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Effects of Protection on Resource Allocation and Welfare, Ph.D Dissertation,0Stanford University, 1978
Books
  • Industrial Policies in East Asia, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), 1992 (edited with Ryuichiro Inoue and Hirohisa Kohama)
  • Measuring the Costs of Protection in Japan, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., 1995 (with Y.Sazanami and H.Kawai).
  • Foreign Direct Investment: Gearing Towards Stronger Philippines-Japan Economic Relations in the 90's and Beyond, monograph series 1, Yuchengco Institute of the Philippines-Japan Relations, De La Salle University, Manila, Phillipines, 1996.
  • Asia & Europe: Beyond Competing Regionalism, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, 1998 (edited with Kiichiro Fukasaku and Fukunari Kimura)
  • Small Firm Dynamism in East Asia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, and London, 2002 (co-edited with Farrukh Iqbal) also Small Business Economics Special Issue, vol. 18, Nos. 1-3, February-May 2002.
  • Winning in Asia, Japanese Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success, Palgrave, New York, 2002 (co-edited with Vinod K. Aggarwal)
  • Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2003 (co-edited with Sanjaya Lall).
  • Bilateral Trade Agreements: Origins, evolution, and implications, Routledge, New York, 2005 (co-edited with Vinod K. Aggarwal)
  • The Political Economy of the Proliferation of FTAs, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), Seoul, Korea, 2005 (co-authored with Yung Chul Park and Inkyo Cheong)
  • Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia, Routledge, New York, 2006 (co-edited with Chia Siow Yue and Fukunari Kimura)
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Articles

  • "Effects of Protection on Resource Allocation and Welfare for the Japanese Economy: An Application of Computing General Equilibria," Memorandum, The Brookings Institution, 1979.
  • "Price-Cost Margins and Foreign Trade in U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries: An Analysis of Pooled Cross-Section and Time-Series Data," Economics Letters, 4, 1979, 279-82.
  • "Sources of Growth and Structural Change in Yugoslavia: 1972-76," Memorandum, The World Bank, 1981.
  • "Factor Inputs and Japanese Manufacturing Trade Structure," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol.LXV, no.4, November 1983, 678-84.
  • "Price-Cost Margins and Imports in an Oligopolistic Market," Economics Letters,15, 1984, 139-44.
  • "Turkey: Recent Economic Performance and Medium Term Prospects, 1978-1990," World Bank Staff Working Paper, no. 602, 1983 (with Jeffrey D. Lewis).
  • "The Impact of Alternative Development Strategies: Simulations with a Dynamic Input-Output Model," Journal of Policy Modeling, vol.8, no.4, 1986, 503-29 (with Yuji Kubo and Sherman Robinson).
  • "Models to Analyze the Impact of Trade Reforms on Market Structure and Performance," presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Latin American Econometrics Society, 1983 (with Jaime de Melo).
  • "Anatomy of a Balance of Payments Crisis: Application of a Computable General Equilibrium Model to Turkey, 1978-80," Economic Modelling, vol.1, July 1984, 281-303 (with Jeffrey D. Lewis).
  • "The Influence of Increased Foreign Competition on Industrial Concentration and Profitability," International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol.4, no.3, 1986, 287-304 (with Jaime de Melo).
  • "A General Equlibrium Estimation of the Effects of Reductions in Tariffs and Quantitative Restrictions in Turkey in 1978," in General Equilibrium Trade Policy Modelling, T.N.Srinivasan and J.Whalley, eds., MIT Press, 1986, 61-88 (with Wafik Grais and Jaime de Melo).
  • "Sources of Economic Growth and Structural Change in the Soviet Union," in Input-Output Analysis: Current Developments, M.Ciashini, ed., Chapman & Hall, London, 1988, 301-323.
  • "Sources of Changes in Factor Intensity of Trade," Journal of Development Economics, vol.24, 1986, 225-37 (with Moshe Syrquin).
