Expertise
International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Natural disasters
Education
2010 Ph.D., Economics, Kyoto University
2007 M.A., Economics, Kyoto University
2005 B.A., Economics, Kyoto University
Experience
2021 Associate Professor, College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University
2016 Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University
2013 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Setsunan University
2013 Research Associate, RIETI
2010 Fellow, RIETI
Selected Publications and Papers
Publications
- "FDI, Financial Constraint and Partial Ownership," The World Economy, Vol. 88, 2023. (with Tadashi Ito and Michael Ryan). https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13561
- "Individual Preferences toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment: A Survey Experiment," Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 88, 2023. (with Banri Ito and Naoto Jinji). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2023.101644
- "Why do People Oppose Foreign Acquisitions? Evidence from Japanese Individual-level Data," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 66, 2023. (with Banri Ito and Naoto Jinji). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101187
- "Geographic Concentration of Foreign Visitors: Evidence from Japan," International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Vol. 17, pp.211–222, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-022-00099-0
- "FDI, Ownership Structure, and Productivity," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 64, 2022. (with Tadashi Ito). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2022.101158
- "Higher wages in exporters and multinational firms evidence from linked employer–employee data," International Economics and Economic Policy, Vol.19, pp.51-78, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-021-00517-2
- "Foreign Ownership, Exporting and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Japanese Linked Employer-Employee Data," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 61, 2021. (with Theresa M. Greaney). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2021.101151
- How Does UNESCO's Convention on Cultural Diversity Affect Trade in Cultural Goods?," Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 44, pp.625–660, 2020. (with Naoto Jinji). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-020-09380-6
- "How Do Exporters Respond to Exogenous Shocks: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 51, 2019. (with Banri Ito and Ryuhei Wakasugi). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2019.100962
- "Foreign Direct Investment and Temporary Workers in Japan," Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 48, pp.87-99, February 2017. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2016.10.004
- "External R&D, Productivity, and Export: Evidence from Japanese Firms," Review of World Economics, Vol. 152, No.3, pp.577-596, August 2016. (with Banri Ito). http://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-015-0240-y
- "Recovery of the Supply Chain after the 2011 Mega-quake in Japan," Millennial Asia, Vol.6, No.1, pp. 1-18, January 2015 (with Ryuhei Wakasugi). http://doi.org/10.1177%2F0976399614563221
- "The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Plants' Growth: Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 50, pp.31-41, January 2015. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2014.11.002
- "The Causal Effects of Exporting on Domestic Workers: A Firm-Level Analysis using Japanese Data," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 28, pp.13-23, December 2013. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2013.06.003
- "Firm Productivity and the Number of FDI Destinations: Evidence from a Non-parametric Test," Economics Letters, Vol. 117, No.1, pp.1-3, October 2012. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.079
- "Productivity Heterogeneity and Internationalization: Evidence from Japanese Firms," Millennial Asia, Vol.3, No.1, pp.45-70, January 2012 (with Ryuhei Wakasugi). http://doi.org/10.1177%2F097639961200300103
- "Activities of Japanese Multinationals with Productivity Heterogeneity," The International Economy, No. 14, pp. 128-142, January 2010 (with Ryuhei Wakasugi). http://doi.org/10.5652/internationaleconomy.ie2010.08.w.t