from the Cases of Aichi Prefecture and Toyohashi City" (co-authored with Mirai Sekine), Rikkyo Economic Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2022.
- "Expansion of Preschool Education and Funding in American States: A Case Study of Universal Preschool in Georgia," Tohoku Gakuin University Economic Review, No. 191, 2019.
- "Local Income Tax in New York City: Current Burden Structure and Recent Reform Proposals," in *Fiscal Studies, Vol. 14: Economics and Politics Surrounding Public Finance—The Case of Tax Reform*, edited by the Japan Public Finance Association, Yuhikaku, 2018.
Message from the teacher
Many people are concerned about Japan's finances, which are burdened with massive deficits and debt. Various opinions are being expressed regarding tax reform, the future of social security, and methods of fiscal reconstruction. Looking at the finances of other countries, the scale and nature of government spending, and the tax systems that support it, are diverse. There is no single "correct" reform when it comes to fiscal reform.
At university, you learn various ways of thinking and perspectives. Unlike high school exams, where there's a single "correct" answer, university learning isn't about finding and thinking about problems for which there are no pre-defined "correct" answers. It's not easy, but I think it's enjoyable. Let's find such questions at university that make thinking fun.