PhD student in Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Research Fellow (DC1), JSPS, 2023-
Email: shoheiyanagita [at] gmail.com
Fields of Interest
Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics
Education
M.A. Hitotsubashi University, 2023
B.A. Hitotsubashi University, 2021
Publication
Overreacting to a black box, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2025, Volume 118, 103131
Skeptical and credulous belief updating under black box recommendations, Mathematical Social Sciences, 2026, Volume 140, 102502
Working papers
Costly Bayesian Optimism, R&R Economic Theory
Cautious Dual-Self Expected Utility and Weak Uncertainty Aversion (joint with Kensei Nakamura)
Preferences with multiple forecasts (joint with Kensei Nakamura)
Incentive to Leave Costly Reviews (joint with Shinpei Noguchi)
My first game theory paper 🎉
Partially rational preferences under ambiguity (joint with Kensei Nakamura)
A note on the foundations of Grether’s α-β rule
To be presented at the JEA 2026 Spring Meeting (poster) 🐥
Works in progress
A model of robust Bayesian persuasion (joint with Wataru Kitano)
Benefit for Planning and Information Avoidance (joint with Kemal Ozbek and Norio Takeoka)
Learning with Costly Attention (joint with Kemal Ozbek and Norio Takeoka)
Attitude toward ambiguous experiments (joint with Yutaro Akita and Kensei Nakamura)