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Books

Tsuru, T. and Morishima M., eds., Sekai no Kojo kara Sekai no Kaihatsu Kyoten he --- Seihin Kaihatsu to Jinzai Management no Nichi Chu Kan Hikaku (From Global Factories to Global R&D Centers: An International Comparison of Product Development and Human Resource Management in Japan, Korea, and China; in Japanese), Tokyo: Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2012.
Tsuru, T., Abe, M. and Kubo, K., Nihon Kigyo no Jinji Kaikaku --- Jinji Deta niyoru Seikasyugi no Kensyho (Transforming Incentives: Evaluating Pay for Performance in the Japanese Firm ; in Japanese), Tokyo: Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2005.
Tsuru, T. and Denki Soken, eds., Sentaku to Shuchu --- Nihon no Denki Joho Kanren Kigyo niokeru Jittai Bunseki (Selecting and Focusing: An Empirical Analysis of Electronics and Infomation Technology Firms in Japan; in Japanese), Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2004.
Tsuru, T., Roushi Kankei no Nonyunionka --- Mikuroteki Seidoteki Bunseki (The Nonunionization of Labor Relations: Micro and Institutional Analysis; in Japanese), Tokyo: Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2002.
Odaka, K. and Tsuru, T. eds., Dejitaruka Jidai no SoshikiKakushin --- Kigyou Shokuba no Henyou wo Kenshousuru (Organizational Restructuring in the Age of Digital Innovation: Tracing the Evolution of Japanese Workplace and Firm; in Japanese), Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2001.
Tsuru, T. ed., Seisan Sisutemu no Kakushin to Shinka --- Nihonkigyou niokeru Seruseisan Houshiki no Shintou (The Evolution and Refinement of Production Systems: The Diffusion of Cell Production in Japanese Enterprises; in Japanese), Tokyo: Nihon Hyoron Sha, 2001.
Mizoguchi, T., Takayama, N., Kuboniwa, M. and Tsuru, T. eds., Making Economies More Efficient and More Equitable: Factors Determining Income Distribution, Kinokuniya and Oxford University Press, 1991.

Selected Articles

Owan, H., Tsuru, T, and Uehara, K."Seller-Buyer Ethnic Matches: The Case of Car Transactions at Two North American Auto Dealerships," Hitosubashi Journal of Economics, 53(2), December 2012, pp. 217-236.
Takahashi, S., Tsuru, T. and Uehara, K., "Theory and Practice of Subjective Performance Evaluations: Evidence from Matched Personnel and Transaction Records and Employee Survey Data in a Large Japanese Auto Sales Company," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 62(4), October 2011, pp. 289-300.
Tsuru, T., "The Union Wage Premium, Voice, and Nonunion Workers' Attitudes: Before and After Japan’s Lost Decade," Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 161-204.
Tsuru, T., Yoshinaka, T., Enoki, H. and Tokuda, H., "Union Wage and Voice Effects and Nonunion Workers’ Attitude Toward Unionization: Before and After Japan’s Lost Decade," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 60(2), April 2009, pp. 140-155.
Tsuru, T., "Transforming Incentives: Analysis of Personnel and Employee Output Data in a Large Japanese Auto Sales Firm," Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 40(2), December 2008, pp. 109-132.
Tsuru, T., Owan, H. and Uehara, K., "Incentives and Gaming in a Nonlinear Compensation Scheme and the Influence of Ethnicity: Evidence from Transaction Data in North American Auto Dealerships," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 60(1), January 2009, pp. 75-93.
Tsuru, T., "Transforming the Incentive Mechanism in a Japanese Auto Dealership: Empirical Analysis of Personnel and Employee Output Data," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 57(4), 2006, pp. 314-327.
Tsuru, T., "’Buyout’ and Adverse Selection in Employment Adjustment: Evidence from Personnel Data," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 56(1), 2005, pp. 42-52.
Tsuru, T., Abe, M. and Kubo, K., "Pay Structures and the Transformation of Japanese Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Performance and Pay Using Personnel Data," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 54(3), 2003, pp. 264-285.
Isa, K. and Tsuru, T., "Cell Production and Workplace Innovation in Japan: Toward a New Model for Japanese Manufacturing?" Industrial Relations, 41(4), October 2002, pp. 548-578.
Tsuru, T. and Isa, K., "Organizational Innovation in the Japanese Enterprise: Production Systems, Information Technology, and Personnel Systems from a Perspective of Complimentarity," (in Japanese) Dejitaruka Jidai no Soshiki Kakushin --- Kigyou Shokuba no Henyou wo Kenshousuru (Organizational Restructuring in the Age of Digital Innovation: Tracing the Evolution of Japanese Workplace and Firm; in Japanese) (Odaka, K. and Tsuru, T., eds.) 2001, pp. 65-92.
Tsuru, T., "Reactions of Employees to Personnel Evaluations and Wage Differentials: Case Study of a Manufacturing Firm," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 52(2), April 2001, pp. 143-156.
Morishima, M. and Tsuru, T., "Nonunion Employee Representation in Japan," in Kaufman, B.E. and Taras, D.G., eds., Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy， New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2000, pp. 386-409.
Tsuru, T., Morishima, M. and Okunishi, Y., "Recent Changes in Incentive Mechanisms of Japanese Firms: Evidence from a New Survey of Personnel Managers," (in Japanese) The Economic Review, 50(3), July 1999, pp. 259-283.
Tsuru, T. and Rebitzer, J.B., "The Limits of Enterprise Unionism: Prospects for Continuing Union Decline in Japan," British Journal of Industrial Relations, 33(3), September 1995, pp. 459-492.
Tsuru, T., "The Distancing of Workers from Labor Unions in Contemporary Japan," (in Japanese) Japan's Employment System and Labor Market (Inoki, T. and Higuchi, Y., eds.) Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1995, pp. 175-195.
Tsuru, T., "The Social Structure of Accumulation Approach and the Regulation Approach: A US-Japan Comparison of the Reserve Army Effect," in Kotz, D.M., et al., eds., Social Structures of Accumulation: The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 274-291.
Tsuru, T., "Wage Spillovers under the Spring Offensive System in Japan," Mondes en Developpement, 20(79/80), 1992, pp. 21-29.
Tsuru, T., "Unit Labor Costs, the Reserve Army Effect, and the Collective Bargaining System: A.U.S.-Japan Comparison," in Mizoguchi, T., et al., eds., Making Economies More Efficient and More Equitable: Factors Determining Income Distribution, Tokyo: Kinokuniya and Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 407-435.
Tsuru, T., "The Reserve Army Effect, Unions, and Nominal Wage Growth," Industrial Relations, 30(2), Spring 1991, pp. 251-270.