  • "Coping with a Foreign Exchange Crisis: A General Equilibrium Model of Alternative Adjustment Mechanisms," Mathematical Programming Study, vol.23, 1985, 75-94 (with Timothy Condon and Sherman Robinson).
  • "A Simultaneous Equation Analysis of Concentration, Profitability and the Pattern of Trade in the Chilean Manufacturing Sector," Development Research Department, World Bank, 1985 (withe Jaime de Melo).
  • "Sources of Economic Growth and Structural Change in China: 1965-81," Journal of Comparative Economics, vol.11, no.1, March 1987, 96-115.
  • "The Effect of Voluntary Export Restraints on Trade, Investment, and Interindustry Interaction: Recent Experience of Japanese Autos," presented at International Conference on U.S.-Japan Competitiveness, Keio University, November 5-6, 1987 (with Yoko Sazanami and Noboru Hamaguchi).
  • "Sources of Economic Growth and Structural Change: An International Comparison," in The Balance Between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development, vol.2, Sector Proportions, eds. J.G.Williamson and V.R.Pachamukhi, IEA Conference Volume Series, Mcmillan, 1988, 144-166.
  • "Development of Japanese Motor Vehicle Industry in Post WWII," Industry and Development, UNIDO, no.24, 1988, 1-33.
  • "Technology Imports and Human Resource Development in Japan," Waseda Journal of Asian Studies, vol.10, 1988, 1-21.
  • "The Impact of Recent Yen Appreciation on the Japanese Economy," Developing Economies, vol.XXVI, no.4, 1988, 323-340 (with Hirohisa Kohama).
  • "Economic Growth and Changing Patter of Interdepence in the Pacific Region," presented at the First Conference on Asia-Pacific Relation, Export-Import Bank of Japan, April 1988.
  • "The Macroeconomic Determinants of Japanese Direct Investment in the United States," mimeo. 1988. (with E.Ramstetter).
  • "Economic Growth and Structural Change in the Asian NIEs and ASEAN Economies," presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference, sponsered by FAIR Japan, in Tokyo, June 1989 (with H.Osada, Y.Akiyama and Y.Torii).
  • "Recent Economic Developments in the Pacific Region: Changing Role of Japan in the Regional Interdependence," presented at the Second Conference on Asia-Pacific Relation, Fukuoka, August 28-29, 1989.
  • "Changing Pattern of Technology Policy in Japan," in Technological Challenge in the Asia-Pacific Economy, eds., H.Soesastro and M.Pangestu, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990 (with Shuji Tamura).
  • "The Impact of Imported Technologies on Japan's Economic Development in 1950s and 1960s," in Economic Development of Japan and Korea, eds. C.H.Lee and I.Yamazawa, Praeger, New York, 1990, 73-86.
  • "Rapid Globalization of Japanese Firms in the 1980s: An Analysis of the Activities of Japanese Firms in Asia," presented at the Meeting of Experts, OECD, Paris, June 20-21, 1990.
  • "Globalization and Regionalization in the World Economy: A Study on the Effect of Globalization of the Japanese Firms on Regionalization in Asia," presented at An International Symposium on "The Perspectives of A New World Economic System After the End of the Cold War," sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, FAIR, and NBER, September 11-12, 1990, Tokyo
  • "The Rapid Increase of Direct Investment Abroad and Structural Change in Japan," in Direct Foreign Investment in Asia's Developing Economies and Structural Change in the Asia-Pacific Region, ed. E.Ramstetter, Westview, 1991, 175-99.
  • "Industrial Adjustment in Japan and Its Implications for Developing Countries," presented at an international conference titled Industrial Adjustment in Developed Countries and Its Implications for Developing Countries, held at the Institute of Developing Economies, February 1-2, 1991.
  • "Globalization of Japanese Electronics Industry and Its Impacts on Foreign Trade in Electronics Products," prepared for the OECD project on "Globalizataion and Regionalization," February 1991.
