Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in economics at UCLA
Research Fields: Macroeconomics
E-mail: hkubota [at] g.ucla.edu
Labor Force Participation, Monetary Policy, and Wage Rigidity
Joint with Yuto Iwasaki, Ichiro Muto, and Mototsugu Shintani, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 175, June 2025, 105085. - Published version
Macroeconomic Effects of Monetary Policy in Japan: An Analysis Using Interest Rate Futures Surprises
Joint with Mototsugu Shintani, Empirical Economics, 68, February 2025, pp. 783-801. - Published version – Replication data
Cross-Regional Heterogeneity in Health and Economic Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Japan
Joint with Shotaro Beppu, Daisuke Fujii, Kohei Machi, Yuta Maeda, Taisuke Nakata, and Haruki Shibuya, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Volume 70, December 2023, 101275. – Published version
High-Frequency Identification of Monetary Policy Shocks in Japan
Joint with Mototsugu Shintani, The Japanese Economic Review, 73(3), July 2022, pp. 483-513. – Published version – Replication data