Shuhei Kitamura
Associate Professor
Japan Political Economy Group (J-PEG)
Research interests
Economic development, political economy
Japan Political Economy Group (J-PEG)
Economic development, political economy
January 16, 2025, Waseda University
March 10, ESA Asia-Pacific Meeting, Osaka
April 5-6, JADE (discussant)
May 24-25, JEA Spring Meeting, Chukyo University (discussant)
August 4, SWET, Otaru
August 25-28, EEA Bordeaux
September 11, York University, Canada
September 13-14, Empirical Microeconomics Workshop, Banff
September 24, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
October 23, Doshisha University
Economics
Destructive Behavior, Judgment, and Economic Decision-making under Thermal Stress (with I. Almås, M. Auffhammer, T. Bold, I. Bolliger, A. Dembo, S. Hsiang, T. Miguel, and R. Pickmans), The Economic Journal, 2025, forthcoming.
Media coverage: CNN, National Public Radio (NPR), VoxDev
Geography and State Fragmentation (with N.-P. Lagerlöf). Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, Vol. 18(4), pp. 1726–1769.
Other disciplines P=Psychology, PS=Political Science
The Constructive and Destructive Power of Social Norms in the Presence of Authoritative Influence (with K. Yamada). American Psychologist, 80(3), 345-358, 2025. (P)
Now or Later?: The Inter-temporal Decision-making of Electoral Participation (with T. Matsubayashi). Political Behavior, 2022, 45, 1683–1709. (PS)
Battles and Capitals (with N.-P. Lagerlöf)
Misperception and Accountability in Polarized Societies (w. R. Takahashi and K. Yamada)
Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Mind and Culture: Evidence from Visual Art
Semantic Processing of Political Words in Naturalistic Information Differs by Political Orientation (with Aya S. Ihara)
Tillers of Prosperity: Land Ownership, Reallocation, and Structural Transformation Reject and resubmit at American Economic Review
Public Media Do Serve the State: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment (with T. Kuroda)
Loyalty and Treason: Theory and Evidence from Japan's Land Reform
"Towards Transparent Economic Research: Pre-Analysis Plans and Registered Reports". Presentation slides prepared for a tutorial session at the 2nd Japan Association for Development Economics (JADE) Conference.