Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005.

M.Sc. (Economics), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002.

M.A. (Economics), Kyoto University, 1999.

B.A. (Economics), Kyoto University, 1997.

Employment

College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, 2009-.

Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, 2008-2009.

Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2005-2008.

Visiting and Temporary Positions

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2016-2017. 

Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo, 2008.

Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, 2007-2008.

Fields

Contract Theory, Organizational Economics, Law and Economics.

Publications

"Two-sided Strategic Information Transmission," with Saori Chiba, Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, Vol.134, pp. 229-241.

"A Race beyond the Bottom: The Nature of Bidding for a Firm," with Taiji Furusawa and Ian Wooton, International Tax and Public Finance, 2015, Vol. 22, Is. 3, pp. 452-475.

"The Role of Private Benefits in Information Acquisition," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, Vol. 68, Is. 3-4, pp. 626-631.

"Inefficiency in a Bilateral Trading Problem with Cooperative Investment," Contributions to Theoretical Economics, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-9.

Professional Memberships

American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Japan Economic Association.

Referee

Economic Theory, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, International Journal of Economic Theory, Japan and the World Economy, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Japan and International Economics, Quantitative Finance, Review of International Economics, The B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics.

Grant

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (KAKENHI), 2024-2027.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (KAKENHI), 2020-2024.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (KAKENHI), 2012-2016.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (KAKENHI), 2008-2012.

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (KAKENHI), 2007-2010.

Fellowship

Taro Yamane Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999-2000.