Profile

Education

• Ph.D. (Economics), University of Arizona, August 2008

• M.A. (Economics), University of Arizona, December 2003

• B.S. (Mathematics), University of Arizona, May 2002

Employment

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Global Management, Chuo University (April 2021 - present)

• Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Global Management, Chuo University (September 2019 - March 2021)

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Soka University (April 2014 - March 2021)

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Soka University (April 2011 - March 2014)

• Postdoctoral Research Associate,  Strategic Interaction Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics (September 2008 - January 2011)

Miscellaneous

• Chuo University Academic Researcher Database

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Research

Research Interests

• Experimental Economics

• Game theory

• Behavioral economics

Papers

1. Güth, W., Otsubo, H. (2023). When Efficiency Requires Arbitrary Discrimination: Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Equilibrium Selection. Games 14(5).

2. Otsubo, H. (2023). Group Size Uncertainty in Common Pool Resource Dilemmas. Applied Economics Letters.

3. Otsubo, H. (2022). Quantal Response Equilibrium vs. Cognitive Hierarchies: An Analysis of Initial Responses in an Asymmetric All-Pay Auction Experiment. Journal of Global Management 1, 115-128. Non-refereed. (Link) 

4. Güth, W., Otsubo, H. (2021). Trust in Generosity: An Experiment of the Repeated Yes-No Game. Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Review 18, 63-77.

5. Otsubo, H. (2020). The Effect of Role Origin on Bidding Behavior in an Asymmetric All-Pay Auction: An Experiment. Soka Economic Studies 49, 87-97. Non-refereed. (Link)

6. Otsubo, H. (2015). Nash Equilibria in a Two-Person Discrete All-Pay Auction with Unfair Tie-Break and Complete Information. Economics Bulletin 35, 2443-2454.

7. Avrahami, J., Güth, W., Hertwig, R., Kareev, Y., Otsubo, H. (2013). Learning (Not) to Yield: An Experimental Study of Evolving Ultimatum Game Behavior. Journal of Socio-Economics 47, 47-54.

8. Otsubo, H. (2013). Do campaign spending limits diminish competition? An experiment. Economics Bulletin 33, 2223-2234.

9. Otsubo, H., Rapoport, A. (2008). Vickrey's Model of Traffic Congestion Discretized. Transportation Research Part B 42 873-889.

10. Otsubo, H., Rapoport, A. (2008). Dynamic Volunteer's Dilemmas over a Finite Horizon: An Experimental Study. Journal of Conflict Resolution 52, 961-984.

Papers (unpublished)

1. Rapoport, A., Otsubo, H., Stein, W. E., Kim, B. (2009). Unique Bid Auction Games. Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-005.

Working Papers

1. Otsubo, H., Gisches, E., Rapoport, A. (2023). The Downs-Thomson Paradox with Endogenously Determined Departure Times. Under review.

Chapters in Books

1. Otsubo, H., Rapoport, A., Stein, W. E., Kim, B. (2013). Behavioral Patterns in Lowest and Highest Unique Bid Auctions. In Ming K. Lim (Ed.), Bidding: Types, Strategies and the Impact of Irrationality. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Grant

JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)

1. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (April 2020 to March 2025)

   • Title: "Choice of Departure Times in a Traffic Network with a Single Bottleneck: Equilibrium Analysis and Experiment"

   • Grant Number: 20K01554

   • P.I.: Hironori Otsubo

   • Total Award: JPY 1,950,000