Ayumu Tanaka

RESEARCH

Research Interest
International Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Natural Disasters; Cultural Economics

Journal Articles

Tadashi Ito, Michael Ryan, and Ayumu Tanaka. (2024). FDI, Financial Constraint and Partial Ownership. The World Economy, forthcoming. [VOXEU COLUMN] [SocArXiv]
Ayumu Tanaka, Banri Ito, and Naoto Jinji. (2023). “Individual Preferences Toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment: A Survey Experiment,” Journal of Asian Economics, Vol.88. [SSRN]
Banri Ito, Ayumu Tanaka, and Naoto Jinji. (2023). “Why do People Oppose Foreign Acquisitions? Evidence from Japanese Individual-level Data,” Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 66.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2023). “Geographic Concentration of Foreign Visitors: Evidence from Japan,” International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Vol. 17, pp.211–222. [SharedIt link]
Tadashi Ito and Ayumu Tanaka. (2022). “FDI, Ownership Structure, and Productivity,” Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 64.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2022). “Higher Wages in Exporters and Multinational Firms: Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data,” International Economics and Economic Policy, Vol. 19, pp. 51–78. [SharedIt link]
Theresa M. Greaney and Ayumu Tanaka. (2021). “Foreign Ownership, Exporting and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Japanese Linked Employer-Employee Data,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 61.
Naoto Jinji and Ayumu Tanaka. (2020). “How Does UNESCO’s Convention on Cultural Diversity Affect Trade in Cultural Goods?,” Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 44, pp.625–660. [SharedIt link]
Ayumu Tanaka, Banri Ito, and Ryuhei Wakasugi. (2019). “How Do Exporters Respond to Exogenous Shocks: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Data,” Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 51.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2017). “Foreign Direct Investment and Temporary Workers in Japan,” Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 48, pp.87–99.
Banri Ito and Ayumu Tanaka. (2016). “External R&D, Productivity, and Export: Evidence from Japanese Firms,” Review of World Economics, Vol. 152, No.3, pp.577–596. [SharedIt link]
Ryuhei Wakasugi and Ayumu Tanaka. (2015) “Recovery of the Supply Chain after the 2011 Mega-quake in Japan,” Millennial Asia, Vol.6, No.1, pp. 1–18.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2015). “The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Plants’ Growth: Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 50, pp.31–41.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2013). “The Causal Effects of Exporting on Domestic Workers: A Firm-Level Analysis using Japanese Data,” Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 28, pp.13-23.
Ayumu Tanaka. (2012). “Firm Productivity and the Number of FDI Destinations: Evidence from a Non-parametric Test,” Economics Letters, Vol. 117, No.1, pp.1-3.
Ryuhei Wakasugi and Ayumu Tanaka. (2012). “Productivity Heterogeneity and Internationalization: Evidence from Japanese Firms,” Millennial Asia, Vol.3, No.1, pp.45–70.
Ryuhei Wakasugi and Ayumu Tanaka. (2010). “Activities of Japanese Multinationals with Productivity Heterogeneity,” The International Economy, No. 14, pp. 128–142.

Working Papers

“Affiliate Ownership Structure Responses to FDI Liberalization Policies” (with Michael Ryan). SocArXiv, November 2023. Under Revision.
“Estimating the Effects of GATT/WTO Membership on Trade Using Staggered Difference-in-Differences Design.” SocArXiv, November 2023. Under Revision.

Work in Progress

“Research using a database on listed firms” (with Michael Ryan)

Projects

JSPS’s Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.
Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance’s Grant-in-aid (No. 2210, January 2023 - March 2025) (with Tadashi Ito and Michael Ryan)

Book
Ryuhei Wakasugi ed. (2014). “Internationalization of Japanese Firms: Evidence from Firm-level Data,” Springer (173pages).

Referee services
Review of International Economics (2011), Japanese Economic Review (2013), Japan and the World Economy (2013, 2018, 2020, 2021), Journal of Economic Geography (2017), Journal of Cultural Economics (2020, 2021), European Journal of Political Economy (2020), Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (2021), Economic Analysis and Policy (2021), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2021, 2023), Review of Development Economics (2021, 2022–2023), Asian Economic Journal (2022), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (2023), Regional Studies (2023), Singapore Economic Review (2023), Empirica (2024), Asia Europe Journal (2024).