Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanities,
Nihon University
Address: 12-5, Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8251, Japan
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WORKING PAPERS
Spatial frictions (former title:
Agglomeration and firm selection),
with Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, and Jens Südekum
Localized knowledge spillovers and patent citations: A distance-based approach,
with Ryo Nakajima, Ryosuke Okamoto, and Ryuichi Tamura
The Henry George Theorem in a second best world,
with Kristian Behrens and Yoshitsugu Kanemoto
Trade, wages, and productivity (former title:
Trade, firm selection, and the `toughness of competition':
general equilibrium theory with applications),
with Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, and Jens Südekum
Globalization and individual gains from trade,
with Kristian Behrens
A theory of geography and development
Intergenerational linkages and economic geography
PUBLICATIONS
Trade, competition, and efficiency (former title:
Gains from trade and efficiency under monopolistic competition:
a variable elasticity case),
with Kristian Behrens,
Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.
On the number and the composition of varieties (former title:
Nonhomothetic preferences, increasing returns,
and the introduction of new final goods),
Economic Journal, 119(539), 1065-1087, 2009.
City size and the Henry George Theorem
under monopolistic competition,
with Kristian Behrens,
Journal of Urban Economics, 65(2), 228-235, 2009.
Engel's law, Petty's law, and agglomeration
(former title: Structural change and agglomeration),
Journal of Development Economics, 87(1), 161-177, 2008.
General equilibrium models of monopolistic competition:
a new approach, with Kristian Behrens,
Journal of Economic Theory, 136(1), 776-787, 2007.
Taste heterogeneity and the scale of production:
fragmentation, unification, and segmentation,
Journal of Urban Economics, 62(1), 135-160, 2007.
A simple model of economic geography à la Helpman-Tabuchi,
with Jacques-François Thisse,
Journal of Urban Economics, 58(1), 137-155, 2005.
Product diversity, taste heterogeneity, and
geographic distribution of economic activities:
market vs. non-market interactions,
Journal of Urban Economics, 53(1), 126-144, 2003.
Rural-urban interdependence and industrialization,
Journal of Development Economics, 68(1), 1-34, 2002.