Research

Working papers

Papers in English

• Did temporary protection induce technology adoption? A study of the US motorcycle industry, 2013. [PDF][slides](under revision for the Journal of Industrial Economics)

• Assessing anticipatory effects in the presence of antidumping duties: Canadian softwood lumber (with Hiroshi Ohashi)

• Measuring the effects of tariff-jumping FDI on domestic and foreign firms' profits: the case of US motorcycle market, 1983 - 1987

• Heterogeneous switching costs and number portability: Japanese mobile telecommunications, 2014. (with Hiroshi Ohashi)[PDF]

  • Previously titled: Effects of mobile number portability on switching costs: Japanese mobile telecommunications

• Measures to Promote Green Cars: Evaluation at the Car Variant Level, RIETI Discussion Paper Series 16-E-075, 2016.[PDF]

• Feebate Policies in the Japanese Car Market, 2007-2012: Comments on Konishi and Zhao(2017), 2021.[PDF]

• Greening Vehicle Fleets: A Structural Analysis of Scrappage Programs during the Financial Crisis, 2023. RIETI Discussion Paper Series 23-E-014.[PDF]

  • typo: p28, Scrap = M \sum_{j \ in J} s^{SP}_j → Scrap = \phi M \sum_{j \ in J} s^{SP}_j

Papers in Japanese

Publications

Papers in English

• Environmental Policy as a De Facto Industrial Policy: Evidence from the Japanese Car Market. [LINK] Review of Industrial Organization, vol.60(4), pp. 511-548, June 2022 .

  • Previously titled: Disguised Protectionism? Environmental policy in Japanese car market, 2015.

• Did US safeguards resuscitate Harley-Davidson in the 1980s? (with Hirshi Ohashi)[LINK] Journal of International Economics, vol.79(2), pp.186-197, November 2009. 

Papers in Japanese

• Keitai denwa ni okeru switching cost no teiryo bunseki: bango portability seido no hyoka(English title: Measuring switching costs in Japanese mobile telecommunications market: effects of number portability)(with Keiji Saito and Hiroshi Ohashi)[LINK] JCER Economic Journal (Nihon Keizai Kenkyu), vol.63, pp.29-57, July 2010. (Encouragement prize of the 26th Telecom Social Science Award)

Presentations

Conference Presentations:  

• 「人材配置の経済学」コンファレンス（立命館アジア太平洋大学）, Mar. 2024.

• Workshop on Industrial Organization of Energy and Environmental Markets (Waseda University), Feb. 2024.

• The 10th MAEDA (Nagasaki University), Nov. 2023.

• EARIE 2023 Rome (LUISS University), Aug. 2023.

• Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET) 2023 (Otaru University of Commerce), Aug. 2023.

• The Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2022 Sydney (The University of Sydney), Dec. 2022.

• 「人材配置の経済学」研究会（東北公益文科大学）, Sep. 2022.

• International Workshop on Transportation and Environment, Keio University (online conference), June 2, 2020.

• 「人材配置の経済学」コンファレンス（鳴門教育大学）, Mar. 2020.

• The 9th MAEDA (Kwansei Gakuin University), Nov. 2019.

• Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET) 2019 (Otaru University of Commerce), Aug. 2019.

• 「人材配置の経済学」コンファレンス（富山大学）, Mar. 2019.

• The Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2018 Melbourne (Melbourne University), Dec. 2018.

• The 8th MAEDA (Hokkaido University), Nov. 2018.

• International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC) 2018 Indianapolis (Hilton Indianapolis Hotel), Apr. 2018

• 「人材配置の経済学」コンファレンス（高知工科大学）, Mar. 2018. 

• The Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2017 Auckland (University of Auckland Business School), Dec. 2017.

• Workshop on Economic Analysis of Procurement (Nagoya University), Nov., 2016

• Policy Modeling Conference (Kagawa University), Sep. 2016.

• EARIE 2016 Lisbon (Nova School of Business and Economics), Aug. 2016.

• OEIO Tokyo Conference, Summer 2016 (University of Tokyo), Aug. 2016.

• Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET) 2016 (Otaru University of Commerce), Aug. 2016.

• The 5th MAEDA (Hosei University), Dec. 2015.

