Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in economics at UCLA
Research Fields: Macroeconomics
E-mail: hkubota [at] g.ucla.edu
Strategic Role of Inventory in Shaping Market Power
Labor Market Concentration, Occupational Choice, and Allocative Efficiency
Joint with Yu Sugioka.
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