Game Theory, Experimental Economics and Social Designs

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Last Update: March, 2024

Yoshio Kamijo (PhD in Economics)

• Current Position

  • Professor. School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

  • Member of Science Council of Japan

• Contact Information

  • Email. yoshio.kamijo[at]gmail.com

  • Address: 1-6-1, Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan

• Past Positions

  • 2016 - 2019 Professor, Kochi University of Technology

  • 2013 - 2015 Associate Professor, Kochi University of Technology

  • 2010 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study

  • 2007 - 2009 Research Assistant, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University

  • 2005 - 2006 JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

• Education

  • 2009 Phd in Economics, Waseda University, Japan

  • 2004, MA in Economics, Waseda University, Japan

  • 2002, BA in Economics, Waseda University, Japan

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Application of Game Theory to Social, Economic, and Daily Problems

• Testing the Theoretical Predictions by Laboratory Experiments

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

List of Publications

• 41. Andrighetto, G., Szekely, A., Guido, A. et al. Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries. Nat Commun 15, 1436 (2024). 

• 40.  Yoshio Kamijo, "A Note on the Risk Dominance of the Nash Demand Game," accepted in International Journal of Game Theory, 2023. 

• 39.  Hizen, Kamijo, Tamura, "Votes for Excluded Minorities and the Voting Behavior of the Existing Majority: A Laboratory Experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 209, 348-361, 2023. 

• 38. Kamijo, Tamura, "Risk-Averse and Self-Interested Shifts in Groups in Both Median and Random Rules," Games 2023, 14(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/g14010016

• 37. Kamijo, Nakama, "Designing division of labor with strategic uncertainty within organizations: Model analysis and a behavioral experiment," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 32, 257-272, 2023. 

• 36. Takeuchi, Veszteg, Kamijo, Funaki, "Bargaining over a jointly produced pie: The effect of the production function on bargaining outcomes," Games and Economic Behavior 134, 169-198, 2022.

• 35. Kamijo, Tamura, Hizen, "Effect of proxy voting for children under the voting age on parental altruism towards future generations," Futures 122, 102569, 2020. 

• 34. Kamijo, Kira, Nitta, "Even bad social norms promote positive interactions,"  Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 8694, 2020. 

• 33. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu, "The role of peer reward and punishment for public goods problems in a localized society,"  Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 8211, 2020. 

• 32. Kuroda, Kamijo, Kameda, "Investor's pessimistic and false belief about trustworthiness and stake size in trust decision", Japanese Psychological Research, 2020. 

• 31. Kamijo, Hizen, Saijo, Tamura "Voting on behalf of a future generation: A laboratory experiment,"  Sustainability 11(16), Aug 2019. 

• 30. Hernuryadin, Kotani, Kamijo "Time preferences between individuals and groups in the transition from hunter-gatherer to industrial societies,"  Sustainability 11(2), Jan 2019. 

• 29. Timilsina, Kotani, Kamijo "Generativity and social value orientation between rural and urban societies in a developing country,"  Futures 105, 124-132, Jan 2019.

• 28. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu “Punishing second-order free riders before first-order free riders: The effect of pool punishment priority on cooperation,” Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 14379, 2017

• 27. Yokote, Funaki and Kamijo, "Coincidence of the Shapley value with other solutions satisfying covariance," Mathematical Social Sciences 89, 1-9, Sep 2017.  

• 26. Timilsina, Kotani, Kamijo "Sustainability of common pool resources," PLoS ONE 12(2), e0170981, Feb 2017.

• 25. Kamijo, Komiya, Mifune, Saijo "Negotiating with the future: Incorporating imaginary future generations into negotiations," Sustainability Science 12(3), 409-420, May 2017. 

