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• Globalisation (ECO2GLO)
• International Business Environment (ECO2IBE)   
• Asia in the world (ECO3AWE)
• International Trade Theory (ECO4ITR - 4th year Honours) 

Refereed journal papers:

1. Yamashita, N. (2012) “A comparison of operations of multinational corporations in India and China: Evidence from affiliate-level data” Economic and Political Weekly, forthcoming.
2. Yamashita, N. and S. Jayasuriya (2012) “Export response to exchange rates and product fragmentation: The case of Chinese manufactured exports” Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, forthcoming.
3. Yamashita, N. (2011) “Production sharing and trade flows: A comparative analysis of Japan and the US” Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 22, No.5, pp. 383-397.
4. Hayakawa, K. and N. Yamashita (2011) “The role of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in facilitating global production networks” Journal of World Trade, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp.1183-1209. 
5. Yamashita, N. (2010) “The Impact of Foreign Outsourcing on Wage Inequality in US Manufacturing: New Evidence” Economics Letters, Vol. 107, pp.46-48. 
6. Yamashita, N. (2010) “Exports and local sales patterns of United States and Japanese transnational corporations in East Asia” Transnational Corporations, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp.29-48.
7. Yamashita, N. and K. Fukao (2010) “Expansion Abroad and Jobs at Home: Evidence from Japanese Multinational Enterprises” Japan and the World Economy, Vol.22, No. 2, pp.88-97 (The 2008 J.G. Crawford Award Winning Paper) 
8. Athukorala, P. and N. Yamashita (2009) “Global Production Sharing and Sino-US Trade Relation”, China and World Economy, Vol.17, No.3, pp.39-56.
9. Yamashita, N (2008) “The Impact of Production Fragmentation on Skill Upgrading: New Evidences from Japanese Manufacturing”, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 22, No.4, pp.545-565.
10. Athukorala, P. and N. Yamashita (2006) “Production Fragmentation and Trade Integration: East Asia in Global Context” North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 17, No.3, pp. 233-256 (the most cited paper in this journal for 2006-2011) 

Book:

• Yamashita, N. (2010) International Fragmentation of Production: The Impact of Outsourcing on the Japanese Economy,  Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Book chapters:

1. Yamashita, N. (2011) “Can India become an export platform for global operations of multinationals? Perspectives from Japanese and U.S. MNE affiliates”, in W. Anukoonwattaka and M. Mikic (eds.) India: A New Player in Asian Production Networks, Bangkok, The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN-ESCAP), pp.54-77.
2. Yamashita, N. (2010) “US and Japanese FDI and Production Networks in Asia”, in P. Athukorala (ed.) The Rise of Asia in Global Perspective, London, Routledge. 
3. Yamashita, N. and K. Fukao (2010) “The Effects of Overseas Operations on Home Employment of Japanese Multinational Enterprises”, in Noel Gaston and Ahmed Khilid (eds.) Globalisation and Economic Integration: Winners and Losers in the Asia-Pacific, Cheltenham , Edward Elgar.
4. Athukorala, P. and N.Yamashita (2008) “Global Production Sharing and US-China Trade Relation”, in Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (eds.) China's Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change, Canberra and Washington, the Asia Pacific Press and the Brookings Institution Press, pp.59-89.
5. Athukorala, P. and N. Yamashita (2008) “Patterns and Determinants of Production Fragmentation in World Trade”, in F. Mauro, S. Dees, and W. McKibbin (eds.) Globalisation, Regionalism and Economic Interdependence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 45-72.

 Book review:

1. Yamashita, N. (2012) Review of “Foreign Direct Investment and Development: Launching a Second Generation of Policy Research” by Theodore H. Moran, The Developing Economies, forthcoming.
2. Yamashita, N. (2012) Review of “Harnessing Production Networks: Impacts and Policy Implications from Thailand’s Manufacturing Industries” by Aekapol Chongvilaivan, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, forthcoming.

Op-eds:

1. Jayasuriya, S. and N. Yamashita “How best to fund Japan’s reconstruction?” The China Daily, 8-14 April, 2011 (also, appeared in the East Asia Forum - http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/04/03/how-best-to-pay-for-japans-reconstruction/
2. Jayasuriya, S. and N. Yamashita “Japan: On March 11 and the year after” posted on ABC Australian Networks & Radio Australia,  9 March, 2012 (also, in the East Asian Forum - http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/03/11/japan-s-311-disaster-one-year-on/

• Inter-firm linkages and agglomeration effects of multinational firms: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing investments in China with T. Matsuura and K. Nakajima 
• Economic consequences and policy challenges of natural disasters in Asia with S. Jayasuriya