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Working Papers

2010

1. Endogenous Choice on Tax Instruments in a Tax Competition Model: Unit Tax versus Ad Valorem Tax
   Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics View citations (4)

2009

2. Discussion of the Financial Systems of National Universities: Structural analysis of subsidies for operating expenses (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
3. Financial Analysis of the Efficient and Effective Development and Operation of Ports and Harbors: Structural analysis of development, regulation and operation (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
4. Internal Governance and Financial Operation of National Universities: Does governance reform after incorporation improve university management? (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2007

5. Empirical Analysis of Administrative and Financial Systems for Utilizing Infrastructure Assets of Local Governments: A study of the governance systems in operation at regional airports (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2006

6. The Governance and Management Structure of Public Corporations - Achieving Efficient Division of Roles between the Public (National and Local Government) and Private Sectors under Decentralization (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2005

7. Action Timing as a Collusive Common Good
   CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
8. Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States
   CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States, Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc. (2009) View citations (15) (2009)
9. Inflexibility as a Stabilisation Device
   CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
10. On Fiscal Federalism under Democracy
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
11. Short-run and Long-run Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth: Evidence from State-Level Cross-Section Data for the United States
    International and Development Economics Working Papers, International and Development Economics View citations (24)
    Also in CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (2005) View citations (24)
12. leadership meets soft budget
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo View citations (17)

Journal Articles

2011

1. A simple dynamic decentralized leadership model with private savings and local borrowing regulation
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70, (1), 15-24 View citations (11)

2010

2. Incentive Transfer Schemes with Marketable and Nonmarketable Public Services
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2010, 166, (4), 614-640 View citations (1)

2009

3. FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND ECONOMIC VOLATILITY: EVIDENCE FROM STATE‐LEVEL CROSS‐SECTION DATA OF THE USA*
   The Japanese Economic Review, 2009, 60, (2), 223-235 View citations (6)
4. Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States
   Journal of Income Distribution, 2009, 18, (1), 113-129 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States, CIRJE F-Series (2005) View citations (4) (2005)
5. Interregional redistribution as a cure to the soft budget syndrome in federations
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16, (1), 43-58 View citations (16)

2008

6. Too big or too small? A synthetic view of the commitment problem of interregional transfers
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (3), 551-559 View citations (41)

2007

7. Complementarity, fiscal decentralization and economic growth
   Economics of Governance, 2007, 8, (4), 339-362 View citations (22)

2006

8. Fiscal decentralization and centralization under a majority rule: A normative analysis
   Economic Systems, 2006, 30, (1), 41-55 View citations (3)

2002

9. Central government subsidies to local public goods
   Economics of Governance, 2002, 3, (3), 227-239 View citations (5)
10. Fiscal decentralization contributes to economic growth: evidence from state-level cross-section data for the United States
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 52, (1), 93-108 View citations (252)

1998

11. Optimality of a Competitive Equilibrium in a Small Open City with Congestion
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (2), 181-198

1994

12. Ricardian equivalence for local government bonds: Budget constraint approach
    Economics Letters, 1994, 44, (1-2), 191-195 View citations (8)