Research

Refereed Journal

• • "The Role of Nudge-based Messages on the Acceptability and Download of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Survey Experiments"
    with Shusaku Sasaki and Fumio Ohtake,
    Japanese Economic Review, 76, 195–225, 2025.

  • Synergistic Effects of Nudges and Boosts in Environmental Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    with Keigo Igei, Masato Iseki, Akinori Kitsuki, Kenichi Kurita, Shunsuke Managi, Makiko Nakamuro, and Akira Sakano
    Ecological Economics, 224, 108279, 2024. DP version Nature Climate Change

  • Improvement Impact of Nudges Incorporated in Environmental Education on Students’ Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors
    with Keigo Igei, Akinori Kitsuki, Kenichi Kurita, Shunsuke Managi, Makiko Nakamuro, and Akira Sakano,
    Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 2023. DP version

  • The School Education, Ritual Customs, and Reciprocity Associated with Self-Regulating Hand Hygiene Practices During COVID-19 in Japan
    with  Sun Youn LEE, Shusaku Sasaki, Fumio Ohtake,
    BMC Public Health, .22, 1663, 2022.

  • Labor Supply Reaction to Wage Cut and Tax Increase: A Real-Effort Experiment
    with Tomoharu Mori and Fumio Ohtake,
    FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, , 78(3) 362-362, 2022. DP version

  • An experimental comparison of rebate and matching in charitable giving: The case of Japan
    with Shusaku Sasaki and Fumio Ohtake,
    Japanese Economic Review, 2021. 

  • Effective but Fragile? Responses to Repeated Nudge-based Messages for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 Infection
    with Shusaku Sasaki and Fumio Ohtake,
    Japanese Economic Review, 2021. DP version 

  • Oxytocin-Trust Link in Oxytocin-Sensitive Participants and Those without Autistic Traits
    with Yusuke Kinari, Hiroko Okudaira, Kiyotaka Tsuboiuchi, Yoshimichi Sai, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Haruhiro Higashida, Fumio Ohtake,
    Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15:659737, 2021. 

  • A Choice Experiment on Taxes: Are Income and Consumption Taxes Equivalent?
    with Tomoharu Mori, and Fumio Ohtake,
    Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 53, p.53-70, 2020. DP verison

  • Competitiveness and Individual Characteristics: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study Using Oxytocin
    with Yusuke Kinari, Hiroko Okudaira, Kiyotaka Tsuboiuchi, Yoshimichi Sai, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Haruhiro Higashida, Fumio Ohtake,
    Scientific Reports, 10, 11526, 2020. 

  • Positive and negative effects of social status on longevity: Evidence from two literary prizes in Japan
    with Shusaku Sasaki and Fumio Ohtake,
    Journal of The Japanese and International Economies. 53, 2019. DP version

Discussion Paper

• • The Impact of Gender and Group Identity on Willingness to Compete
    with Hiroko Okudaira, Yusuke Kinari, and Fumio Ohtake,
    Discussion Paper Series 295, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2025.

  • How Does Opt-in Work? A Field Experiment on Financial Incentives for Physical Activity
    with Shusaku Sasaki,
    Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 23-01 , Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics, 2023.

  • Vaccination and Discrimination: Experimental Evidence under the COVID-19 Pandemic
    with Shusaku Sasaki,
    CiDER Discussion Paper. No. 001, 2022.

  • Blood Type and Blood Donation Behaviors: An Empirical Test of Pure Altruism Theory
    with Shusaku Sasaki, Yoshifumi Funasaki, and Fumio Ohtake,
    Osaka University ISER Discussion Paper. No.1029, 2018.

• "The Impact of Gender and Group Identity on Willingness to Compete" (with Hiroko Okudaira, Yusuke Kinari, and Fumio Ohtake)

• "Vaccination and Discrimination: Experimental Evidence under the COVID-19 Pandemic" (with Shusaku Sasaki)

• "How Does Opt-in Work?:A Field Experiment on Financial Incentives for Physical Activity" (with Shusaku Sasaki)

• ”How does access to long-term care services affect employment rates?” (with Shoki Okubo) Abstract

• "Blood types and Blood Donation Behaviors: Empirical Tests for Pure Altruism Theory" (with Shusaku Sasaki, Yoshifumi Funasaki, and Fumio Ohtake) 

• "Peer Effects on Working Hours" (with Shusaku Sasaki and Fumio Ohtake) Proceedings

• "Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Japan: An Empirical Analysis of Three Generations" (with Mika Akesaka) Abstract

• "Copyright Protection Strategy with Reference Dependent Utility"

• "Interval Effect on the Time Preference Elicited by the Convex Time Budget Method"(with Keigo Inukai and Fumio Ohtake)

• "A Reconsideration of Happiness and Time Preference" (with Keigo Inukai and Fumio Ohtake)

• "Eye Movement Analysis of Time Discounting" (with Fumio Ohtake) Proceedings