Faculty
Yoshinori Kurokawa
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Office: 205 Fronczak Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2121 x 447
E-mail: ykurok@buffalo.edu
Website: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ykurok/
Fall 2007 classes: 576 (MWF 2:00-2:50) & 580B (M, W 7:00-8:20)
Fall 2007 office hours: W (12:00-2:00)
Education
- M.A./Ph.D., University of Minnesota (2002-2007)
- M.A., Keio University (1999-2001)
- B.A., Keio University (1995-1999)
Research Interests
- International Trade
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Growth and Development
Papers & Research in Progress
- "Variety-Skill Complementarity Hypothesis: A Simple Resolution of Trade-Wage Inequality Anomaly," under submission.
- "Is a Skill Intensity Reversal a Mere Theoretical Curiosum? Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico," under submission.
- "Testing Variety-Skill Complementarity in Calibrated General Equilibrium Model," in progress.
- "Fixed Cost, Number of Firms, and Skill Premium: An Alternative Source for Rising Wage Inequality," in progress.
- "What is Blamed for Increased Wage Gap? A Survey of Trade and Inequality," with Winston Chang, in progress.
- "Exchange Rate Regimes and Wage Inequality," with Chetan Subramanian, in progress.