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Working Papers

2011

1. Corporate Failure, Supply Shocks and Government Bailouts: A Case Study of Aloha Airlines
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics
2. Integration of North and South American Players in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article INTEGRATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN PLAYERS IN JAPAN'S PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2016) (2016)
3. Integration of North and South American Players in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues Teams in Japan’s two professional baseball leagues began to add foreign players to their rosters in the early 1950s, with the average number of foreign players per team reaching 5.79 in 2004. One reason for their increased use of foreign players was that foreign hitters substantially outperformed Japanese hitters. We show that the pace of team integration with African-American, Latino, and Caucasian players varied substantially across teams, a pattern also observed in North American professional baseball leagues. Using team data for the 1958-2004 seasons, econometric analysis shows that good teams that experienced a poor season played foreign players more frequently in the next season’s games
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2010

4. Self-Serving Mayors and Local Government Consolidations in Japan
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (7)
5. The Designated Hitter Rule in Baseball as a Natural Experiment
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

2006

6. The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan’s Professional Baseball Leagues
   Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics
   Also in Economics Study Area Working Papers, East-West Center, Economics Study Area (2005) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues, Journal of Sports Economics (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2005

7. Institutional Change in Japan: Theory, Evidence, and Reflections
   Economics Study Area Working Papers, East-West Center, Economics Study Area View citations (1)

2001

8. Monetary Policy in Bhutan: Implications of Indian Rupee Circulation
   ビジネス創造センターディスカッション・ペーパー (Discussion papers of the Center for Business Creation), Otaru University of Commerce

2000

9. Deregulation, Monitoring and Ownership Structure: A Case Study of Japanese Banks
   ビジネス創造センターディスカッション・ペーパー (Discussion papers of the Center for Business Creation), Otaru University of Commerce

1999

10. Public Resources Allocation and Election System
    ビジネス創造センターディスカッション・ペーパー (Discussion papers of the Center for Business Creation), Otaru University of Commerce

1995

11. Policy-based finance, financial regulation, and financial sector development in Japan
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1993

12. Property Right Regimes in Japanese Baseball: A New Look at the Rottenberg Invariance Proposition
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

1992

13. Japan's Shift From Process to Product Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Event Study of the Impact on Japanese Firms
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics (1991) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Japan's Shift from Process to Product Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Event Study of the Impact on Japanese Firms, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1995) View citations (13) (1995)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Deeds, not words? Speech and re-election of Japan’s local legislators
   Constitutional Political Economy, 2024, 35, (1), 123-140

2018

2. Generals in defense of allocation: Coups and military budgets in Thailand
   Journal of Asian Economics, 2018, 58, (C), 72-78 View citations (2)

2016

3. INTEGRATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN PLAYERS IN JAPAN'S PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES
   International Economic Review, 2016, 57, (3), 1107-1130
   See also Working Paper Integration of North and South American Players in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues, Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2015

4. A tale of two duopolies: collusion and exit in a local airline industry
   Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (8), 664-667

2011

5. LEGISLATOR INCENTIVES IN A FRAGILE DEMOCRACY: EVIDENCE FROM BUDGET ALLOCATION IN THAILAND
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29, (3), 407-415 View citations (5)

2010

6. Designated Hitter Rule Debate: A Search for Mr. Hyde in Pitchers
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2010, 11, (3), 349-357 View citations (2)

2007

7. The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2007, 8, (5), 491-504 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan’s Professional Baseball Leagues, Working Papers (2006) (2006)

2004

8. Deregulation and governance: plight of Japanese banks in the 1990s
   Applied Economics, 2004, 36, (5), 479-484

2003

9. Public Resource Allocation and Electoral Systems in the U.S. and Japan
   Public Choice, 2003, 115, (1-2), 63-81 View citations (8)

1999

10. Rule Changes and Competitive Balance in Japanese Professional Baseball
    Economic Inquiry, 1999, 37, (2), 353-68 View citations (27)

1995

11. Japan's Shift from Process to Product Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Event Study of the Impact on Japanese Firms
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (1), 88-103 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Japan's Shift From Process to Product Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Event Study of the Impact on Japanese Firms, Working Papers (1992) View citations (1) (1992)

Chapters

2022

1. What Affects Women’s Happiness in India?
   Springer

2016

2. The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951–2004
   Chapter 3 in Sports Through the Lens of Economic History, 2016, pp 30-54