[Research Interests]
Public policy, Policy analysis, Stigma, Social norm, Redistribution, Dynamic games, Greenwashing, CSR/ESG, Financial stigma, Welfare stigma
[Work in Progress]
Antitrust policies and CSR activities
Financial stigma and firm dynamics
Industrial location in the presence of competition among the big and the small (with Akihiko Yanase, Masafumi Tsubuku)
Political economy of basic income and means testing with welfare fraud, non-take-up, and stigma (with Takuya Obara)
Wealthy and Welfare Stigma under Inequality Aversion: Envy-Motivated Bashing (with Tomoya Tajika) [SSRN Working Paper]
[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]
Kurita, Kenichi and Tajika, Tomxoya, Wealthy and Welfare Stigma under Inequality Aversion: Envy-Motivated Bashing (November 17, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=
Direct Air Capture and Utilization: Life Cycle Assessment and CO2 Reduction Potential Estimation
with Alexander Ryota Keeley, Andrew Chapman, Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Dyah Ika Rinawati, Tianhui Fan, Shunsuke Managi
with Takeda, M., Xie, J., Managi, S.
[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