  • "Emerging Technology Transfer Patterns in the Pacific Asia," presented at an international conference on "The Emerging Technological Trajectory of the Pacific Rim," at Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, October 4-6, 1991, in The Emerging Technological Trajectory of the Pacific Rim, ed. Denis Fred Simon, M.E. Sharpe, Inc. New York, 1995 (with Tran Van Tho).
  • "Export Increase of Developing Countries in Asia and Japanese Imports," presented at the Third Joint Research Conference on Asia Pacific Relations sponsored by ISIS and FAIR, Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, July 5-7, 1992.
  • "Global Strategies of Japanese Firms," presented at the Global Business Seminar, "The Impact of Globalization and Regionalization on Corporate Strategy and Structure Among Pacific Rim Firms," sponsored by the NORPAC and East-West Center, August 3-7, 1992 (with S.Hasegawa).
  • "Industrial Organization: Issues and Recent Development," in Structural Adjustment in a Newly Industrializing Country: The Korean Experience, eds., V.Corbo and S.M.Suh, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1992 (with Kyu-Uck Lee and Inbom Choi).
  • "The Mechanism of Economic Growth in Pacific Asia," Waseda Journal of Asian Studies, vol.14, 1992, 28-45.
  • "Changing Patterns of Direct Investment and the Implications for Trade and Development," preseted at the 20th PAFTAD Conference, Washington, D.C., September 10-12, 1992, a revised version appeared in Pacific Dynamism and the International Economic System, eds., C.F.Bergsten and M.Noland, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., 1993.
  • "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and Its Impact on Foreign Trade in Asia," in Trade and Protectionism, eds. T.Ito and A.O.Krueger, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1993, 273-299.
  • "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in the Asia-Pacific Region," presented at the conference on "Internationalization of Taiwan Economy," held at the Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan, June 7, 1993.
  • "Obstacles to Further Growth in East Asia and Japan's Economic Assistance," Japan Review of International Affairs, vol.7, no.4, Fall, 1993, 297-315.
  • "Recent Developments in Japan's Imports from Developing Countries," in Trade Policies towards Developing Countries, eds., I.Yamazawa and A.Hirata, Macmillan, 1993 (co-authored).
  • "Japan's Import Barriers: Agriculture and Distribution," in Trade Policies towards Developing Countries, eds. I.Yamazawa and A.Hirata, Macmillan, 1993 (co-authored).
  • "Alternative Methods of Sourcing Technology: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits," presented at the PECC (Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference) "Workshop for Technology Transfer," held in Hong Kong, November 15-6, 1993, in Technology Transfer in the Globally Networked Pacific Basin, eds., W.W.Liang, D.F.Simon and W.M.Denny, PECC, 1994, 75-87.
  • "Globalization and Regionalization in the Asia-Pacific Region," Business & the Contemporary World, vol.V, no.4, Autumn 1993, 26-45, also in Japanese Investment in Asia, ed. E.M.Doherty, The Asia Foundation and BRIE, 1994.
  • "Globalization and Regionalization of the Japanese Consumer Electronics Industry: The Case of Asia," presented at the 10th International General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Kuala Lumpur, March 22-4, 1994.
  • "Economic Cooperation of Asian Countries toward China: FDI, Foreign Trade and ODA," presented at the Fourth Joint Research Conference on Asia-Pacific Relations organized by the Foundation for Advanced Information Research (FAIR) Japan and the China Center for International Studies (CCIS), Beijin, September 14-17, 1994.
  • "Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth in Asia: Introduction and Major Findings," The Developing Economies, vol.XXXII, no.4, December 1994, 363-72.
  • "Trade Liberlization and Productivity Growth in Thailand," The Developing Economies, vol.XXXII, no.4, December 1994, 444-59.
