Research Fellow, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, June 2009-December 2009.

Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación Económica, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), January 2010-

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Education

Ph.D in Economics (expected) Columbia University, 2009.

           Sponsor: Eric Verhoogen

M.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, 2003.

B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, 2001.

Research Interests: Industrial Development and International Trade

Working Papers

Import Competition and the Innovation at the Plant Level: Evidence from Mexico.

(Revised version available soon as  KIER WP #YYY, and GCOE WP #ZZZ)

Work in Progress

Domestic Debt and Currency Crisis: Evidence from Mexican Firm-level Data (joint with Miguel Messmacher).

International Trade and Social Investment at the Plant Level: Evidence from Mexico.

Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Upgrading of Mexican Plants: Evidence from a Investment Law Change.

Teaching

Spring 2010: Economic Growth

Academic Presentations

2009

Carnegie-Mellon University

IMT Institute at Lucca

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEID)

ITAM

The University of Tokyo

JETRO-IDE

University of Tsukuba

Comparative Analysis Enterprise Data (CAED) Conference

Keio University

Midwest International Economics Groups Meeting

Empirical Investigations in International Trade (EIIT) Conference

Kyoto University

Tohoku University

2008

Columbia (2) (International Economics, Development Economics)

Invited Discussions

2009

CEPR/SNB Conference on Product Heterogeneity and Quality Heterogeneity in International Trade, Swiss National Bank, Zurich.

Other Research Activities

2006

Summer Intern, IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund.

Professional Service

Referee for Industrial and Corporate Change and Journal of Development Economics (twice).