I teach International Economics and have interests in Empirical Industrial Organization, Energy, Japan and Applied Econometrics
My Work
Most cited work
In earlier years, I did work in XR pass-through in East Asia. “Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Currency Invoicing: Implications for Monetary Integration in East Asia,” with Kiyotaka Sato, The World Economy (2006) 29(12) 1759-88.
Skills
I regularly use STATA and EViews for statistical analysis , but have used many software programs in the past: GAUSS, Shazam, PcGive, etc.
Courses I teach
I currently teach International Economics and International Trade at Undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels. I also teach for the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship students at YNU. I have also taught Development, Intro/Intermediate Micro, Macro in the US (U. Hawaii and U. Alaska) as well as in Japan. (Sophia University, Yokohama City University, etc.)
About Me

Some useful sites
- East Asian Economic Association http://www.eaeaweb.com
- YNU IPhD Program https://www.economics.ynu.ac.jp/igp/
- https://oec.world/en/
