Research Interests: Game Theory, Stable Sets, Markets with Indivisible Goods, Potential Games
Publications in Refereed Journals in Reverse Chronological Order:
Bando, K. and R. Kawasaki (2024): "Stability and Substitutability in Multi-Period Matching Markets," Games and Economic Behavior, 147, 533-553.
Kawasaki, R., H. Konishi, and J. Yukawa (2023): "Equilibria in Bottleneck Games," International Journal of Game Theory, 52, 649-685.
Bando, K. and R. Kawasaki (2021): "Stability Properties of the Core in Generalized Assignment Problems," Games and Economic Behavior, 130, 211-223.
Kawasaki, R., T. Sato, and S. Muto (2015): "Farsightedly Stable Tariffs," Mathematical Social Sciences, 76, 118-124.
Kawasaki, R. (2015): "Roth-Postlewaite Stability and von Neumann-Morgenstern Stability," Journal of Mathematical Economics, 58, 1-6.
Kawasaki, R. (2015): "Maximin, Minimax, and von Neumann-Morgenstern Farsighted Stable Sets," Mathematical Social Sciences, 74, 8-12.
Yamamura, H. and R. Kawasaki (2013): "Generalized Average Rules as Stable Nash Mechanisms to Implement Generalized Median Rules," Social Choice and Welfare, 40, 815-832.
Shino, J. and R. Kawasaki (2012): "Farsighted Stable Sets in Hotelling's Location Games," Mathematical Social Sciences, 63, 23-30.
Kamijo, Y. and R. Kawasaki (2010): "Dynamics, Stability, and Foresight in the Shapley-Scarf Housing Market," Journal of Mathematical Economics, 46, 214-222.
Kawasaki, R. (2010): "Farsighted Stability of the Competitive Allocations in an Exchange Economy with Indivisible Goods," Mathematical Social Sciences, 59, 46-52.
Kawasaki, R. and S. Muto (2009): "Farsighted Stability in Provision of Perfectly 'Lumpy' Public Goods," Mathematical Social Sciences, 58, 98-109.
Articles and Surveys in Edited Volumes:
Kawasaki, R., J. Wako, and S. Muto (2020): "Cooperative Games (von Neumann-Morgenstern Stable Sets)," in R. A. Meyers ed., Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Springer. (This is an updated version of Kawasaki, Wako, and Muto (2015) under the same title.)
Bando, K., R. Kawasaki, and S. Muto (2016): "Matching with Externalities: A Survey," Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 59, 35-71.
Working Papers:
Hara, T. and R. Kawasaki (2021): "Delays in Patent Licensing under Asymmetric Information," available at SSRN 3982516.
Kawasaki, R. (2019): "Minimal Enforceability and Indirect Domination Relations in the Shapley-Scarf Economy," available at SSRN 3421952.
Work in Progress:
Kawasaki, R. "Farsighted Stability and Top Trading Cycles in Generalized Matching Problems."
Kawasaki, R. and T. Matsuse: "von Neumann-Morgenstern Farsightedly Stable Sets of Assignment Games."
Other (Non-refereed) Articles:
Kawasaki, R. and S. Muto: "Farsightedness may lead to overprovision in a public goods provision game," Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin No. 12, September 2009. (The article provides a brief summary of Kawasaki and Muto (2009))