• ETSG 2015 Paris (University of Paris 1), Sep. 2015.

• OEIO Tokyo Conference, Spring 2014 (University of Tokyo), Mar. 2014.

• Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2013 (National University of Singapore), Aug. 2013.

• The Japan Society of International Economics 2013 Spring Meeting (Fukuoka University), Jun. 2013.

• Workshop for Research Project on "Globalization and the Behavior of Firms" (Okinawa University), Nov. 2012.

• EARIE 2012 Rome (University of Rome Tor Velgata), Sep. 2012.

• The 3rd Meeting on Applied Economics and Data Analysis (MAEDA) (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Jan. 2012.

• Japanese Economic Association 2011 Autumn Meeting (Tsukuba University), Oct. 2011.

• The Japan Society of International Economics 2011 Annual Meeting (Keio University), Oct. 2011.

• EARIE 2011 Stockholm (KTH Campus and Stockholm School of Economics), Sep. 2011.

• ETSG 2010 Lausanne (University of Lausanne), Sep. 2010.

• EARIE 2010 Istanbul (Grand Hyatt Istanbul, hosted by Sabanci University), Sep. 2010.

• Yokohama Business Economics Workshop (Yokohama National University), Mar. 2010.

• Applied Economics Workshop 2008 (Tohoku University), Dec. 2008.

• Workshop for Research Project on “Global Outsourcing and Dynamics of Economic System” (Nihon University), Aug. 2008.

• Japanese Economic Association 2007 Autumn Meeting (Nihon University), Sep. 2007.

• Applied Econometrics Conference for Young Professionals (Maholova-Minds Miura, hosted by Hitotsubashi University), Sep. 2007.

• International Economics and Finance Society 2007 Annual Meeting (Chukyo University), Jan. 2007.

• European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 2006 Vienna (University of Vienna), Sep. 2006.

Seminar presentations: 

• 2023: University of Tokyo, Jul.

• 2022: RIETI, Nov.

• 2019: Osaka City University, Jun.

• 2018: Waseda University, Jul; Keio University, Dec; RIETI, Dec.

• 2017: University of Tokyo, Mar.

• 2016: University of Tokyo, Jan.; National Taiwan University, Oct; Osaka University., Dec.

• 2015: Asia University, Dec.; Aoyama Gakuin University, Nov.; Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Oct.; RIETI, Jul.; Sophia University, May.

• 2014: Hitotsubashi University, Jan. 

• 2013: Hitotsubashi University, Sep.; Keio University, Jun.; Hitotsubashi University, Jun.; Kobe University, Feb.; RIETI, Feb.; Nagoya University, Jan.; IDE-JETRO, Jan. 

• 2012: Hitotsubashi University, Nov.; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Jun.; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, May; University of Tokyo, May; Osaka University, May; Hokkaido University, Feb. 

• 2011: Yokohama National University, Jul.; National Institute for Environmental Studies, Jun.; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Jun. 

• 2010: Toyama University, Dec.; Osaka University, Nov.; Sophia University, Oct.; Keio University, Jul.; University of Tokyo, Feb.

• 2009: Kwansei Gakuin University, Jul.; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Jul.; Nihon University, May; Osaka University, May; University of Tokyo, Jan.

• Before 2008: University of Tokyo, Jun. 2008; RIETI, Mar. 2008; University of Tokyo, Dec. 2007; University of Tokyo, Oct. 2007; University of Tokyo, Dec. 2005; University of Tokyo, Jan. 2004.

Other Presentations:

• 2022: Development Bank of Japan, Oct.

• 2019: MHM, Dec.

• 2018: NIKKEI Expo, Oct.; Aoyama Gakuin University, Nov.; RIETI, Dec.

• 2016: MEXT, Feb.; Aoyama Gakuin University, Sep.

• 2015: Osaka University, Aug.[PDF]

• 2014: TCER conference(Keio University), Aug.; Ministry of Finance, May; Ministry of Finance, Mar.

• 2013: TCER conference(Hakone Highland Hotel), Dec.; Ministry of Finance, May; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Mar.; Ministry of Finance, Mar.

• 2010: Takasaki Keizai University, Jan.; Nihon University, Jan.

Last updated: May 14, 2016