Daiki Kishishita

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

Address: 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8601.
Email: daiki[dot]kishishita[at]gmail.com
CV (April 2025)
Research interests: Applied microeconomic theory
- Political economics
- Decision-making under ambiguity
- Information transmission
- Public economics

Upcoming presentations:
- LEG Seminar (September 22)
Selected publications:
- Kasamatsu, S., & Kishishita, D. (2024). "Endogenous Political Trust and Electoral Accountability." The Journal of Politics, 86(1), 358-363.
- Kishishita, D., and Yamagishi, A. (2021). "Contagion of Populist Extremism" Journal of Public Economics, 193, 104324.
- Kishishita, D. (2020). "(Not) Delegating Decisions to Experts: The Effect of Uncertainty" Journal of Economic Theory, 190, 105117.

News:

New working paper: "Trust in Politicians and Preferences over False Positive and Negative Errors in News Reports" (Joint with Greg Chih-Hsin Sheen) [August 2025]
"Watchdog versus Yes Man: News Source and Media Competition" (joint with Susumu Sato) is accepted at Games and Economic Behaviors. [June 2025]
"Responsive Parties and Political Winner’s Curse" (joint with R. Emre Aytimur) is accepted at Economics Letters. [June 2025]
"Inequality, Conspiracy Theories, and Redistribution" is accepted at European Journal of Political Economy. [April 2025]
New working paper: "Polarization as Pluralistic Ignorance" (joint with Kenjiro Asami) [January 2025]
New working paper: "Welfare Burden and Preferences for Immigrants' Types" (joint with Tomoko Matsumoto)[November 2024]
New working paper: "Responsive Parties and Political Winner's Curse" (joint with R. Emre Aytimur) [November 2024]
New working paper: "Political Trust and Preferences for Redistribution: Wasteful Spending and Plutocratic Influence" (joint with Tomoko Matsumoto) [October 2024]
Our paper, "Self-Benefits, Fiscal Risk, and Political Support for the Public Healthcare System" (joint with Tomoko Matsumoto), is accepted at European Journal of Political Economy. [August 2024]
New working paper: "Public Perceptions of False Positive and Negative Errors in News Reports" (joint with Greg Chih-Hsin Sheen) [May 2024]
New working paper: "Social Norms and the Rise of Fringe Candidates" (joint with R. Emre Aytimur) [April 2024]
Our paper, "Does Informative Opposition Influence Electoral Accountability?" (joint with Satoshi Kasamatsu), is accepted at Quarterly Journal of Political Science. [April 2024]
New working paper: "Inequality, Conspiracy Theories, and Redistribution" [March 2024]
New working paper: "Affluence and Influence under Tax Competition: Income Bias in Political Attention" (joint with Satoshi Kasamatsu and Taiki Susa) [September 2023]
Our paper, "Endogenous Political Trust and Electoral Accountability" (joint with Satoshi Kasamatsu), is accepted at the Journal of Politics. [May 2023]
New working paper: "Self-Benefits, Fiscal Risk, and Political Support for the Social Security System" (joint with Tomoko Matsumoto) [February 2023]

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