Working Papers

1. ``Formal Contracts, Relational Contracts, and the Holdup Problem,'' June 30, 2009 (joint with Hodaka Morita). This is a substantially revised version of the paper earlier versions of which were circulated under the same title. (pdf)
   • Earlier version (outdated): abstract and paper via SSRN, CESifo Working Paper No.1786
2. ``The Pygmalion and Galatea Effects: An Agency Model with Reference-Dependent Preferences and Applications to Self-Fulfilling Prophecy,'' January 16, 2007 (joint with Kohei Daido). (pdf)
   • Earlier version: ``The Pygmalion Effect: An Agency Model with Reference Dependent Preferences,'' February 18, 2005 (joint with Kohei Daido). (abstract and paper via SSRN) (CESifo Working Paper No.1444)
3. ``The Theories of International Outsourcing and Integration: A Theoretical Overview from the Perspective of Organizational Economics,'' JCER Discussion Paper No.96, July 27, 2006. (pdf via JCER)
4. ``Complementarities among Authority, Responsibility, and Monitoring: Evidence from Japanese Business Groups,'' mimeo., July 21, 2004 (joint with Osamu Hayashida and Tatsuya Kikutani). (pdf)
5. ``The Firm as a Legal Entity: What Distinguishes Wholly Owned Subsidiaries from Internal Divisions?'' under revision (joint with Zenichi Shishido).
6. ``Patterns of Human Capital Accumulation,'' paper to be presented at the Brookings Institution, Conference on Human Capital and the Theory of the Firm, May 23, 1997.
7. ``Moral Hazard and Side Trade in Agency Contracts,'' ISER Discussion Paper No. 422, September 1996 (joint with Shingo Ishiguro).
8. ``Information Structures, Task Structures, and Coordination Systems,'' Working Paper No. 4 (1988), Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University. (pdf)