Takeshi Murooka's Website

Takeshi Murooka

CV (updated in July 2018)

Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP)

Osaka University

Email: murooka (at) osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp

日本語の記事等 (in Japanese)

"Consumer Exploitation and Notice Periods" (with Marco A. Schwarz), updated in August 2018.
"Market Competition and Informal Incentives" (with Matthias Fahn), in preparation.
"The Provision of High-Powered Incentives under Multitasking" (with Kohei Daido), in preparation.
"Procrastination and Learning about Self-Control" (with Else Gry Bro Christensen), in preparation.
"Zero Prices: Optimal Pricing of Experience Goods under Consumer Loss Aversion," in preparation.
"Deception under Competitive Intermediation," updated in January 2015.

"The Timing of Choice-Enhancing Policies" (with Marco A. Schwarz), Journal of Public Economics, 157, 27-40, 2018.
"Inferior Products and Profitable Deception" (with Paul Heidhues and Botond Kőszegi), Review of Economic Studies, 84 (1), 323-356, 2017.
"Team Incentives and Reference-Dependent Preferences" (with Kohei Daido), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 25 (4), 958-989, 2016.
"Exploitative Innovation" (with Paul Heidhues and Botond Kőszegi), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 8 (1), 1-23, 2016. [Lead article.]
- Non-technical research highlight by the American Economic Association.
"Task Assignment under Agent Loss Aversion" (with Kohei Daido, Kimiyuki Morita, and Hiromasa Ogawa), Economics Letters, 121 (1), 35-38, 2013.
"A Note on Credible Spatial Preemption in an Entry-Exit Game," Economics Letters, 118 (1), 26-28, 2013.
"Self-Control Problems and Consumption-Saving Decisions: Theory and Empirical Evidence" (with Tomomi Tanaka), Japanese Economic Review, 63 (1), 23-37, 2012. [Survey article.]
"Randomized Strategy Equilibrium in the Action Commitment Game with Costs of Leading" (with Toshihiro Matsumura and Akira Ogawa), Operations Research Letters, 39 (2), 115-117, 2011.

"Deception and Consumer Protection in Competitive Markets" (with Paul Heidhues and Botond Kőszegi), in The Pros and Cons of Consumer Protection (ed. Dan Sjöblom). Stockholm: Swedish Competition Authority, 44-76, 2012.

Workshop on Behavioral Contract Theory, Osaka, April 2019 (details TBA).
Japanese-German Workshop on Contracts and Incentives, Osaka, September 29-30, 2018.
- Registration Form (deadline for lunch/dinner signup: August 31, 2018)
待兼山理論ワークショップ, Osaka, August 2, 2018.