Ayumu Kikkawa, University of British Columbia

Research

Markups International trade Market power Bargaining Tariff pass-through Firm-to-firm trade (1) Global Value Chain (2) International trade

Latest funding

Territorial Monopsony and Cartelization: Sugar Industry in Colonial Taiwan
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$89,546
The economic implications of buyer-supplier networks
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$168,028
Quantity restrictions in retail trade
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,210

All 5 grants and awards

Territorial Monopsony and Cartelization: Sugar Industry in Colonial Taiwan

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

$89,546

The economic implications of buyer-supplier networks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

$168,028

Quantity restrictions in retail trade

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

Keywords: Retail pricing; Markups; Rationing; Quantity restrictions; Large Language Models; Web Scraping; Optical Character Recognition

$49,210

Two-sided Market Power in Firm-to-firm Trade

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

Keywords: International trade; Market power; Markups; Bargaining; Tariff pass-through; Firm-to-firm trade

$57,100

On the Measurement of Global Value Chain Participation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kikkawa, Ayumu

Keywords: (1) Global Value Chain; (2) International trade; (3) Firm heterogeneity; (4) Measurement; (5) Import and Export intensities; (6) Economic policy

$54,400

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2026

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Markups Dear Professor Kikkawa, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on markups connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Territorial Monopsony and Cartelization: Sugar Industry in Colonial Taiwan" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]