Working Papers
Signaling Vision: Knowing When to Quit
with Wing Suen
ISER Discussion Paper No. 1270
December 2024
Optimal Feedback Dynamics Against Free-Riding in Collective Experimentation
with Chia-Hui Chen, Hulya Eraslan and Takuro Yamashita
ISER Discussion Paper No. 1247r
first version: July 2024; this version: September 2025
Published Papers
Social Learning and Strategic Pricing with Rating Systems
with Chia-Hui Chen and Kong-Pin Chen
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, forthcoming
Signaling under Double-Crossing Preferences: The Case of Discrete Types
with Chia-Hui Chen and Wing Suen
Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 114, Article 103046, 2024
Pecuniary Emulation and Invidious Distinction: Signaling under Behavioral Diversity
with Wing Suen
Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 147, pp. 449-459, 2024
Should Product-Specific Advertisement be Regulated in Pharmaceutical Markets?
with Tsuyoshi 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 Chia-Hui Chen and Arijit Mukherjee
European Economic Review, vol. 152, Article 104360, 2023
Signaling under Double-Crossing Preferences
with Chia-Hui Chen and Wing Suen
Econometrica, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 1225-1260, 2022
Reputation Concerns in Risky Experimentation
with Chia-Hui Chen and Wing Suen
Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 1981-2021, 2021
A War of Attrition with Experimenting Players
with Chia-Hui Chen
Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 239-269, 2021
Cheap Talk When the Receiver Has Uncertain Information Sources
with Takashi Shimizu
Economic Theory, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 303-334, 2019
with Chia-Hui Chen
Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 177, pp. 365-404, 2018
Dynamic Performance Evaluation with Deadlines: The Role of Commitment
with Chia-Hui Chen
Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 377-422, 2018
Cheap Talk with an Informed Receiver
with Takashi Shimizu
Economic Theory Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 61-72, 2016
Careerist Experts and Political Incorrectness
with Chia-Hui 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 Yoshiyasu 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 Toshihiro Matsumura and Noriaki 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 Noriaki 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 Masanori Yokoo
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1732-1753, 2008
Gender Specialization of Skill Acquisition
with Hiromi 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
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
Economics Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1-8, 2004
A Noncooperative Analysis of a Circular City Model
with Noriaki Matsushima
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 575-589, 2004
Threshold Nonlinearities and Asymmetric Endogenous Business Cycles
with Masanori 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