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Publications

Published Articles

"What drives fluctuations of labor wedge and business cycles? Evidence from Japan" (joint work with Masaru Inaba and Daichi Shirai) Journal of Macroeconomics Vol.72, 103402, 2022.

"Why is the Shape of the Laffer Curve for Consumption Tax Different from That for Labor Income Tax?" (joint work with Kazuki Hiraga) FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis Vol. 78 No. 3, 342 – 361, 2022.

"A Comparison of Behavior-Restriction and Test-and-Isolate Policies Using an Epidemiological Model" (joint with Keiichiro Kobayashi) Journal of International Economic Studies No.36, 139‒156, 2022.

“Do Credit Market Imperfections Justify a Central Bank's Response to Asset Price Fluctuations?" Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol.61, Issue C, pp.81-94, 2015.

“Laffer Curves in Japan" Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Vol.36, Issue C, pp.56-72, 2015.

“What Asset Prices Should be Targeted by a Central Bank?" Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Vol.46, Issue 4, pp.817-836, 2014.

“Asset Prices, Nominal Rigidities, and Monetary Policy: Negative Monetary Policy Responses to Asset Price Fluctuations" Theoretical Economics Letters Vol.4, No.8, pp.634-638, 2014.

“Asset Prices, Nominal Rigidities, and Monetary Policy: Role of Price Indexation" Theoretical Economics Letters Vol.3, No.3, pp.182-187, 2013.

“An Application of Business Cycle Accounting with Misspecified Wedges," (joint with Masaru Inaba), Review of Economic Dynamics Vol. 15, Issue 2, April 2012, pp. 265-269, 2012.

“Note on Nominal Rigidities and News-Driven Business Cycles"　Theoretical Economics Letters Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 431-434, 2012.

“Nominal Rigidities, News-Driven Business Cycles and Monetary Policy” (joint with Keiichiro Kobayashi) The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics Vol.10, Issue 1 (Contributions), Article 24, pp. 1-24, 2010.

“Internal and External Habits and News-Driven Business Cycles” Economics Letters Vol.107, Issue 2, pp.300-303, 2010.

“The Role of Investment Wedges in the Carlstrom-Fuerst Economy and Business Cycle Accounting” (joint with Masaru Inaba) Economics Letters Vol.105, Issue 3, pp.200-203, 2009.

“Structural Changes and Economic Growth: Evidence from Japan” Economics Bulletin Vol.15 No.9, pp.1-11, 2008

“Collateralized Capital and News-Driven Cycles” (joint with Keiichiro Kobayashi) Economics Bulletin Vol.5 No.17, pp.1-9, 2007

Papers

Discussion Papers

"A benefit of monetary policy response to inequality" CIGS Working Paper Series No.22-006E

"Trend inflation, asset prices and monetary policy" CIGS Working Paper Series No. 21-004E

"Why is the Shape of the Laffer Curve for Consumption Tax Different from That for Labor Income Tax?" (joint work with Kazuki Hiraga) CIGS Working Paper Series No. 18-004E

“Dynamic Effects of Fiscal Policy in Japan: Evidence from a Structural VAR with Sign Restrictions"(joint with Kensuke Miyazawa) CIGS Working Paper Series No.13-006E

“Asset Prices, Nominal Rigidities, and Monetary Policy: Role of Price Indexation” MPRA Paper 29859

“On Equivalence Results in Business Cycle Accounting” (joint with Masaru Inaba) RIETI Discussion Paper 08-E-015

“Asset Pricing Accounting” Paper presented at the 2007 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, 2007

“The Short-Run Effect of Technology Shocks: A Solow-Hall Approach” Paper presented at the 2006 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, 2006