Naoki Funai
Faculty of Economics
Shiga University
1-1-1 Banba
Hikone
Shiga
522-8522
JAPAN
Education
PhD, Economics, University of Birmingham, December 2013
(PhD dissertation title: Essays on Adaptive Learning)
PhD (ABD), Economics, Texas A&M University, September 2011
MA, Economics, Yokohama National University, March 2005
BA, Economics, Yokohama National University, March 2003
Academic Appointments
Professor at Department of Economics, Shiga University, 2023-present
Associate Professor at Department of Economics, Shiga University, 2021-2023
Associate Professor at Department of Economics, Ryutsu Keizai University, 2020-2021
Assistant Professor at Department of Economics, Ryutsu Keizai University, 2017-2020
Visiting Scholar at Department of Economics, University of Exeter, 2016-2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 2014-2016
Visiting Scholar at School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, April and August, 2015
Visiting Scholar and Class Teacher at Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, 2013-2014
Fields of Specialisation
Game Theory, Decision Theory, Microeconomic Theory
Teaching Interests
Game Theory, Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economists
Refereed Journal Publications
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Games with Strict Nash Equilibria", Games and Economic Behavior, 154 (2025), 351-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2025.09.011
"Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 200 (2022), 638-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.06.021
“Convergence Results on Stochastic Adaptive Learning”, Economic Theory, 68 (2019), 907-934. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-018-1150-8
“An Adaptive Learning Model with Foregone Payoff Information”, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Contributions, 14 (2014), 149-176. doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2013-0043
“An Adaptive Learning Model in Coordination Games”, Games, 4 (2013), 648-669.doi.org/10.3390/g4040648
Working Papers
"Adaptive Learning in Finitely Repeated Games".
"A Unified Model of Adaptive Learning in Normal Form Games".
Work-in-progress Papers
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Centipede Games"
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning in Dominance Solvable Games"
Teaching Experience (Except for Seminar Classes)
Lecturer - Microeconomics A, B, Shiga University, 2024-present
Lecturer - Introduction to Mathematics for Economics, Shiga University, 2021-present
Lecturer - Behavioural Economics, Shiga University, 2021-present
Lecturer - Special Lectures on Fundamental Economic Theory, Shiga University, 2021-present
Lecturer - Microeconomics I, II, Ryutsu Keizai University, 2017-2021
Lecturer - Basic Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Ryutsu Keizai University, 2017-present
Class Teacher - Microeconomics 202 B, University of Birmingham, Spring 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant - General Equilibrium and Welfare, University of Birmingham, Spring 2012-2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Microeconomics 201 A, University of Birmingham, Autumn 2011-2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Microeconomics II (Game Theory/General Equilibrium Theory at PhD Level), Texas A&M University, Spring 2007
Supervision Experience
MSc Dissertation Supervision, University of Birmingham, Summer 2012- 2014
Fellowships, Grants, Honours and Awards
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (Principal Investigator, Project Title: 展開型ゲームにおける適応学習の理論的研究), #25K05001, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2025-2029
Research Grant (Co Investigator (Principal Investigator: Shizuka Nishikawa); project title: 応用ゲーム理論と学習と情報), Internal Joint Research Center of Advanced Economic Theory, Kyoto University, 2025
Research Grant (Co Investigator (Principal Investigator: Saori Chiba); project title: 経済学理論における契約・情報・学習そして応用問題), Internal Joint Research Center of Advanced Economic Theory, Kyoto University, 2024
Research Grant (Co Investigator (Principal Investigator: Saori Chiba); project title: 学習と情報と不確実性), Internal Joint Research Center of Advanced Economic Theory, Kyoto University, 2023
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (Co Investigator (Principal Investigator: Ryoji Sawa); project title: 限定合理的個人を仮定した大規模社会システムの動的制度設計), #23K22098, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2022-2026
Internal Research Grant (project title: 意思決定者の多様性、交流様式の多様性が戦略的状況における意思決定者の学習に及ぼす影響について), Shiga University, 2021, 2022
Research Support Grant (project title: "Reinforcement and Social Networks"), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2016
Research Support Grant, Fondazione Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (project title: "Models of Meaning Negotiation"), Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2014-2015
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, 2011-2013
Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2007-2009, 2010-2011
PERC Bradley Fellowship (For two outstanding 4th year PhD students), Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2009-2010
PERC Summer Fellowship (For outstanding 2nd year PhD students), Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2008
Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University, 2005
Conference and Seminar Presentations
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning in Dominance Solvable Games", The Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications #14, Lisbon, Portugal, 2025.
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning in Dominance Solvable Games", Game Theory Workshop 2025, Kanazawa, Japan, 2025.
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Centipede Games", Kobe University, Japan, 2024.
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Centipede Games", East Asia Game Theory Conference 2024, Jeju National University, South Korea, 2024.
"Adaptive Learning with Tit-for-Tat Players in Finitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma Games", Interdisciplinary Meeting ON Evolution and Engineering (IMONEE), Tohoku University, Japan, 2023.
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Games with Strict Nash Equilibria", The Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications #12, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players", Kyoto University, Japan, 2023
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Games with Strict Nash Equilibria", 2022 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, 2022
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Games with Strict Nash Equilibria", SING17, Padova, Italy (online), 2022
"Stochastic Adaptive Learning with Committed Players in Games with Strict Nash Equilibria", The 27th Decentralization Conference in Japan, 2021
“Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games”, Game Theory Workshop 2020, Tokyo, Japan, 2020
“Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games”, Nagasaki University, Japan, 2020
“Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games”, UECE Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Application, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
“Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games”, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2019
"Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games", SING 15, Turku, Finland, 2019
"Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games", LEG2019, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019
"Reinforcement Learning with Foregone Payoff Information in Normal Form Games", Kyoto University, Japan, 2019
"Convergence Results on Stochastic Adaptive Learning", Nagasaki University, Japan, 2018
"A Unified Model of Adaptive Learning in Normal Form Games", Yokohama National University, Japan, 2016
“Adaptive Learning Models in Normal Form Games”, UECE Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Application, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015
“Learning context-dependent meaning in networks of agents” Language Dynamics, Mathematics of Multilevel Anticipatory Complex Systems, Venice, Italy, 2015
“Reinforcement Learning, Network Formation and Gossip Transmission”, RODEO (internal seminar), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, 2015
“Adaptive Learning Models in Normal Form Games”, Monash University, Australia, 2015
“Adaptive Learning in Finitely Repeated Games”, University of Exeter, UK, 2014
“Adaptive Learning in Finitely Repeated Games”, RES Postgraduate Presentation Meeting and Job Market, UK, 2014
“Adaptive Learning in Finitely Repeated Games”, SING 9, Vigo, Spain, 2013
“An Adaptive Learning Model in Coordination Games”, UECE Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012
Coursework at TAMU
Microeconomics I & II, Macroeconomics I & II, Econometrics I & II (PhD core courses)
Behavioural Game Theory, Experimental Economics (PhD field courses), Applied Probability, Stochastic Processes, Real Analysis I (Postgraduate Mathematics courses)
Membership of Societies
American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Game Theory Society, Japanese Economic Association
Languages
English (fluent), Japanese (native)
Citizenship
Japan