My name is Koki Okumura, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at UCLA. I will be on the job market during the 2025-26 academic year.
My research interests lie in macroeconomics, economic growth, firm dynamics, and innovation.
You can download my CV here. Please contact me at k.okumura1201@gmail.com
Working Papers
"Inventor Mobility, Knowledge Diffusion, and Growth" with Yasutaka Koike-Mori and Toshitaka Maruyama.
The 2023 Moriguchi Prize by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
"Production Networks and R&D Allocation" with Yasutaka Koike-Mori
"Knowledge Creation and Diffusion with Limited Appropriation" with Hugo Hopenhayn and Liyan Shi
"Dynamic Oligopoly and Innovation: A Quantitative Analysis of Technology Spillovers and Product Market Competition" with Hugo Hopenhayn
"Ownership Structure and Economic Growth: A Network Approach"
Southern Economic Association (SEA) - Each PhD program in the south can nominate one student to present.
Publications
"The Aging Society, Savings Rates, and Regional Flow of Funds in Japan" with Shin-ichi Fukuda. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2021.
"Regional Convergence under Declining Population: The Case of Japan" with Shin-ichi Fukuda. Japan and the World Economy, 2020.