Profile
2006-present, Associate Professor, Osaka Prefecture University
2002-2006, Assistant Professor, Osaka Prefecture University
Ph.D. 2002, Kobe University
M.A. 1997, University of Tsukuba
B.A. 1995, Hosei University
Fields
Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory
Research
Published or Forthcoming Papers
"Multimarket Contact in Continuous-Time Games," (joint with Katsunori Ohta), Economics Letters, 101, 4-5, 2008.
"Intergenerational Conflicts of Interests and Seniority Systems in Organizations," (joint with Munetomo Ando), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 65, 757-767, 2008.
"Folk Theorems for Infinitely Repeated Games Played by Organizations with Short-Lived Members," International Economic Review, 48, 517-549, 2007.
"Emergence of Leadership in Teams," (joint with Hideo Suehiro), Japanese Economic Review, 59, 295-316, 2005.
Working Papers
"Leadership by Confidence in Teams,"
(joint with Hideo Suehiro), GSBA Kobe University Discussion Paper
Series No. 2008_35, Kobe University, July 2008. (*This paper is a
revised version of the paper circulated under the title "Leadership by
Confidence in Teams, I: Two Type Case".)
"Optimal Sharing Rules in Repeated Partnerships," (joint with Katsunori Ohta and Tadashi Sekiguchi), KIER Discussion Paper Series No. 650, Kyoto University, March 2008.
"The Value of Collusion in Multimarket Contact," (joint with Katsunori Ohta), CAEA Discussion Paper, No. 144, Kyoto University, 2007.
Work in Progress
"Experiments on Emergence of Leadership in Teams," (joint with Koji Abe and Hideo Suehiro).
"Leadership by Confidence in Teams, III: Continuum Type Case," (joint with Koji Abe and Hideo Suehiro).
"Leadership by Confidence in Teams, II: Information Structure and Multiple Types," (joint with Hideo Suehiro).
"Generalized Abreu-Milgrom-Pearce Formulae," (joint with Katsunori Ohta and Tadashi Sekiguchi).
"Optimal Shirking in Repeated Partnerships," (joint with Katsunori Ohta and Tadashi Sekiguchi).
Referee
Games and Economic Behavior, Japan and the World Economy, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Review of Economic Studies
Affiliations
Econometric Society, Game Theory Society, Japanese Economic Association, Docomomo Japan
Teaching
Microeconomics A (For Undergraduate Students)
Seminar on Game Theory and Applied Microeconomics (For Undergraduate Students)
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Seminar
Osaka Prefecture University Theory and Econometrics Seminar (In Japanese)
Cartel Study Workshop (In Japanese)