About me:

Yuta OKAMOTO (岡本 優太)

3rd-year PhD student at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Expected completion date: March 2026 

Field: Econometrics, Applied Economics

Email: okamoto.yuuta.57w(at)st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

CV on this page.

Upcoming Talks and Visits:

• I'm visiting LSE until 19 December.

• 2025 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (7 December)

• 2025 Kansai Econometrics Meeting (10 January)

Education:

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
M.A. in Economics, March 2023
B.A. in Economics, March 2021

Publication:

1. Robustify and Tighten the Lee Bounds: A Sample Selection Model under Stochastic Monotonicity and Symmetry Assumptions
   The Econometrics Journal | 2025, 28(3), 482–501

Working Papers:

1. On Extrapolation of Treatment Effects in Multiple-Cutoff Regression Discontinuity Designs
   with Yuuki Ozaki | Link to arXiv | Submitted

   • Yuuki received the Excellent Presentation Award for this paper at the 32nd Kansai Econometrics Meeting (January 2025)

2. Kernel Choice Matters for Local Polynomial Density Estimators at Boundaries
   with Shunsuke Imai | Link to arXiv

   • Winner of the Best Presentation Award at the 31st Kansai Econometrics Meeting (January 2024)

3. Joint Inference for the Regression Discontinuity Effect and Its External Validity
   Link to arXiv | Submitted

4. Random Sets from the Perspective of  Metric Statistics
   with Daisuke Kurisu and Taisuke Otsu | Link to arXiv | Submitted

5. Difference-in-Differences with Interval Data
   with Daisuke Kurisu and Taisuke Otsu | Manuscript available soon