Takashi KURIHARA

Associate Prof. (tenured), School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University
Ph.D. in Economics (Waseda University; SV: Koichi SUGA)
E-mail: t.kurihara.academic***gmail.com, ***=@
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Research interests

Preference Theory (set extension: ranking sets as final outcomes)
Social Choice Theory (particularly Voting Theory)
Democratic deliberation
Experimental Voting Theory with Python
Theoretical and empirical studies on hospital location problems using GIS data
Decision-making about the innovation of medical technologies
The gender gap in marriage
Other research interests: Multi-agent system, Reinforcement learning, Social Networks, Educational and income inequalities for young carers

Publications and WPs (Bold style: the first author(s))

Journal publications (peer-reviewed)

[6] Kurihara, T., 2023. Sufficient conditions making lexicographic rules over the power set satisfy extensibility. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 115. [Link]

[5] Adachi, T., Chung, H., Kurihara, T., 2023. (The Impossibility of) Deliberation-Consistent Social Choice. American Journal of Political Science. [Link]

[4] Imahori, M., Kurihara, T., Noguchi, H., 2019. Does income affect medical care and long-term care expenditures for the elderly?: Evidence from claims data of a municipality in Japan. Japanese Journal of Health Economics and Policy (医療経済学研究), 31, 27-46. [ Link ]

[3] Kurihara, T., 2018. Axiomatic characterizations of the basic best-worst rule. Economics Letters, 172, 19-22. [ Link ]

[2] Kurihara, T., 2018. A simple characterization of the anti-plurality rule. Economics Letters, 168, 110-111. [ Link ]

[1] Kurihara, T., Kobayashi, S., 2016. Relevance between Eye-Movements and Choice Behaviors: an Experiment on Strategic Form Games with the Eye-Tracking System. The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics, 389-390, 2-17. (in Japanese) [ Link ]

Working papers

[7] Adach, T., Chung, H., Kurihara, T. Borda Rule Meets Approval Voting: Social Choice Scoring Functions Aggregating Weak Orders.

[6] Kurihara, T., Imahori, M. The gender gap in the first marriage for the 20−34-year-old age group having the desire to marry in Japan.

[5] Kurihara, T., Suga, K. Collective decision–making with rational preference update systems based on an expert suggestion.

[4] Kurihara, T. An axiomatic characterisation of Combined Borda rule.

[3] Kurihara, T. Leximax and leximin rank-ordered rules on the power set with discrete categories. [SSRN]

[2] Kurihara, T. Leximedian rank-ordered rules on the power set with a rearrangement method. [ SSRN ]

[1] Kurihara, T., Funaki, Y. Relevance between Eye-Movements, Choice Behaviors on the Prisoner's Dilemma Games and Willingness to Pay for a Quasi-Public Good. [ SSRN ]

Studies in progress

Priority-based leximax preference extension rules over ordered sets with interdependence among alternatives
Non-preferential, non-obstructive, and non-discriminative social choice rules
Combined Borda rule with desirability
Piece collection network games under complete information
Dynamic leximin social welfare functions
Hospital location problem

Conferences (Bold style: the first author(s))

Invited talks

[4] Adachi, T., Kurihara, T. Scoring Rules Aggregating Weak Orders - Borda Rule Meets Approval Voting Rule-. 2nd monthly workshop, Institution of Social Science, Ryukoku University, Online, December 2024.

[3] Adachi, T., Kurihara, T. 1st Social Choice Theory Workshop, Tokyo, September 2024.

[2] Kurihara, T. WINPEC Microeconomics Workshop Autumn 2019, Tokyo, November 2019.

[1] Kurihara, T. The 7th workshop of Normative Economics, Tokyo, January 2017 (Debater: Professor Kotaro Suzumura).

Conferences (peer-reviewed)

[21] Adachi, T., Chung, H., Kurihara, T. The 17th meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Paris, July 2024.

[20] Kurihara, T., Imahori, M. XXV Applied Economics Meeting, Toledo, June 2023.

[19] Kurihara, T., Imahori, M. Autumn Meeting of JEA, Tokyo, October 2022 (Debater: Professor Masaaki Mizuochi)

[18] Adachi, T., Chung, H., Kurihara, T. SAET 2021, virtual, June 2021. (Online)

[17] Kurihara, T., Suga, K. World Congress of the IEA 2021, Bali, July 2021. (Online)

[16] Kurihara, T., Suga, K. PSA 2021, Belfast, March 2021. (Online)

[15] Kurihara, T., Suga, K. PSA 2020, Edinburgh, April 2020 (accepted, but cancelled).

[14] Kurihara, T. 2019 Autumn Meeting of JEA, Kobe, October 2019 (Debater: Professor Ryoichi Nagahisa).

[13] Kurihara, T. Tokyo Conference on Economics of Institutions and Organizations Summer 2019, Tokyo, August 2019.

[12] Kurihara, T., Elkind, E. 3rd ILLC Workshop on Collective Decision Making, Amsterdam, June 2019.

