Working Papers
  • From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo (with Junichi Yamasaki and Kensuke Teshima), March 2021 (Current version: February, 2023). PDF​, Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award for the 2021 Joint Real Estate Conference.
  • Satellite-Based Vehicle Flow Data to Assess Local Economic Activities (with Eugenia Go, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Kiyoshi Taniguchi), CIRJE Discussion Paper Series, #F-1209, January 2023. PDF​​ (An earlier version of this paper is circulated as ”On the Use of Satellite-Based Vehicle Flows Data to Assess Local Economic Activity: The Case of Philippine Cities” (ADB Economics Working Papers, #652, March 2022))
  • ​Invention by Collage Graduates in Science and Engineering during Japan's Industrialization (with Shotaro Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu Inoue, Tetsuji Okazaki, Yukiko U. Saito, and Serguey Braguinsky), RIETI Discussion Paper Series 22-E-104, November 2022. PDF
  • The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data (with Yuhei Miyauchi and Stephen Redding), April 2022.  PDF, Web-based Technical Appendix. [VoxEU article]​, Awarded best paper prize AREUEA conference 2021.
  • The Role of Face-to-face Contact in Innovation: The Evidence from the Spanish Flu Pandemic in Japan (with Hiroyasu Inoue, Tesuji Okazaki, and Yukiko Umeno Saito), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 22-E-13, March 2022. PDF​​ [VoxEU article]
  • Local Labor Market Effects of Chinese Imports and Offshoring: Evidence from Matched-Foreign Affiliate-Domestic Parent-Domestic Plant Data in Japan (with Kozo Kiyota and Miho Takizawa), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 22-E-13, March 2022. PDF​​ [VoxEU article]​ [RIETI column (in Japanese)]
  • Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from the Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market (with Kensuke Teshima) PDF, Presented at NBER Summer Institute 2017 (Urban Economics)
  • The Impact of the Opening of High-Speed Rail on Innovation (with Hiroyasu Inoue and Yukiko Umeno Saito), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 17-E-34, March 2017. PDF​​
  • Spatial Patterns of Manufacturing Clusters in Vietnam (with Toshitaka Gokan, Ikuo Kuroiwa, and Shozo Sakata), IDE Discussion Papers, 616, August 2016. PDF
  • Determinants of Industrial Coagglomeration and Establishment-level Productivity (with Daisuke Fujii and Yukiko Umeno Saito), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 15-E-77, June 2015. PDF
  • Innovation and Collaboration Patterns between Research Establishments (with Hiroyasu Inoue and Yukiko Umeno Saito), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 15-E-49, April 2015. PDF​​
  • Role of Inter-firm Transactions on Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data (with Yukiko Umeno Saito and Iichiro Uesugi), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 13-E-21, March 2013. PDF
  • Choice of Product Architecture, Product Quality, and Intra-Firm Coordination: Theory and Evidence (with Hodaka Morita and Tsuyoshi Tsuru), IER Discussion Paper Series, A581, November 2012. PDF
  • Localization of Interfirm Transaction Relationships and Industry Agglomeration (with Yukiko Umeno Saito and Iichiro Uesugi), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 12-E-23, April 2012. PDF
  • Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry, RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 12-E-21, April 2012. PDF​

Publications
Book Chapters
  • Economic Geography and Interfirm Transaction Networks, The Economics of Interfirm Networks, Tsutomu Watanabe, Iichiro Uesugi, and Arito Ono (eds) Springer, Japan, 95-106, August, 2015.

Other Publications
  • The Methodologies of the Subsistence Minimum Determination in Kazakhstan: the Ways and Approaches to Improve, (co-authored with Yuka Takeda), International Labour Organization, Moscow, November 2012.
  • Poverty lines in Canada, in Methods for Estimating the Poverty Lines: Four Country Case Studies, International Labour Organization, Moscow, November 2012.

Invited Book Review
  • Review of “Jinzai no kokusai idō to inobēshon (International Migration of Highly Skilled Workers and Innovation)” by Yukiko Murakami, Social Science Japan Journal 20, pp. 323–325, August, 2017.

Works in Japanese
 
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Upcoming Conference and Seminar Presentations​​​​​​​
  • AGU SIPEC IE Seminar, Aoyama Gakuin University, November 2024