• 24. Mifune, Hizen, Kamijo, Okano "Preemptive strike in individual and group conflict," PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154859

• 23. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu, "Institutionalize reciprocity to overcome the public goods provision problem,"  PLoS ONE, 11(6): e0154321. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154321  

• 22. Yokote, Funaki and Kamijo, "A new basis and the Shapley value," Mathematical Social Sciences 80, March 2016, Pages 21-24.  

• 21. Kamijo, "Rewards versus punishments in additive, weakest-link, and best-shot contests," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 122, February 2016, Pages 17-30.  

• 20. Kamijo, Ozono, Shimizu, "Overcoming coordination failure using a mechanism based on gradualism and endogeneity," Experimental Economics 19(1), March 2016, Pages 202-217.  

• 19. Kamijo, "Choosing wisely and sharing cost: a multi-bidding cost sharing mechanism," Theoretical Economics Letters 4(6), June 2014, Pages 465-471.  

• 18. Kamijo, Tomaru, "The endogenous objective function of a partially-privatized firm: a nash bargaining approach," Economic Modelling 39, April 2014, Pages 101-109.

• 17. Kamijo, Nihonsugi, Takeuchi, Funaki, "Sustaining cooperation in social dilemma: Comparison of centralized punishment institutions," Games and Economic Behavior 84, March 2014, Pages 180-195.

• 16. Kamijo, Kongo, "Properties based on relative contributions for cooperative games with transferable utilities," Theory and Decision, November 2013, Pages 77-87.

• 15. Kamijo, "Bidding behavior for a keyword auction in a sealed bid environment," Decision Support Systems 56, December 2013, Pages 371-378.

• 14. Fukuda, Kamijo, Takeuchi, Masui, Funaki, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of performance of keyword auction mechanisms," RAND Journal of Economics 44(3), Fall 2013, Pages 438-461.

• 13. Yamane, Yoneda, Takahashi, Kamijo, Komori, Hiruma, Tsutsui “Smokers, Smoking Deprivation, and Time Discounting,” Journal of Socio-Economics 45, August 2013, Pages 47-56.

• 12. Kamijo "Stability and efficiency in the perfect foresight situation," Theory and Decision 75, September 2013, Pages 339-357.

• 11. Kamijo, Kongo "Whose deletion does not affect your payoff? The difference between the Shapley value, the egalitarian value, the solidarity value, and the Banzhaf value," European Journal of Operational Research 2163, February 2012, Pages 638-646.

• 10. Kamijo "The collective value: a new solution for games with coalition structures," Top 21, October 2013, Pages 572-589.

• 9. Kamijo, Kawasaki "Dynamics, stability, and foresight in the Shapley-Scarf housing market," Journal of Mathematical Economics 46, March 2010, 214-222.

• 8. Kamijo, Kongo "Axiomatization of the Shapley value using the balanced cycle contributions property," International Journal of Game Theory 39, October 2010, Pages 563-571.

• 7. Kamijo "A linear proportional effort allocation rule," Mathematical Social Sciences 58, November 2009, Pages 341-353.

• 6. Kamijo, Muto "Farsighted coalitional stability of a price leadership cartel," Japanese Economic Review 61, December 2010, Pages 455-465.

• 5. Kamijo, Nakamura "Stable market structures from merger activities in mixed oligopoly with asymmetric costs," Journal of Economics 98, September 2009, Pages 1-24.

• 4. Kamijo "A two-step Shapley value for cooperative games with coalition structures," International Game Theory Review 11, June 2009, Pages 207-214.

• 3. Inoue, Kamijo, Tomaru "Interregional mixed duopoly," Regional Science and Urban Economics 38, March 2009, Pages 233-242.

• 2. Kamjio "Implementation of weighed values in hierarchical and horizontal cooperation structures," Mathematical Social Sciences 56, November 2008, Pages 336-349.

• 1. Kamijo "Implementation of the Shapley value of games with coalition structures," The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics 363, 2006, Pages 105-125.

