Member of Project
Job Experience
2002 Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
*2003 - 2006 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (joint appointment)
*2003 Visiting Scholar, Business School, Columbia University
2001 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1997 - 2001 Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Education
1997 Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University
1990 B.A., Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Selected Publications
Articles
"Corporate Investment and Restructuring," in Takatoshi Ito, Hugh Patrick, and David Weinstein eds., Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, August 2005.
"Strategic Asset Allocation in Japan: An Empirical Evaluation," (with O.S. Mitchell and J. Piggott) Pension Research Council (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) WP 2005-1 (January 2005), 44pages.
"Household Portfolios in Japan," NBER Working Paper #9647. (presented at NBER/CEPR/CIRJE/EIJS Japan project meeting 2002)
"Does International Diversification Really Diversify Risks?" Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 16(1), 2002, pp.109-134.
