Research

Forthcoming and Published Papers

Published in 2026–2030

  • Conditional Randomization Tests for the Specification of Interference Structure, with Takahide Yanagi.

Published in 2021–2025

  • Exploring Practical Treatment Assignment Rules for Place-Based Policies: A Japanese Case Study, with Shota Fujishima and Shinya Sugawara.
    • Journal of Regional Science, 2025, 65, 1353–1378. [paper]
  • Causal Inference with Noncompliance and Unknown Interference, with Takahide Yanagi.
    • Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2024, 119, 2869–2880. [paper] [arXiv] [R package]
  • Estimating a Continuous Treatment Model with Spillovers: A Control Function Approach.
    • Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2024, 42, 591–602. [paper] [arXiv] [errata]
  • Treatment Effect Models with Strategic Interaction in Treatment Decisions, with Takahide Yanagi.
    • Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 236, 105495. [paper] [arXiv]
  • Estimating Marginal Treatment Effects under Unobserved Group Heterogeneity, with Takahide Yanagi.
    • Journal of Causal Inference, 2022, 10, 197–216. [paper] [arXiv]
  • A Pairwise Strategic Network Formation Model with Group Heterogeneity: With an Application to International Travel.
    • Network Science, 2022, 10, 170–189. [paper] [arXiv]
  • Sieve IV Estimation of Cross-Sectional Interaction Models with Nonparametric Endogenous Effect.
    • Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 229, 263–275. [paper] [errata]

Published in 2016–2020

  • Accounting for Heterogeneity in Network Formation Behavior: An Application to Vietnamese SMEs, with Daichi Shimamoto and Yasuyuki Todo.
    • Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics, 2020, 82, 1042–1067. [paper]
  • Semiparametric Estimation of Censored Spatial Autoregressive Models.
    • Econometric Theory, 2020, 36, 48–85. [paper]
  • Two-Step Estimation of Incomplete Information Social Interaction Models with Sample Selection.
    • Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2019, 37, 598–612. [paper]
  • Semiparametric Spatial Autoregressive Models with Endogenous Regressors: With an Application to Crime Data.
    • Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2018, 36, 160–172. [paper] [errata]
  • Economic Valuation of Environmental Quality Using Property Auctions Data: A Structural Estimation Approach, with Hayato Nakanishi.
    • Land Economics, 2016, 92, 703–717. [paper]
    • A shorter Japanese version of this paper is available in 住宅土地経済 2018, 春季号, 16–22.
    • This paper won the Young Achievement Award at the SEEPS annual conference 2018.
  • Sieve Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Estimation of Functional Coefficient Models, with Liangjun Su.
    • Journal of Econometrics, 2016, 191, 231–254. [paper]

Published in 2010–2015

  • The Effect of Seismic Hazard Risk Information on Property Prices: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design, with Noboru Hidano and Ayako Sugiura.
    • Regional Science & Urban Economics, 2015, 53, 113–122. [paper]
  • Quantile Regression Estimation of Partially Linear Additive Models.
    • Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 2014, 26, 509–536. [paper] [errata]
  • Estimation of the Preference Heterogeneity within Stated Choice Data Using Semiparametric Varying-Coefficient Methods.
    • Empirical Economics, 2013, 45, 1129–1148. [paper]
  • Partial Identification in Binary Response Models with Nonignorable Nonresponses.
    • Economics Letters, 2013, 121, 74–78. [paper] [errata]
  • Econometric Analysis Using Semiparametric Functional Coefficient Methods.
    • Ph.D. Dissertation, 2012, the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
  • Estimation and Analysis of Preference Heterogeneity in Residential Choice Behaviour.
    • Urban Studies, 2011, 48, 363–382. [paper]
    • This paper is based on my MSc Research Paper submitted to the London School of Economics.
  • Measuring the Benefits of Neighborhood Park Amenities: Application and Comparison of Spatial Hedonic Approaches, with Koichi Kuriyama.
    • Environmental & Resource Economics, 2010, 45, 429–444. [paper]

Submitted Papers / Working Papers / Work in Progress

  • Network Autoregressive Models for Functional Panel Data, with Tomohiro Ando. [arXiv]

    • Under revision for resubmission to Journal of Econometrics.
  • Estimating Dyadic Treatment Effects with Unknown Confounders, with Takahide Yanagi. [arXiv]

    • Under revision for resubmission to Biometrika.
  • Evaluating Policy Effects under Network Interference without Network Information: A Transfer Learning Approach. [arXiv]

  • Quantile Vector Autoregression without Crossing, with Tomohiro Ando and Ruey Tsay. [arXiv]

  • Network-Adjusted GMM Estimation under Network Uncertainty.

Unpublished Papers and Other Writings

  • Functional Spatial Autoregressive Models. [arXiv]
    • Last updated: 2024/10/1.
  • Causal Interpretation of Linear Social Interaction Models with Endogenous Networks. [arXiv]
    • Last updated: 2023/10/20.
  • Toyo Keizai Online 2022/01/14. [article]
    • This is an online article written for a Japanese magazine.
  • Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Place-based Policies: Which Cities Should be Targeted?, with Shota Fujishima and Shinya Sugawara.
    • RIETI Discussion Paper Series 20-E-036. [paper]
    • This paper has been completely revised as a new paper: Fujishima, Hoshino, and Sugawara (2025), Journal of Regional Science.

Presentations (2010–)

International Conferences

  • International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications, Tokyo, Japan. [06/2026]
  • Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Melbourne, Australia. [12/2024]
  • International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics, Tokyo, Japan. [8/2023]
  • World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Warsaw, Poland. [6/2022]
  • International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics, Kyoto, Japan. [6/2022]
  • World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Pittsburgh, USA. [11/2019]
  • International Association for Applied Econometrics, Cyprus. [06/2019]
  • International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications, Osaka, Japan. [06/2019]
  • Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Hong Kong. [06/2017]
  • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Geneva, Switzerland. [08/2016]
  • International Association for Applied Econometrics, Thessaloniki, Greece. [06/2015]
  • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Gothenburg, Sweden. [08/2013]
  • Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Melbourne, Australia. [07/2012]
  • Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Seoul, South Korea. [08/2011]
  • World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Toulouse, France. [07/2011]
  • World Congress of the Econometric Society, Shanghai, China. [08/2010]
  • World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Montreal, Canada. [07/2010]

Invited Seminars

2026: Kyoto University; Singapore Management University; Nanyang Technological University. 2025: Keio University; Macquarie University; The University of Melbourne; National Taiwan University; National Cheng Kung University. 2024: Tohoku University. 2023: Xiamen University. 2022: Tokyo University; Kwansei Gakuin University; Keio University. 2021: Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting. 2020: Seoul National University. 2018: Kyoto University. 2017: Chinese University of Hong Kong; Waseda University; Housing Research and Advancement Foundation of Japan. 2016: Waseda University. 2015: Keio University; Tokyo University; Kwansei Gakuin University. 2014: Tokyo University of Science. 2013: Tsukuba University; Kobe University. 2012: Waseda University. 2011: Singapore Management University; Waseda University. 2010: Nagoya University.

Grants

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2026–2030.
  • Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2024–2025.
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020–2024.
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2015–2019.
  • Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects: Waseda University, 2014.
  • Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2012–2014.
  • Econometric Society Travel Grant: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2011.
  • Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2): Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010–2012.