[Research Interests]
Policy analysis (Antitrust regulation, Environmental Policy, Income Redistribution), Stigma (Financial stigma, Welfare stigma), Social norm, Dynamic games, CSR/ESG
[Publications in English]
12. Igei, K., Kurokawa, H., Iseki, M., Kituski, A., Kurita, K., Managi, S., Nakamuro, M., Sakano, A. (2024) Synergistic effects of nudges and boosts in environmental education: Evidence from a field experiment. Ecological Economics, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108279
11. Itaya, J., & Kurita, K. (2024) Population dynamics of welfare stigma: Welfare fraud versus incomplete take-up. Journal of Population Economics, 37, 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-01009-8
10. Nozawa, W., Kurita, K., Tamaki, T., & Managi, S. (2023). To What Extent Will Space Debris Impact the Economy? Space Policy, 101580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2023.101580
9. Chen, S., Kurita, K., Wakiyama, T., Kagawa, S., & Managi, S. (2023). Inclusive wealth footprint for cities in Japan: regional clusters for sustainable development. Sustainability Science, 18(5), 2293-2307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01367-4
8. Kurita, K., & Managi, S. (2023). New economic geography model with natural capital and migration congestion effect. Economic Analysis and Policy, 77, 635-641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.12.026
7. Kurita, K., Katafuchi, Y., & Managi, S. (2023). COVID-19, stigma, and habituation: Evidence from mobility data. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-14980-w
6. Kurokawa, H., Igei, K., Kitsuki, A., Kurita, K., Managi, S., Nakamuro, M., & Sakano, A. (2023). Improvement impact of nudges incorporated in environmental education on students’ environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 116612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116612
5. Yoshida, K., Kurita, K., & Managi, S. (2023). Stakeholder engagement as a sustainable development strategy: Managerial entrenchment for cross‐shareholdings. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 30(1), 402-418. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2362
4. Kurita, K., & Managi, S. (2022). COVID-19 and stigma: Evolution of self-restraint behavior. Dynamic Games and Applications, 12(1), 168-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-022-00426-2
3. Kurita, K. (2021). Welfare analysis of alternative poverty alleviation policies. Economics Bulletin, 41(4), 2484-2494.
2. Katafuchi, Y., Kurita, K., & Managi, S. (2021). COVID-19 with stigma: Theory and evidence from mobility data. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 5, 71-95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-14980-w
1. Kurita, K., Hori, N., & Katafuchi, Y. (2020). Stigma model of welfare fraud and non‐take‐up: Theory and evidence from OECD panel data. International Journal of Economic Theory, 18(3), 310-338. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijet.12295
[Working Papers]
Su, Tong and Kurita, Kenichi, Climate Technology Assessment with Ecosystem Feedbacks: Insights from a DICE–NPP Model (Revision on 13th, September, 2025; 1st submission on May 31, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5276620 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5276620 The previous title was "Backstop to the Future: Positive and Negative Effects of Global Warming."
Kurita, Kenichi and Tajika, Tomoya, Wealthy and Welfare Stigma under Inequality Aversion: Envy-Motivated Bashing (November 17, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5023770 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5023770
[Work in Progress]
The Carbon Cost of Retaliation: Urban Emissions in the Shadow of Trade Friction (with Tong Su)
Theoretical analysis of CSR behavior under antitrust regulations
Antitrust policies and CSR activities: Evidence from Global Firm Data (with Kenichi Yoshida, Shun Xie, Shotaro Masukawa, Alexander Ryota Keeley, Shunsuke Managi)
Financial stigma and firm dynamics
Industrial location in the presence of competition among the big and the small (with Akihiko Yanase)
Political economy of basic income and means testing with welfare fraud, non-take-up, and stigma (with Takuya Obara)
[Peer Review]
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
International Review of Financial Analysis
OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science