David J. Flath

Professor of Economics and Director of the Economics Graduate Program

Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1976

Graduate Faculty

Office Location: 4136A Nelson (Economics Wing)
Telephone Number: 919.515.4617
Fax Number: 919.515.7873
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Research Specialties

Industrial Organization, Japanese Economy

Selected Recent Publications

"Regulation, Distribution Efficiency, and Retail Density," Ch. 5 in Blomström, Magnus, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi, and Anil Kashyap, eds., Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan, (University of Chicago Press, NBER, 2003).

"Negotiating Trade," World Economics, 2001, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 19-28.

"Japanese Regulation of Truck Transport," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2001, vol. 15, pp. 1-28.

"Demand Uncertainty and Resale Price Maintenance," (with Tatsuhiko Nariu), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2000, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 397-403.

"Is Japan's Retail Sector Truly Distinctive?" (with Tatsuhiko Nariu), Journal of Comparative Economics, 1996, 2:181-191.

"The Keiretsu Puzzle," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1996, 10:101-121.