List organized by major topic and methodology

1. Theoretical paper based on non-cooperative game theory

   1. Kamijo, "Rewards versus punishments in additive, weakest-link, and best-shot contests," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 122, February 2016, Pages 17-30.  

   2. Kamijo, "Choosing wisely and sharing cost: a multi-bidding cost sharing mechanism," Theoretical Economics Letters 4(6), June 2014, Pages 465-471.  

   3. Kamijo, "Bidding behavior for a keyword auction in a sealed bid environment," Decision Support Systems 56, December 2013, Pages 371-378.

2. Experimental and Behavioral Economics

   1. Hizen, Kamijo, Tamura, "Votes for Excluded Minorities and the Voting Behavior of the Existing Majority: A Laboratory Experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 209, 348-361, 2023. 

   2. Kamijo, Tamura, "Risk-Averse and Self-Interested Shifts in Groups in Both Median and Random Rules," Games 2023, 14(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/g14010016

   3. Kamijo, Nakama, "Designing division of labor with strategic uncertainty within organizations: Model analysis and a behavioral experiment," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, accepted. 

   4. Takeuchi, Veszteg, Kamijo, Funaki, "Bargaining over a jointly produced pie: The effect of the production function on bargaining outcomes," Games and Economic Behavior,Volume 134, 169-198, 2022.

   5. Kamijo, Tamura, Hizen, "Effect of proxy voting for children under the voting age on parental altruism towards future generations," Futures 122, 102569, 2020. 

   6. Kamijo, Kira, Nitta, "Even bad social norms promote positive interactions,"  Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 8694, 2020. 

   7. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu, "The role of peer reward and punishment for public goods problems in a localized society,"  Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 8211, 2020. 

   8. Kuroda, Kamijo, Kameda, "Investor's pessimistic and false belief about trustworthiness and stake size in trust decision", Japanese Psychological Research, 2020. 

   9. Kamijo, Hizen, Saijo, Tamura "Voting on behalf of a future generation: A laboratory experiment,"  Sustainability 11(16), Aug 2019. 

   10. Hernuryadin, Kotani, Kamijo "Time Preferences between Individuals and Groups in the Transition from Hunter-Gatherer to Industrial Societies," accepted in Sustainability.

   11. Timilsina, Kotani, Kamijo "Generativity and social value orientation between rural and urban societies in a developing country," accepted in Futures.

   12. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu “Punishing second-order free riders before first-order free riders: The effect of pool punishment priority on cooperation,” Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 14379, 2017

   13. Timilsina, Kotani, Kamijo "Sustainability of common pool resources," accepted in PLoS ONE.

   14. Kamijo, Komiya, Mifune, Saijo "Negotiating with the future: Incorporating imaginary future generations into negotiations," accepted in Sustainability Science. 

   15. Mifune, Hizen, Kamijo, Okano "Preemptive strike in individual and group conflict," PLoS ONE, accepted

   16. Ozono, Kamijo, Shimizu, "Institutionalize reciprocity to overcome the public goods provision problem,"  PLoS ONE, accepted. 

   17. Kamijo, Ozono, Shimizu, "Overcoming coordination failure using a mechanism based on gradualism and endogeneity," accepted in Experimental Economics. 

   18. Kamijo, Nihonsugi, Takeuchi, Funaki, "Sustaining cooperation in social dilemma: Comparison of centralized punishment institutions," Games and Economic Behavior 84, March 2014, Pages 180-195.

   19. Fukuda, Kamijo, Takeuchi, Masui, Funaki, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of performance of keyword auction mechanisms," RAND Journal of Economics 44(3), Fall 2013, Pages 438-461.

   20. Yamane, Yoneda, Takahashi, Kamijo, Komori, Hiruma, Tsutsui “Smokers, Smoking Deprivation, and Time Discounting,” Journal of Socio-Economics 45, August 2013, Pages 47-56.

