Koki Oikawa is a professor of economics at the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University. He received a MA in Economics from University of Tokyo and a PhD in Economics from New York University. Prior to joining Waseda University in 2013, he was an associate professor at the Department of Economics, Tohoku University. His research interests focus on macroeconomics, economic growth, technological change, and firm dynamics. His research has been published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Macroeconomics, Economics Letters, etc.