  • Technical and Marketing Support Systems for Successful Small and Medium-Size Enterprises in Four Countries, Policy Research Paper 1400, The World Bank, December 1994 (with B.Levy, A.Berry, M.Itoh, L.Kim and J.Nuggent).
  • Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Support Policies in Japan, Policy Research Paper 1403, The World Bank, December 1994. (with M.Itoh).
  • "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: Opportunities and Obstacles," in Barbara Duffield, ed. Vietnam and Japan: Japanese Invesment and Aid Strategies in Vietnam: Implications for Development Directions, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, 1995.
  • "Emerging Patterns of Production and Foreign Trade in Electronics Products in East Asia: An Examination of the Role Played by Foreign Direct Investment," presented at a MITI Symposium "East Asian Economic Development," April 6-7, 1995.
  • "Intra-regional Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia," in Van R. Whiting, Jr. ed., Regionalization in the World Economy: NAFTA, the Americas and Asia Pacific, Macmillan India Ltd., 1996, pp.173-192
  • "Trade Imbalances and Japanese Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral and Triangular Issues," presented at the "Third Conference on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation," sponsored by the Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, November 13-14, 1995 in Ku-Hyun Jung and Jang-Hee Yoo eds., Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Current Issues and Agenda for the Future, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul Korea, 1996 (with M.Kawai).
  • "Changes in the Comparative Advantage of Japanese Manufacturing and Their Determinants," Discussion Paper Series No.6, APEC Study Center, Waseda University and Institute of Developing Economies, March 1996.(with Hiroki Kawai)
  • "External Pressures and Opening Japan's Economy" presented at the Second Meeting of the Evian Group" International Economic Organization in the Post-Uruguay Round Era," held at Evian-les-Bains, France, 12-14 April 1996.
  • "Foreign Direct Investment in Japan," JCER (Japan Center for Economic Research)REPORT, Fall 1996, vol.8, no.5.
  • "The Impediments to Foreign Direct Investment in Japan," presented at Brandeis-Keio Joint Conference "Making APEC Work: Economic Challenges and Policy Alternatives," Tokyo, Japan March 13-14, 1997.
  • "Governance and the Flow of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment," presented at a World Bank workshop on Governance and Private Investment in East Asia, Hakone, Japan, August 24-25, 1997 (co-authored with Hiroki Kawai).
  • "Europe-Japan Investment Relations," presented at the 7th KIEP/FES International Seminar titled "Europe-East Asia Economic Relations: Current Status and Prospects," Seoul, Korea, October 30-31, 1997.
  • "Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia in the 1990s," Kazue Sugiyama and Stephen Leong eds., Revitalisation of Japan's Economy: Implications for Malaysia, Center for Japan Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Kuala Lumper, 1997.(with Y.Okamoto)
  • "Deepening the Economic Linkages in Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Labor," Ong Hong Cheong ed. East Asian Economies: Sustaining Growth and Stability, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Kuala Lumper, 1997.
  • "Are Trade and Direct Investment Substitutes of Complements? An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Manufacturing Industries," presented at the "International Conference on Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin," held in Berkeley, California, U.S.A., June 30-July 1, 1995, in H.Lee and D.Roland-Holst eds., Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin: Trade, Investment and Environmental Issues, Cambridge University Press, 1998 (with M.Kawai).
  • "Explaining the Poor Performance of Japanese Direct Investment in the United States" Japan and the World Economy, vol. 10, 1998, pp. 49-62.
  • "Regionalization and the Formation of Regional Institutions in East Asia," in K.Fukasaku, F.Kimura, and S.Urata eds., Asia & Europe: Beyond Competing Regionalism, Sussex Academic Press, 1998.
  • "Upgrading Technological Capabilities of Small and Medium Size Enterprises: Public and Private Support in the Japanese and Korean Auto Parts Industries," in Yujiro Hayami and Masahiko Aoki eds., The Institutional Foundations of East Asian Economic Development, Macmillan Press, 1998. (with Motoshige Itoh)
  • "Foreign Direct Investment and APEC" in Vinod K. Aggarwal and Charles E. Morrison eds., Asia-Pacifc Crossroads: Regime Creation in Asia and the Pacific, St. Martin's Press, 1998.
