Ryo Shirakawa
PhD student in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: r.shirakawa0723 [at] gmail.com
Research interest
Economic Theory, Mechanism Design, Information Design, Market Design
Working papers
The Design and Price of Certification, 2024, with Mikael Mäkimattila and Yucheng Shang. (Latest version: June 2025)
R&R at Theoretical Economics.
Appears as an extended abstract at EC '25.
Feasible Search Behavior, 2024, joint with Hiroto Sato. (Latest version: June 2025)
A preliminary result appears in "Information Design in Pandora's Problem," 2023.
Persuaded Choice in Ordered Search, 2023, joint with Hiroto Sato.
R&R at Economic Theory.
A follow-up to "Information Design in Pandora's Problem."
Published papers
Information Structures in College Admissions, 2022, joint with Hiroto Sato.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025.
Simple Manipulations in School Choice Mechanisms.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2025.
The paper was previously titled "School Choice: A Behavioral Approach."
The previous version of this article won the Kanematsu Prize in 2021!
Stable Core Partitions in a Cartel Formation Game with Licensing, joint with Satoshi Nakada.
Mathematical Social Sciences, 2025.
On the Core of a Patent Licensing Game, joint with Satoshi Nakada.
Economics Letters, 2023.
A follow-up to "Stable Core Partitions in a Cartel Formation Games with Licensing."
On the Unique Core Partition of Coalition Formation Games: Correction to Inal (2015), joint with Satoshi Nakada.
Social Choice and Welfare, 2022.