Research

Published Papers

1. "Product Innovation, Product Diversification and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan's Early Industrialization" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Tetsuji Okazaki, Chad Syverson), American Economic Review, Vol. 111(12), 2021, pp.3795-3826(lead article) Online Appendix

2. "Trends in Gender Pay Gaps of Scientists and Engineers in Academia and Industry (with Rajshree Agarwal, Waverly Ding), Nature Biotechnology, Vol.39, 2021, pp.1019-1024.

3. "Management Practices and Productivity in Japan: Evidence from Six Industries in JP MOPS" (with Ryo Kambayashi and Nobuko Hori), Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Vol.61(Sep), 2021. Open Access Online Appendix

4. "Centers of Gravity: The Effect of Stable Shared Leadership in Top Management Teams on Firm Growth and Industry Evolution" (with Rajshree Agarwal, Serguey Braguinsky), Strategic Management Journal, Vol.41(3), 2020, pp.467-pp.498. Online Appendix

5. "Entrepreneurship and Job Relatedness of Human Capital", Economica, Vol. 38(328), 2015, pp.740-768.

6. "Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Tetsuji Okazaki, Chad Syverson), American Economic Review, Vol. 105(7), 2015, pp.2086-2119. Online Appendix.

7. "Industry or Academia, Basic or Applied? Career Choices and Earnings Trajectories of Scientists" (with Rajshree Agarwal), Management Science, Vol. 59(4), 2013, pp.950-970. Online Appendix.

8. "High-Tech Entrepreneurship" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Steven Klepper), Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 55(4), 2012, pp. 869-890.

9. "Noisy SelectionModel and the Evolution of Firm Size and Within-Firm Earnings Distributions: A Unified Approach" (with Serguey Braguinsky), Small Business Economics, Vol. 37(1), 2011, pp. 59-72.

10. "A Theory of Industry Dynamics with Innovation and Imitation" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Salavat Gabdrakhmanov), Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 10(4), 2007, pp. 729-760.

11. "Entrepreneurial Ability and Market Selection in an Infant Industry: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Kevin M. Murphy), Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 7(2), 2004, pp. 354-381.

Working Papers

Work in Progress

1. "Management Practices and Transactional Relationships" (with Yusuke Imani)

2 "Business Expectation and Firm Performance in an Interconnected Economy"(with Takuya Hiraiwa)

Other Papers

1. “Understanding U.S. Ethanol Consumption and Its Implications for Policy: A Study of the Impact of State-Level Incentives,” (with Jay P. Kesan), University of Illinois Law Review, 2011, pp.435-474

2. "Productivity and management" (in Japanese) (with R. Kambayashi, T. Kameda, T. Kawamoto, S. Sugihara), Tokei, 2018, pp.20-29.