%0 Journal Article %T Selection Rules for Nonrenormalizable Couplings in Superstring Theories %A T. Kobayashi %J Physics %D 1995 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/0370-2693(95)00643-Y %X We study nonrenormalizable coupling terms in $Z_N$ orbifold models. Nontrivial selection rules of couplings are provided and cannot be understood in terms of a simple symmetry of effective field theories. We also discuss phenomenological implications of theses selection rules for the quark mass matrices. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9504371v1