Research Fields

• Primary: Public Finance, Applied Econometrics
• Secondary: Industrial Organization, Japan and East Asian Economies

Current Projects

• A Method for Detecting Tariff Evasion
• Behavioral Responses to Banking Rescue Packages
• ‘Light’ Paternalism v.s. Incentives in a Classroom

Publications

• The Response of Firms to Eligibility Thresholds: Evidence from the Japanese Value-Added Tax, 2009, Journal of Public Economics 93(5-6), 766-775.
• Tax Law Asymmetries and Income Shifting: Evidence from Japanese Capital Keiretsu, forthcoming, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Advances)
• Changes in the Banking System and Small Business Lending, forthcoming, Small Business Economics (with Vera, D.)

Working Papers

• Procrastination, Prompts, and Preferences: Evidence from Daily Records of Self-directed Learning Activities, 2007, (with Kikuchi, R.) — under review
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• Tax Reforms and the Consequence of Political Compromises: The Case of the 1989 Reform in Japan
• A Tale of Pork Prices: Evasion and Attenuation of a Japanese Tariff, 2009, Asia Pacific Economic Papers.
• Capital Injection, Restructuring Targets and Personnel Management: The Case of Japanese Regional Banks, 2009.

Awards and Grants

• ANU Travel Grant, 2008
• Japan Economic Research Foundation Grant, 2007
• J.G. Crawford Award, 2007
• Pacific Basin Endowment Graduate Fellowship, 2003-4
• Joseph Naiman Fellowship in Japanese Studies, 2003
• Burton and Gallan Hall Academic Award, 1997

Teaching

Current

• Japanese Economy and Economic Policy (with Professor Jenny Corbett) 2nd Semester

Previous

• Principles of Economics
• Financial Insurance