  • "Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: An Empirical Analysis" presented at the conference on "Japan in the International Economy and Structural Adjustment in Japan, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, August 22 and 23 in Craig Freedman ed. Japanese Economic Policy Reconsidered, Edward Elgar, 1998.(co-authored with Masahiro Kawai)
  • "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Asia: Its Impact on Export Expansion and Technology Acquisition of The Host Countries," prepared for the International Workshop "Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer, and Export-Orientation in Developing Countries," in Maastricht, November 15-6, 1996. Nagesh Kumar, ed. Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer: Impact on and Prospects for Developing Countries, Routledge and UNU Press, London and New York, 1999.
  • "Japan's Foreign Direct Investment Relations with Southern Europe" presented at a conference on "Japan and the Mediterranean World," in Naples, Italy, October 16-18, 1997 in F.P.Cerase, F.Mazzei, and C.Molteni, eds., Japan and the Mediterranean World, Fridericiana Editrice Universitaria, 1999..
  • "The Support System for Small and Medium Exporters in Japan,," in Brian Levy, Albert Berry, and Jeffrey B. Nugent, eds., Fulfilling the Export Potential of Small and Medium Firms, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. (with Motoshige Itoh)
  • "Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Multinationals in Asia," in Dennis J. Encarnation ed.. Japanese Multinationals in Asia: Regional Operations in Comparative Perspective, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999.
  • "Cost of Regulation in the Japanese Service Industry," presented at APEC Symposium at the International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., September 11-12, 1997, revised version in M.Kreinin, M.Plummer, and S.Abe eds. Asia-Pacific Economic Linkages, Pergamon, Amsterdam, 1999, pp.85-98. (co-authored with Hiroki Kawai)
  • Comments on Chia Siow Yue "Regional Economic Integration in East Asia: Developments, Issues, and Challenges," in Koichi Hamada, Mitsuo Matsuhita, and Chikara Komura eds., Dreams and Dilemmas, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2000, pp.51-55.
  • "Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Manufacturing Firms in Asia," in Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger eds., The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in East Asian Economic Development, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2000, pp.49-74. (co-authored with Hiroki Kawai)
  • "Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation," in Ippei Yamazawa ed., Asia Pacific Economic Cooperatoin [APEC]: Challenges and Tasks for the Twenty-first Century, Routedge, London, 2000, pp. 57-99. (co-authored with Ippei Yamazawa)
  • "The Determinants of the Location of Foreign Direct Investment by Japanese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," Small Business Economics 15, 2000 pp. 79-103, (with Hiroki Kawai)
  • "Emergence of An FDI-Trade Nexus and Economic Growth in East Asia," in Joseph E. Stiglitz and Shahid Yusuf eds., Rethinking the East Asian Miracle, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, pp. 409-460.
  • "Europe's Trade and Foreign Direct Investment I Asia," in Vinnod K. Aggarwal ed., Winning in Asia, European Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success, Palgrave, New York, 2001, pp. 31-58.
  • "Locational Determinants of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment," in eds. Jere Behrman, Jan Dutta, Pitayanon Sumalee,Chirathivat Suthipand, and Paitoon Wiboonchutikula Restructuring Asian Economics for the New Millennium, Elsevier Science Inc., Netherlands, 2001, pp. 597-623. (with Hiroki Kawai)
  • "Regionalism, the New WTO Round and Japan's New Trade Policy," Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, September/October 2001.
  • "A Shift from Market-led to Institution-led Regional Economic Integration in East Asia, " paper presented at the RIETI international conference,"Asian Economic Integration, " April 22-23, 2002, Tokyo, Japan, in The Japanese Economy, vol. 32, no.2, 2004, pp 5-52.
