Professor

Department of Economics

North Carolina State University
Box 8110
Raleigh, NC 27695-8110

TEL: (919) 513-2875
FAX: (919) 515-5613
HOME: (919) 846-1822
E-MAIL: david_flath@ncsu.edu

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  finance, financial services; industrial organization; retail industry; wholesale structure; Japanese economy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, 1976-91.

IN JAPAN: 1991 - research; 1984-85 - Fulbright; 1981, 1983-84 - guest lecturer.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"The Japanese Economy," (Oxford Press, 2000); "The Keiretsu Puzzle" Journal of the Japanese and International Economics (1996); "Is Japan's Retail Sector Truly Distinctive?" Journal of Comparative Economics (1996); "Shareholding in the Keiretsu, Japan's Financial Groups," The Review of Economics and Statistics (1993); "Why Are There so Many Retail Stores in Japan?," Japan and the World Economy (1990); "Vertical Restraints in Japan," Japan and the World Economy (1989); "The Complexity of Wholesale Distribution Channels in Japan," The Japanese Distribution System (with Nariu) (ed. Czinkota et al.) (Probus, 1993).