Recent Activities Recent papers “Advertisement and Product Design” (co-authored with I.-K. Cho and S. Imai) “A Structural Study of Brands using the Wine-Tasting Experiment” (co-authored with S. Imai and K. Nakata) “International Harmonization of the Patent-Issuing Rules” (co-authored with K. Miyagiwa), International Journal of Industrial Organization,Volume 39, March 2015, Pages 81–89. “Nuclear bombs and economic sanctions” (co-authored with K. Miyagiwa) Southern Economic Journal, Volume 82, Issue 2, pages 635–646, October 2015. Japanese Women Economists Network (J-WEN)  Facebook Group Page - Join us!! Working Group for Female and Junior Economists (WG-FJE) / Japanese Economic Association Upcoming Events Coming Soon Fields of Interest International Trade Theory/ International Economics （国際貿易論・国際経済学） Industrial Organization/ Theory of Firms （産業組織論・企業論） Intellectual Property Rights （知的所有権） Microeconomics/ Game Theory （ミクロ経済学・ゲーム論） Transfer Pricing （移転価格） Education 1990-1993 University of Washington, Seattle (Ph.D. in Economics) 1990 Aoyama Gakuin University, SIPEC (BA in Economics) Professional Appointments (Academic) 2015-Present  Hokkaido University, Prof. of Economics 2010-2015     Hokkaido University, Assoc. Prof. of Economics 1997-2002     Rice University, Assist. Prof. of Economics 1994-1997     Oregon State University, Assist. Prof. of Economics 1993-1994     University of Washington, Visiting Scientist  Professional Appointments (Consulting) 2009- 2010    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Transfer Pricing Economist 2002-2008    Deloitte Tax LLP, Transfer Pricing Economist

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