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Working Papers

2009

1. Fat Debtors: Time Discounting, Its Anomalies, and Body Mass Index
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
2. How do high school graduates in Japan compete for regular, full time jobs? An empirical analysis based upon an internet survey of the youth
   KIER Working Papers, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

2007

3. Attitudes toward the Income Gap: Japan-U.S. Comparison
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
4. Koizumi Carried the Day: Did the Japanese Election Results Make People Happy and Unhappy?
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University View citations
5. Time Discounting: Declining Impatience and Interval Effect
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2009)

2006

6. Altruism and the Care of Elderly Parents: Evidence from Japanese Families
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University View citations
7. Unhappiness after Hurricane Katrina
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

8. The Productivity of Public Capital: Evidence from the 1994 Electoral Reform of Japan
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

2004

9. Testing the Morale Theory of Nominal Wage Rigidity
   ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University View citations
   See also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2007)
10. Who Supports Redistribution?
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Japanese Economic Review (2004)

2001

11. A Test of the Full Insurance Hypothesis: The Case of Japan
    Discussion Papers, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2002)

1997

12. Labor Demand and the Structure of Adjustment Costs in Japan
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research
    Also in Economics Discussion Papers, University of Essex, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (1998)
13. Population Aging and Consumption Inequality
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations
14. The Productivity Effects of Information Sharing, Profit-Sharing and ESOPs
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (1997)

1995

15. Saving Motives in Japan
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations
16. The Effects of Demographics on the Japanese Housing Market
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (1996)

1992

17. Testing the Matching Hypothsis: The Case of Professional Baseball in Japan with Comparisons to the US
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research
18. The Determinants of Labor Disputes in Japan: A Comparison with the US
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations

1991

19. Request Motives of Aged Households in Japan
    Working Papers, Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. The productivity of public capital: Evidence from Japan's 1994 electoral reform
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2009, 23, (3), 332-343
2. Time discounting: Declining impatience and interval effect
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2009, 39, (1), 87-112
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

3. Experiments on risk attitude: The case of Chinese students
   China Economic Review, 2008, 19, (2), 245-259
4. Inequality in Japan
   Asian Economic Policy Review, 2008, 3, (1), 87-109 View citations

2007

5. Testing the Morale Theory of Nominal Wage Rigidity
   Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 61, (1), 59-74 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

6. WHO SUPPORTS REDISTRIBUTION?
   The Japanese Economic Review, 2004, 55, (4), 333-354 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2002

7. A Test of the Full Insurance Hypothesis: The Case of Japan
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2002, 16, (3), 335-352 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

1998

8. Labor Demand and the Structure of Adjustment Costs in Japan
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1998, 12, (2), 131-150 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)
9. Population Aging and Consumption Inequality in Japan
   Review of Income and Wealth, 1998, 44, (3), 361-81 View citations

1997

10. The Productivity Effects of Information Sharing, Profit Sharing, and ESOPs
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1997, 11, (3), 385-402 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

11. The effect of demographics on the Japanese housing market
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1996, 26, (2), 189-201
    See also Working Paper (1995)
12. The relationship between supervisor and workers -- The case of professional baseball in Japan
    Japan and the World Economy, 1996, 8, (4), 475-488

1994

13. Testing the Matching Hypothesis: The Case of Professional Baseball in Japan with Comparisons to the United States
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1994, 8, (2), 204-219 View citations

1987

14. Postwar business cycles in Japan: A quest for the right explanation
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1987, 1, (4), 373-407 View citations

Chapters

2008

1. The Effects of Demographic Change on Public Education in Japan
   A chapter in The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, NBER-EASE Volume 19, 2008

2003

2. Unions, the Costs of Job Loss, and Vacation
   A chapter in Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States, 2003, pp 371-390