  • "Globalization and the Growth in Free Trade Agreements," Asia Pacific Review, Vol.9, No.1, 2002, pp.20-32.

  • "Competition Policy and Economic Development in East Asia," Washington University Global Studies Law Review, vol.1, nos.1-2, winter/summer 2002
  • "Engines of Globalization: Big and Small Multinational Enterprises in the Global Era," Kyung Tae Lee, ed. Globalization and the Asia Pacific Economy, Routledge, London and New York, 2002
  • "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia," Vinod K. Aggarwal and Shujiro Urata, eds. Winning in Asia, Japanese Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success, Palgrave, New York, 2002
  • "Services Trade in East Asia," Takatoshi Ito and Ann O. Krueger eds., Trade in Services in the Asia-Pacific Region, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2003, pp. 379-422. (with Kozo Kiyota)
  • "East Asia and options for negotiations on investment," Will Martin and Mari Pangestu eds., Options for Global Trade Reform: A view from the Asia-Pacific, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 194-217.(with Bijit Bora, Chia Siow Yue, Nick Freeman)
  • "U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Asia," Vinod K. Aggarwal ed., Winning in Asia, U.S. Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success, Palgrave, New York, 2003
  • "Competitiveness and Technology: An International Comparison," Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata eds., Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia, Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 57-82 (with Hiroki Kawai).
  • "Overseas R&D Activities and Intra-firm Technology Transfer: The Case of Japanese Multinationals," Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata eds., Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia, Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 103-142 (with Hiroki Kawai).
  • "The Impact of East Asia FTA on Foreign Trade in East Asia," NBER Working Paper 10173, December 2003 also in Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose eds. International Trade in East Asia, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2005, pp. 217-247. (with Kozo Kiyota).
  • "Upgrading Technology in ASEAN countries and Japan's ODA," Hirohisa Kohama ed., External Factors for Asian Development, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2004, pp. 70-99.
  • "Exchange Rate, Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment"World Economy November 2004, vol. 27, issue 10, pp. 1501-1536.(with Kozo Kiyota)
  • "East Asian Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Sustainable Economic Growth," King-yuh Chang ed., Political and Economic Security in Asia-Pacific, Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004, pp. 96-110.
  • "Japan's Strategy Toward Free Trade Agreements," Yangseon Kim and Chang Jae Lee, eds., Northeast Asian Economic Integration: Prospects for a Northeast Asian FTA, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul, Korea. 2004, pp. 97-113.
  • "Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia." G. de Brouwer and M. Kawai, eds. Exchange Rate Regimes and East Asia, RoutledgeCurzon, London. 2004. pp. 15-102 (with Masahiro Kawai)
  • "Why Does Japan Receive So Little Direct Investment from Abroad?" Masao Nakamura ed. Changing Japanese Business, Economy and Society: Globalization of Post-Bubble Japan, Palgrave, New York, 2004, pp. 185-202
  • "Financing SMEs in Southeast Asia during the Crisis Period: The Cases of Thailand and Malaysia," Denis Hew and Loi Wee Nee eds., Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Southeast Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2004, pp. 44-64.
  • "Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia," in Riyana Miranti and Denis Hew eds. APEC in the 21st Century, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2004, pp. 212-299 (with Masahiro Kawai).
  • "Toward Northeast Asian Production Networks," Yoon Hyung Kim and Chang Jae Lee, eds., Strengthening Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul, Korea, 2004, pp. 195-227.
  • "The Impacts of Japan-Korea FTA and CU on Economy, Industry and Trade in Japan and Korea," Choong Yong Ahn, Inkyo Cheong, Yukiko Fukagawa and Takatoshi Ito eds., Toward a Model Case for East Asian Economic Integration, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul, Korea, 2005, pp. 158-200.(with Kazotomo Abe)
  • "Japan: A New Move toward Bilateral Trade Agreements," Vinod K. Aggarwal and Shujiro Urata eds., Bilateral Trade Agreements: Origins, evolution, and implications, Routledge, New York, 2005. pp. 75-94. (with T.J.Pempel)
  • "East Asia's Multi-Layered Development Process: The Trade-FDI Nexus, " Kiichiro Fukasaku, Masahiro Kawai, Michael G. Plummer, and Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval eds., Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for OECD Countries, OECD, 2005, pp. 347-410.
