Publications
"Electric Vehicle Charging Management Using Auction Mechanism for Reducing PV Curtailment in Distribution Systems" (with Hiroshi Kikusato, Yu Fujimoto, Shin-ichi Hanada, Shinya Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Ohashi and Yasuhiro Hayashi), IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol.11(3), July 2020.
"Price Effects of Target Ratcheting: A Progress Report on Medical Devices " (with Hiroshi Ohashi), Japanese Economic Review, Vol.70(3), August 2019.
"Innovation Height and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis from the Community Innovation Survey" (with Kohei Nishikawa and Hiroshi Ohashi), KDI Journal of Economic Policy, Vol.37(1), February 2015.
"Quantitative Policy Analysis of Innovation Activities: Application to Dynamic Structural Estimation" (with Hiroshi Ohashi), Public Policy Review, Vol.9(2), March 2013.
"A Dynamic Model of Product Innovation Activity in Japan and Discussions of Its Policy Implications" (with Hiroshi Ohashi), Economic Review, Vol.62(3), July 2011. [in Japanese]
Working Papers
"Role of Advance Notice on High-priced Hours: Critical peak pricing on industrial demand" (with Hiroshi Ohashi and Tokunari Anai), RIETI Discussion Paper, 22-E-068, July 2022.
"Cost Effect of Mergers in Public Hospitals in Japan" (with Sahoko Furuta and Hiroshi Ohashi), CIRJE Discussion Paper, CIRJE-J-290, September 2017. [in Japanese]
"Effects of Load Adjustment Contracts on Industrial Electricity Use in Japan" (with Hiroshi Ohashi), RIETI Discussion Paper, 15-J-053, September 2015. [in Japanese]
"Innovation Height and Firm Performance: Using Innovation Survey from Japan" (with Kohei Nishikawa and Hiroshi Ohashi), CIRJE Discussion Paper, CIRJE-F-956, February 2015.
"An Overview on Survey Results on Industrial Electricity Demand in Japan" (with Hiroshi Ohashi, Kohei Nishikawa and Shin-ichi Hanada), CIRJE Discussion Paper, CIRJE-J-246, April 2013. [in Japanese]
"New-to-Market Product Innovation and Firm Performance: Evidence from Firm-level Innovation Survey in Japan" (with Kohei Nishikawa and Hiroshi Ohashi), RIETI Discussion Paper, 12-E-077, December 2012.
"Spillovers and Strategic Dynamics in Product Innovation: Some implications to innovation policy in Japan" (with Hiroshi Ohashi), RIETI Discussion Paper, 12-J-034, October 2012. [in Japanese]
Presentations
"The Role of Advance Notice in Shaping Industrial Response to Time-Varying Electricity Prices," 2024 Taipei Workshop on Energy Economics, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (Nankang, Taiwan), December 2024.
"R&D Subsidies and Market Competition: Panel Data Analysis in Japan," EARIE 2023, Luiss University (Roma, Italy), August 2023.
"Effectiveness of Public Subsidy Policy in a Competitive Environment: Panel Data Analysis in Japan ," CPRC Seminar, Competition Policy Research Center (Tokyo, Japan; online), July 2022.
"Effectiveness of Public Subsidy Policy on Firm Performance in Dynamic R&D Investment: Panel Data Analysis in Japan," 11th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, Jiangsu University (Nanjing, China; online), December 2021.
"The Effects of R&D Subsidies on Private R&D Expenditures in Oligopolistic Markets: Empirical Evidence from Japan," EARIE 2019, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), September 2019.
"Intertemporal Substitution in Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Dynamic Pricing Experiment for Residential Customers in Japan," EARIE 2018, Athens College & Psychiko College (Athens, Greece), August 2018.
"Horizontal Integration and Efficiency: Evidence from Hospital Mergers in Japan," 2018 Pan Pacific Conference in Economic Research, Hawaii Tokai International College (Kapolei, Hawaii), March 2018.
"Bargaining under Dynamic Regulation on Reimbursement: Evidence from Cardiac Pacemakers in Japan," Meeting on Applied Economics and Data Analysis, Seijo University (Tokyo, Japan), November 2017.
"Intertemporal Substitution in Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Dynamic Pricing Experiment for Residential Customers," Summer Workshop on Economic Theory 2017, Otaru University of Commerce (Hokkaido, Japan), August 2017.
"Economic Analysis on Price-Based DR Programs on Residential Customers," 2017 JST-NSF-RCN Workshop on Distributed Energy Management Systems, AKIBA PLAZA (Tokyo, Japan), June 2017.
"Effects of Dynamic Electricity Pricing on Residential Customers," 7th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, ACROS Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan), November 2016.
"Economic Analysis on Price-based DR Programs on Household Customers: Effects of Price Salience on Customer Response," Workshop on Distributed Energy Management System, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan), December 2015.
"Effects of Government Subsidies on Private Innovation Activities: Using Innovations Survey," IO Conference, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), June 2015.
"Spillovers and Strategic Innovation Activities in a Dynamic Environment: Empirical Implications for Innovation Subsidies," EARIE 2013, University of Évora (Évora, Portugal), September 2013.
"Spillovers and Strategic Dynamics in Product Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Japanese National Innovation Survey 2009 and Implications for Public Financial Support," 18th International Panel Data Conference, Banque de France (Paris, France), July 2012.
"Dynamic Interdependence in Firms’ Product Innovation: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Public Financial Support," 2nd Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, National University of Singapore (Singapore), May 2011.
Awards
Excellent Paper Award (Second Place) "Effectiveness of Public Subsidy Policy on Firm Performance in Dynamic R&D Investment: Panel Data Analysis in Japan," 11th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, December 2021.