Profile Overview
Souknilanh Keola
Senior EconomistProfile
Souknilanh Keola is a Senior Economist at ERIA. He received his Diploma of Engineering from Tokyo National College of Technology in 1995, Bachelor of Computer Sciences from Toyohashi University of Technology in 1997, and Master of Economics from Nagoya University in 1999. He joined the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in 2006. His journal publications primarily focus on regional economics and the application of big spatio-temporal data, especially remote sensing data, in the social sciences.
Expertise
Research Interests:
- Long-term Industrial Location Prediction with Spatial Economic Model
- Application of Remote Sensing Data and Other Big Spatio-temporal in Economics
- Sustainable Development
- Mekong Region
Education
| 1999 | Master of Economics Nagoya University |
| 1997 | Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Sciences) Toyohashi University of Technology |
| 1995 | Diploma of Engineering (Computer Sciences) Tokyo National College of Technology |
Experience
| 2019 - 2024 | Deputy Director, Economic Geography Studies Group Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan |
| 2016 - 2019 | Research Fellow, Bangkok Research Center JETRO Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2013 - 2016 | Research Fellow, Economic Integration Studies Group Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan |
| 2011 - 2013 | Visiting Research Fellow Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden |
| 2006 - 2011 | Research Fellow, Development Strategies Studies Group Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan |
ERIA Publications
- New Framework for the Utilisation of Space Technology: Effective Collaboration amongst Industry, Academia, and Government to Contribute to ASEAN’s Socio-Economic Development
- How Is the Asian Economy Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from the Emissions of Air Pollutants
- Lao PDR at the Crossroads: Industrial Development Strategies 2016-2030
- Coherence of Macroeconomic Policies in ASEAN Members: Empirical Investigation of Experiences in 2000-2010
- Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistic Enhancement in East Asia
- Development of Regional Production and Logistic Networks in East Asia
- Research on Development Strategies for CLMV Countries
- Predicting Long-Term Effects of Infrastructure Development Projects in Continental South East Asia: IDE Geographical Simulation Model
ERIA Chapter
Select Publications
Hayakawa, K., S. Keola, S. Sudsawasd. 'The Effects of US Additional Tariffs in Trump 2.0 on Production and Trade: Evidence from Thailand.' The Developing Economies (2025).
Hayakawa, K., S. Keola. ’Trade Diversion in the US Market during the US-China Trade War: Firm-level Evidence from Thailand.' The Journal of Economic Integration (2025)
Hayakawa, K., S. Keola, S. Sudsawasd, and K. Yamanouchi. 'International Bridges and Informal Employment' Journal of Comparative Economics (2025)
- Andersson, M., K. Hayakawa, S. Keola, and K. Yamanouchi.’Impacts of International Transport Infrastructure Evidence from Laotian Households.' Journal of Asian Economics (2025): 101876.
- Keola, S., Kumo, K., Tsubota, K., & Ueda, A. (2024). ‘Bright Lights of Cities: Reassessing Siberian Curse through the Lens of Nighttime Lights.’ Regional Research of Russia, 14(3), 458-467.
- Hayashi, Tadateru, Satoru Kumagai, Sanchita Basu Das, Manbar Singh Khadka, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, Kenmei Tsubota, and Kazunobu Hayakawa. 'Analysis of the Economic Impact of Improved Connectivity in Nepal.' Journal of Asian Economic Integration 5, no. 2 (2023): 145-166.
- Hayakawa, Kazunobu, Souknilanh Keola, Sasatra Sudsawasd, and Kenta Yamanouchi. 'Impacts of an international bridge on households: Evidence from Thailand' Journal of Asian Economics 83 (2022): 101536.
- Hayakawa, Kazunobu, Souknilanh Keola, and Shujiro Urata. ‘How effective was the restaurant restraining order against COVID-19? A nighttime light study in Japan.’ Japan and the World Economy 63 (2022): 101136.
- Kuroiwa, Ikuo, Kriengkrai Techakanont, and Souknilanh Keola. ‘Evolution of production networks and the localisation of firms: evidence from the Thai automotive industry.’ Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 29, no. 1 (2022): 260-281.
- Hayakawa, Kazunobu, and Souknilanh Keola. ‘How is the Asian economy recovering from COVID-19? Evidence from the emissions of air pollutants.’ Journal of Asian Economics 77 (2021): 101375.
- Keola, Souknilanh, and Kazunobu Hayakawa. ‘Do lockdown policies reduce economic and social activities? Evidence from NO2 emissions.’ The Developing Economies 59, no. 2 (2021): 178-205.
- Tanaka, Kiyoyasu, and Souknilanh Keola. ‘Shedding light on the shadow economy: A nighttime light approach.’ The Journal of Development Studies 53, no. 1 (2017): 32-48.
- Keola, Souknilanh, Magnus Andersson, and Ola Hall. "Monitoring economic development from space: using nighttime light and land cover data to measure economic growth." World Development 66 (2015): 322-334.
- Kumagai, Satoru, Kazunobu Hayakawa, Ikumo Isono, Souknilanh Keola, and Kenmei Tsubota. ‘Geographical simulation analysis for logistics enhancement in Asia.’ Economic Modelling 34 (2013): 145-153.