3. Industrial Organization

   1. Kamijo, Tomaru, "The endogenous objective function of a partially-privatized firm: a nash bargaining approach," Economic Modelling 39, April 2014, Pages 101-109.

   2. Kamijo, Nakamura "Stable market structures from merger activities in mixed oligopoly with asymmetric costs," Journal of Economics 98, September 2009, Pages 1-24.

   3. Inoue, Kamijo, Tomaru "Interregional mixed duopoly," Regional Science and Urban Economics 38, March 2009, Pages 233-242.

4. Farsighted stability and vNM stable set

   1. Kamijo "Stability and efficiency in the perfect foresight situation," Theory and Decision 75, September 2013, Pages 339-357.

   2. Kamijo, Kawasaki "Dynamics, stability, and foresight in the Shapley-Scarf housing market," Journal of Mathematical Economics 46, March 2010, 214-222.

   3. Kamijo, Muto "Farsighted coalitional stability of a price leadership cartel," Japanese Economic Review 61, December 2010, Pages 455-465.

5. Solution concepts for cooperative game theory

   1. Yokote, Funaki and Kamijo, "Coincidence of the Shapley value with other solutions satisfying covariance," to appear in Mathematical Social Sciences.  

   2. Yokote, Funaki and Kamijo, "A new basis and the Shapley value," accepted in Mathematical Social Sciences. 

   3. Kamijo, Kongo, "Properties based on relative contributions for cooperative games with transferable utilities," Theory and Decision, November 2013, Pages 77-87.

   4. Kamijo, Kongo "Whose deletion does not affect your payoff? The difference between the Shapley value, the egalitarian value, the solidarity value, and the Banzhaf value," European Journal of Operational Research 2163, February 2012, Pages 638-646.

   5. Kamijo "The collective value: a new solution for games with coalition structures," Top 21, October 2013, Pages 572-589.

   6. Kamijo, Kongo "Axiomatization of the Shapley value using the balanced cycle contributions property," International Journal of Game Theory 39, October 2010, Pages 563-571.

   7. Kamijo "A linear proportional effort allocation rule," Mathematical Social Sciences 58, November 2009, Pages 341-353.

   8. Kamijo "A two-step Shapley value for cooperative games with coalition structures," International Game Theory Review 11, June 2009, Pages 207-214.

   9. Kamjio "Implementation of weighed values in hierarchical and horizontal cooperation structures," Mathematical Social Sciences 56, November 2008, Pages 336-349.

   10. Kamijo "Implementation of the Shapley value of games with coalition structures," The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics 363, 2006, Pages 105-125.

WORKING PAPERS

• Hearing the voice of future generations: A laboratory experiment of `Demeny voting` (with Yoichi Hizen and Tatsuyoshi Saijo) abstract download

• A theory of strategic auditing: How should we select one member from a homogenous group? abstract download

• Who is audited? Experimental study on rule-based and human tax auditing schemes (with Hiroshi Uemura and Takehito Masuda) abstract download

• Bidding for social alternatives: A simple mechanism and its extension (with Kohei Kamaga)

• Intention behind the disclosure matters for promoting trust under short-termism: An experimental study (with Satoshi Taguchi)

• Cooperation to In-efficient Public Goods Promotes the Positive Interactions  (with Yosuke Kira and Kohei Nitta)

• Rise of the irrational free riding behavior under a centralized punishment authority (with Ai Takeuchi and Yukihiko Funaki)

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Preference Shift and Group Decision

  • Donation Experiment. 

    • Testimony of Donation to Japanese Red Cross

RESEARCH FUND

• 2019 - 2021 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal Investigator 

• 2016 - 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Co-Investigator (kenkyu-bunansha)

• 2014 - 2017 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Principal Investigator 

• 2014 - 2016 Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, Principal Investigator 

• 2013 - 2015 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Co-Investigator (kenkyu-bunansha)

• 2011 - 2013 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Principal Investigator 

• 2009 - 2010 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Principal Investigator