Expertise
International Trade, Economic Growth
Research Projects
- Economic Analysis on Trade Agreements (May 29, 2012 - September 30, 2013 )
Education
2006 Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Experience
2014 Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2013 - 2014 Adjunct Fellow, RIETI
2013 - present Director, Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center, IDE-JETRO
2010 - 2013 Fellow, RIETI
2007 - 2013 Research Fellow, IDE-JETRO
2006 COE Research Fellow, Hitotsubashi University
Selected Publications and Papers
Working Papers
"Firm Heterogeneity and FDI with Matching Frictions," RIETI Discussion Paper 09-E-025, June 2009
"The Internationalization of Japanese Firms: New Findings Based on Firm-level Data" with Ryuhei Wakasugi, Yasuyuki Todo, Shunichiro Nishioka, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Banri Ito, and Ayumu Tanaka, RIETI Discussion Paper 08-E-036, October 2008
"A Factor-Proportions Theory of Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity" with Taiji Furusawa, mimeo, 2008
"Entrepreneurship, Financial Market Imperfections, and Trade." COE/RES Discussion Paper Series, No. 202, 2007
