This site introduces Dr. Nobuaki HOSHINO.

• Affiliation: School of Economics, Kanazawa University
• Position: Professor
• My research fields: Economic Statistics, Statistical Distribution Theory
  • Recent studies: Data Privacy, Count-Data Modeling
• My research writings: here
• My books co-edited:
  • Hoshino, N., Mano, S., and Shimura, T. (Eds.) (2020) Pioneering works on distribution theory. Springer, Singapore.
  • Hoshino, N., Mano, S., and Shimura, T. (Eds.) (2021) Pioneering works on extreme value theory. Springer, Singapore.
  
  I have been studying issues relating to the public use of microdata in the field of official statistics. The widespread use of microeconometrics entails an active demand for microdata, including in Japan. Nevertheless, confidentiality clearly takes priority when disseminating microdata. Only when the risk of breaching privacy is sufficiently low can microdata be provided. My current research relates to the assessment of these risks. This topic is considered as a kind of statistical estimation, involving discrete probability models. I have proposed a family of discrete distributions and have investigated the instances of this family. These models can be applied to contexts other than risk assessment; the family suggests a new approach to count-data modeling.