Working papers and work in progress
1. "Corporate Philanthropy and Market Presence: The Case of Walmart’s Charitable Giving" (with Andrew Ching and Strahil Lepoev), resubmitted, March 2026
2. "How Parent Firms’ Entry Timing Fosters Child Firm Performance,” submitted, January 2026
3. “When Mergers Fail: Evaluating a Role of Geography behind a Slowdown after an Acquisition,” January 2026
4. "Are We Undercounting Reallocation's Contribution to Growth?" (with Rotemberg, M., Petrin, A., White, K.), resubmitted, Review of Economic Dynamics, March 2026
5. “Detecting Collusion from Locations and Prices in the Retail Gasoline Market” (with Jianhui Li) January 2020
6. "Estimating a Model of Network Choice in Markets beyond Duopoly" (with Hiroshi Uno) 2018
7. "Franchising Encroachment in Dynamic Competition" 2024
Published research
"Entry Order, Performance, and Geography: The Case of the Convenience-Store Industry in Japan," International Economic Review, 2025, 66(2), 787-822. Journal Website SSRN
2. "Threat of Entry and Organizational-Form Choice: The Case of Franchising in Retailing" (with Nathan Yang)
Journal of Marketing Research, 2020, 57(5), 810-830. Journal Website Link to supplementary material
3. "The Determinants and Consequences of Search Cost Heterogeneity: Evidence from Local Gasoline Markets" (with Mark Remer)
Journal of Marketing Research, 2018, 55(3), 305-320. (Lead Article) Journal Website Supplementary material is available here
4. "Lowering Consumer Search Costs Can Lead to Higher Prices" (with Mark Remer)
Economics Letters, 2018, 162, 1-4. (Lead Article) Journal Website
5. “First-Mover Advantage through Distribution: A Decomposition Approach"
Marketing Science, 2017, 36(4), 590-609. Journal Website Supplementary material is available here
6. "Estimating a Model of Strategic Network Choice: The Convenience-Store Industry in Okinawa"
Marketing Science. 2015, January-February, 34, 20-38. Journal Website Supplementary material is available here.
7. “Regulation, Enforcement, and Competition: Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry”
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2014, January, 32, 11-23. Journal Website Awarded 2014 Miyazawa Kenichi Memorial Prize for the best paper in competition policy.
8. "The Costs of Zoning Regulations in Retail Chains: The Case of the City Planning Act of 1968 in Japan"
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2014, 45(3), 305-328. Journal Website
9. “Exploring Reallocation's Apparent Weak Contribution to Growth” (with Petrin, A., Polanec, S.)
Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2014, 42, 187-210. Journal Website Code