​Past Conference and Seminar Presentations
  • Conference Presentations
    • Interntional Conference "Economic and Social Dynamics in a Changing World: Insights from spatial economics", RIETI, 0ctober 2024
    • 19th East Asian Economic Association International Conference, Thammasat University, October 2024
    • 13th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, June 2024
    • CREI International Forum, the University of Tokyo, March 2024 (Invited)
    • Annual Conference of Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics, Fukui Prefectural University, March 2024 (Invited)
    • 5th Meeting on Transport Economics and Infrastructure,  Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, January 2024
    • Research workshop: Monitoring sustainable development in the era of AI, Nagoya University, December 2023
    • ADB conference, Infrastructure and Urban Development in the Development World, the University of Tokyo, August 2023
    • 12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Bocconi University, Milan, May 2023
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Yamanashi University, December 2022
    • 16th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, World Bank, Washington D.C., September 2022.
    • 2021 Asia Impact Evaluation Conference, Online, December 2021
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Online, November 2021
    • 15th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Online, October 2021
    • 10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Online, April 2021.
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Online, November 2020
    • The 9th Meetings on Applied Economics and Data Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, November 2019
    • 14th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, October 2019
    • 9th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam , May 2019
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Nanzan University, December 2018
    • ADB Institute Conference, November 2018 
    • GRIPS/U-Tokyo Applied Economics Workshop, October 2018
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association (special talk), Gakushuin University, September 2018 
    • Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting,  ITAM, June 2018
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Kobe University, June 2018
    • Annual meeting of Society of Labor Economists, The Westin Harbour Castle Toronto, May 2018
    • Hitotsubashi International Workshop on Real Estate and the Macro Economy, Hitotsubashi University, March 2018
    • EHESS-Keio University Workshop, EHESS, Paris, February 2018
    • 12th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, November 2017 
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association (tutorial session), Ritsumeikan University, June 2017 
    • 7th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Kraks Fond - Institute for Urban Economic Research, May 2017
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference (Invited), Kobe University, November 2016
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Nagoya University, June 2016
    • JSPS- British Academy Collaborative Symposium, "Growing Cities, Divided Cities?", The British Academy, London, January 2016 (Invited)
    • 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Hilton Portland & Executive Towers, November 2015
    • Midwest International Trade Meetings, Pennsylvania State University, October 2015
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Sophia University, October 2015 
    • 14th Annual Symposium on Japanese-American Frontiers of Science, Hotel New Otani, December 2014 (Invited)
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Okinawa Industry Support Center, November 2014
    • 61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Hyatt Regency Bethesda, November 2014
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Seinan Gakuin University, October 2014 
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Kyoto University, December 2013
    • 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International,The Grand Hyatt Atlanta, November 2013
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association (special session), Kanagawa University, September 2013 
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Toyama University, June 2013 
    • Western Economic Association International, 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference," Keio University, March 2013 
    • HIT-TDB-RIETI International Workshop on the Economics of Interfirm Networks, RIETI, November 2012 
    • 7th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Ottawa Westin, November 2012 
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Kyushu Sangyo University, October 2012 
    • The 2nd European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, University of Bratislava, August 2012
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Hokkaido University, June 2012
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Toyama University, December 2011
    • The 6th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Hyatt Regency Miami, November 2011 
    • International Conference, The Demography of Firms and Industries, The University Paris Est Creteil, January 2011
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Nagoya University, December 2010
    • 56th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International,The Grand Hyatt San Francisco, November 2009 
    • The 2009 Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data Conference, Hitotsubashi University, October 2009 (poster session)
    • XVth World Economic History Congress, Utrecht University, August 2009
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Kyoto University, June 2009
    • THIC & APFA7, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hitotsubashi University, March 2009
    • UT-LSE Economic History Conference 2009, University of Tokyo, January 2009
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Kushiro Public University of Economics, November 2008
    • Annual Meeting of the Socio-Economic History Society, Hiroshima University, September 2008
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Tohoku University, June 2008
    • Policy Modeling Conference, Seinan Gakuin University, December 2007 
    • The Sixth Inha-Le Havre International Conference, Inha University, Korea, October 2007 
    • The First China-Japan Joint Seminar on Applied Regional Science, Beijing University, China, October 2007 
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Osaka Gakuin University, June 2007
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Hiroshima University, December 2006
    • Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Fukushima University, June 2006 
    • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Meikai University, December 2005 
    • Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Chuo University, September 2005 
  • Invited Seminar Presentations
    • 2024: Kobe University, Osaka Metropolitan University, Nagoya City University, Doshisha University
    • 2023: Tohoku University, Kansai Labor Economics Workshop, the University of Tokyo
    • 2022: the University of Tokyo, Nihon University, and Kyoto University
    • 2021: Kyoto University
    • 2020: Keio University
    • 2019: Yokohama National University, Hokkaido University, Otaru University of Commerce, National Institute of Informatics, Kyoto University, Nihon University, Hosei University
    • 2018: Housing Research & Advancement Foundation of Japan​, Kwansei Gakuin University, Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, GRIPS, Tokyo University of Science, Waseda University, Kansai Labor Economics Workshop.
    • 2017: Kagawa University, Osaka University, Tohoku University x2, Hitotsubashi University, Kindai University, Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo,  Institute of Statistical Research, Aoyama Gakuin University, GRIPS/U. Tokyo/Hitotsubashi U.
    • 2016: Kyoto University, Kindai University, Keio University x2, Shiga University, and Chuo University
    • 2015: Fukuoka University, Kobe University, and Kyoto University x2, GRIPS
    • 2014: Kyoto University x2 and Temple University
    • 2013: Keio University, GRIPS, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Tongji University (China), Kansai Labor Economics Workshop, Nihon University
    • 2012: Kyushu University, Tohoku University, Hitotsubashi University, GRIPS, Kyoto University x2, the University of Tokyo, IDE-Jetro, Doshisha University
    • 2011: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Hitotsubashi University x2, Development Bank of Japan, Osaka University, Keio University
    • 2010: Yokohama National University, Tsukuba University, GRIPS, Kwansei Gakuin University
    • 2009: the University of Tokyo x2, Nihon University, Bank of Japan, Kyusyu University, Kansai Labor Economics Workshop, Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi University, Tsukuba University
    • 2008: Tohoku University x2 , Nihon University, Osaka University
    • 2007: Toyama University, the University of Tokyo
    • 2006: Kyoto University, Tohoku University, GRIPS, Nagoya University, the University of Tokyo x2
    • 2005: the University of Tokyo x2