[11] Imahori, M., Kurihara, T., Noguchi, H. EuHEA 2018, Maastricht, July 2018.

[10] Kurihara, T. ESAM 2018, Auckland, July 2018.

[9] Kurihara, T. COMSOC 2018, Troy, June 2018.

[8] Kurihara, T. SIAM DM18, Denver, June 2018.

[7] Kurihara, T. The XVIII World Congress of the IEA, Mexico City, June 2017.

[6] Kurihara, T. 2017 NASMES, St.Louis, June 2017.

[5] Kurihara, T. 2016 AMES, Kyoto, August 2016.

[4] Kurihara, T. The 13th Meeting of SSCW, Lund, June 2016.

[3] Kurihara, T., Funaki, Y. Consciousness and Intention in Economics and Philosophy 2015, Kyoto, December 2015.

[2] Kurihara, T., Funaki, Y. The 19th Conference of Experimental Social Sciences, Tokyo, November 2015.

[1] Kurihara, T., Kobayashi, S. Japan Association of Political Economy the 5th conference, Tokyo, March 2014.

Other conferences

[3] Adachi, T., Kurihara, T. WINPEC Microeconomics Workshop Autumn 2021, Tokyo, November 2021. (Online)

[2] Adachi, T., Chung, H., Kurihara, T. Spain-Japan Meeting on Economic Theory, Osaka & Tokyo, November 2021. (Online)

[1] Kurihara, T., Elkind, E. 2nd Spain-Japan Meeting on Economic Theory, Osaka & Tokyo, November 2018.

GitHub repositories

[1] Takashi Kurihara. (2025). tkurihara827/japan-healthcare-facility-unification: v1.0.1: Updated Data Pipeline Release (v1.0.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17418724

Education

Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University (2015-2019): PhD in Economics, Five-Year Doctoral Program. Doctoral dissertation: Essays on Individual and Social Choice Theories with Desirability.
Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University (2013-2015): MA in Economics, Five-Year Doctoral Program. Master's Thesis: OMFC Utilities and Ordinal Dynamic Programming: Applicability to the OMFC Dynamic Programming.
School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University (2009-2013): BA in Global Political Economy, Department of Global Political Economy; Minor in Economics, Department of Economics; Minor in Intellectual Property and Innovation, Open Education Center. Senior Thesis: Decision-Makings of Development and Introducing of Medical Technologies.

Career history

School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University: Part-time lecturer (FY2025-)
Faculty of Law, Musashino University: Part-time lecturer (FY2025-)
School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University: Associate professor (tenured) (FY2025-)
School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University: Junior Associate Professor (tenured) (FY2024)
School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University: Junior Associate Professor (tenure-track) (FY2021-2023)
School of Management, Tokyo University of Science: Part-time lecturer (FY2020-2021)
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University: Assistant professor (FY2019-2020)
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): JSPS research fellow, DC2 (FY2017-2018)
Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford: JSPS-ERC research fellow (FY2017 - 2018 SV: Edith ELKIND)
ASAHI GLASS Scholarship Foundation: Scholarship student (FY2015-2016)

Fellowship (competitive)

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI; principal: Tsuyoshi Adachi), JSPS (FY2024-2028)
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (KAKENHI), JSPS (FY2021-2024)
Grant-in-Aid for research base creation, Waseda University (FY2020)
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up (KAKENHI), JSPS (FY2019-2020)
Grant-in-Aid for research base creation, Waseda University (FY2019)
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (KAKENHI), JSPS (FY2017-2018)
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, JSPS (FY2017-2018)
Fellowship of Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers, JSPS (2017.9-2018.7)
ASAHI GLASS Scholarship, ASAHI GLASS Scholarship Foundation (FY2015-2016)
The Alumni Association Scholarship, Waseda University, (FY2014)
The 125th Anniversary Scholarship, Waseda University (FY2013)

Teaching experiences (selected)

Advanced Economics (Advanced Microeconomics), Tokai University (FY2025-)
Public Philosophy (Economics), Waseda University (FY2025-)
Economics S2, S3 (Microeconomics), Musashino University (FY2025-)
Economic Theory 2 (Welfare Economics for master students), Tokai University (FY2024-)
Economic Theory 1 (Mathematical Economics for master students), Tokai University (FY2024-)
Microeconomics, Tokai University (FY2023-)
Public Economics (including another exercise class), Tokai University (FY2021-)
Advanced Economics A, C, and D (Voting Systems with Python), Tokai University (FY2021-FY2022)
Introductory Microeconomics, Tokai University (FY2021-FY2022)
Econometrics I (including another exercise class), Tokyo University of Science (FY2020-2021)
Prof. Koichi Suga's seminar, Waseda University: Responsible for directing senior theses and group research of 36 undergraduate students and teaching Econometrics and the usage of STATA and SPSS. (FY2013-2019)
Microeconomics I, Waseda University: Responsible for office work and explaining solutions to assigned problems. (FY2015)

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