  • "Free Trade Agreements: A Catalyst for Japan's Economic Revitalization, " Reviving Japan's Economy, T.Ito, H.Patrick, and D.E.Weinstein, eds., MIT Press, 2005, pp.377-410.
  • "FDI Flows, their Determinants, and Economic Impacts in East Asia," Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia. Shujiro Urata, Chia Siow Yue and Fukunari Kimra eds., Routledge, New York, 2006
  • "The Role of Multinational Firms in International Trade: The Case of Japan" forthcoming in Japan and the World Economy (with Kozo Kiyota)
  • "International Intrafirm Transfer of Management Technology by Japanese Multinational Corporations" Commercialization and Transfer of Technology: Major Country Case Studies, Almas Heshmati,Young-Bock Sohn and Young-Roak Kim eds., Nova Publishers, 2007, pp. 115-132 (with T. Matsuura and Y. Wei)
  • "Japan's FTA Strategy and Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific," An APEC Trade Agenda? The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, Charles E. Morrison and Eduardo Pedrosa, eds., Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2007, pp. 99-126.
  • "Reconsidering the Backward Vertical Linkages of Foreign Affiliates: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals," forthcoming in World Development (co-authored with Kozo Kiyota, Tomoyuki Matsuura and Yuhong Wei)
  • "Exchange Rate Volatility and MNCs' Production and Distribution Networks: The Case of Japanese Manufacturing MNCs" forthcoming in Singapore Economic Review (co-authored with Kozo Kiyota and Momoyuki Matsuura)
  • "Japan's New Foreign Economic Policy: A Shift toward a Strategic and Activist Model?" forthcoming in Asian Economic Policy Review (co-authored with Mireya Solis)
  • "The Changing Patterns of International Trade in East Asia," A New East Asia: Toward a Regional Community, eds. Kazuko Mori and Kenichiro Hirano, NUS Press, Singapore, 2007, pp. 100-155
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Essays and short articles

  • "High Time Japan Opened Up Its Market," Business Times, Singapore, July 1995
  • "Toward a Japan-Singapore FTA," Gaiko Forum, Japanese Perspectives on Foreign Affairs, Summer 2001.
  • "Japan and Asia: Searching for a New Role for AOTS," The AOTS Quarterly: KENSHUno.162, Winter 2001-2002.
  • "Structural Reforms Needed to Enhance Competitiveness," The Nikkei Weekly, July 1, 2002 (Interview)
  • "Formation of Economic Partnership Agreements: The Last Chance for Japan to Become a Regional Leader in East Asia," Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, January/February 2003, pp.21-24.
  • "High growth still possible if ASEAN moves fast, utilizes China growth," The Nikkei Weekly, November 10, 2003.
  • "Toward an East Asia Free Trade Area," Policy Insight, No.1, OECD, March2004
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  • "The Declining Importance of Japan in East Asia: Are Free Trade Agreements the Answer?" in NBR (The National Bureau of Asian Research) Special Report: Japan, the United States, and East Asia: Emerging Regional Challenges, No.5, March 2004, Seattle, Washington pp.29-34.
  • "Growing FTAs & Their Impact on World Trade," Japan Spotlight, Japan Economic Foundation, July/August 2007, pp. 22-23.
  • Book review Global Change and East Asian Policy Initiatives, Shahid Yusuf, M. Anjum Altaf, and Kaoru Nabeshima, eds., New York, Oxford University Press for the World Bank 2004, Economic Development and Cultural Change, volume 56, number 1, October 2007, pp. 232-234
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