Employment
Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Osaka
Professor, December 2010-present
Director, April 2015-March 2017
Associate Professor, April 2009-December 2010
Osaka School of International Public Policy, University of Osaka
Associate Professor, March 2005-March 2009
Department of Economics, Shinshu University
Associate Professor, April 2003-March 2005
Assistant Professor, April 2000-March 2003
Visiting Position
Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, February 2013-September 2013, February 2014-April 2014, December 2021-March 2022
School of Economics, University of New South Wales, August 2006
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Ph.D., May 2000
University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.S., May 1998
Michigan State University, B.A., May 1994, with high honor
Research Interests
Organizational Economics
Contract Theory
Experimentation and dynamic learning
Published Papers
Social Learning and Strategic Pricing with Rating Systems, with C.-H. Chen and K.-P. Chen, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, forthcoming
Signaling under Double-Crossing Preferences: The Case of Discrete Types, with C.-H. Chen and W. Suen, Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 114, Article 103046, 2024
Pecuniary Emulation and Invidious Distinction: Signaling under Behavioral Diversity, with W. Suen, Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 147, pp. 449-459, 2024
Should Product-Specific Advertisement be Regulated in Pharmaceutical Markets? with T. Takahara, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 26, no. 2, e12697, 2024
Pioneer, Early Follower or Late Entrant: Entry Dynamics with Learning and Market Competition, with C.-H. Chen and A. Mukherjee, European Economic Review, vol. 152, Article 104360, 2023
Signaling under Double-Crossing Preferences, with C.-H. Chen and W. Suen, Econometrica, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 1225-1260, 2022
Reputation Concerns in Risky Experimentation, with C.-H. Chen and W. Suen, Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 1981-2021, 2021
A War of Attrition with Experimenting Players, with C.-H. Chen, Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 239-269, 2021
Cheap Talk When the Receiver Has Uncertain Information Sources, with T. Shimizu, Economic Theory, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 303-334, 2019
Hierarchical Experimentation, with C.-H. Chen, Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 177, pp. 365-404, 2018
Dynamic Performance Evaluation with Deadlines: The Role of Commitment, with C.-H. Chen, Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 377-422, 2018
Cheap Talk with an Informed Receiver, with T. Shimizu, Economic Theory Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 61-72, 2016
Careerist Experts and Political Incorrectness, with C.-H. Chen, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 120, pp. 1-18, 2015
Hierarchies versus Committees: Communication and Information Acquisition in Organizations, Japanese Economic Review, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 62-88, 2015
On Persistent Demand Shortages: A Behavioral Approach, with Y. Ono, Japanese Economic Review, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 42-69, 2014
Dynamically Sabotage-Proof Tournaments, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 627-655, 2012
Contracting with Self-Esteem Concerns, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 329-340, 2012
Market Competition, R&D and Firm Profits in Asymmetric Oligopoly, with T. Matsumura and N. Matsushima, Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 484-505, 2011
Should Civil Servants be Restricted in Wage Bargaining? A Mixed-Duopoly Approach, with N. Matsushima, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 93, no. 3-4, pp. 634-646, 2009
Incentives in Academics: Collaboration under Weak Complementarities, Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 215-223, 2009
Misperception-Driven Chaos: Theory and Policy Implications, with M. Yokoo, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1732-1753, 2008
Gender Specialization of Skill Acquisition, with H. Nosaka, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 7, no. 1 (Advances), Article 61, 2007
Optimal Promotion Policies with the Looking-Glass Effect, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 857-877, 2006
Seniority Bias in a Tournament, Review of Economic Design, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 143-164, 2006
Team Incentives under Relative Performance Evaluation, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 187-206, 2006
FDI May Help Rival Firms with Noriaki Matsushima, Economics Bulletin, vol. 6, no. 22, pp. 1-8, 2005
Lifetime Employment as a Coordination Failure, Japan and the World Economy, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 209-222, 2005
Signaling and Strategically Delayed Promotion, Labour Economics, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 687-700, 2004
Education as Advertisement, Economics Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1-8, 2004
A Noncooperative Analysis of a Circular City Model, with N. Matsushima, Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 575-589, 2004
Threshold Nonlinearities and Asymmetric Endogenous Business Cycles, with M. Yokoo, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 175-189, 2004
The Role of Intrahousehold Bargaining in Gender Discrimination, Rationality and Society, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 361-380, 2003
The Role of Social Norms in a Model of Marriage and Divorce, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 131-142, 2003
Research Grants
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2023-March 2027
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2019-March 2023
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2015-March 2018
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2012-March 2015
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2009-March 2012
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2006-March 2009
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2002-March 2005
Professional Services
Associate Editor, International Economic Review, 2013-2025
Co-Editor, Japanese Economic Review, 2023-
Committee Chair, 2024 Japanese Economic Association Fall Meeting at Fukuoka University
Referee for: American Economic Review, American Economic Review: Insights, Australian Journal of Management, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Economica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin, Economics of Governance, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, International Journal of Economic Theory, International Review of Economics and Finance, Japan and the World Economy, Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Labour Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, Portuguese Economic Journal, RAND Journal of Economics, Rationality and Society, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Theory and Decision