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Professor of Economics

B.A.,  Keio University, 2005.
M.A., University of Tokyo, 2007.

PhD., Northwestern University, 2011. 

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The goal of my research is to study individual decision making. My main focus is in decision theory, developing mathematical models of decision making that account for some of the behavioral regularities documented in experimental economics and psychology.

I am currently working on the application of decision theory to empirical studies, especially discrete choice analysis. Click here to read my full profile.

News (May 22, 2023)

  • My coauthors and I are presenting "Axiomatization of Random Utility Model with Unobservable Alternatives" (joint with Haruki Kono and Alec Sandroni) at EC (London) , D-TEA (Paris), and RUD (Kyoto) 2023.
  • My coauthors and I are presenting  "Approximating Choice Data by Discrete Choice Models" (joint with Haoge Chang, and Yusuke Narita) at BRIC (Northwestern) and Econometric Society Meeting (UCLA) 2023.
  • I am looking for RA. Please take a look at RA & SURF opportunity page for the detail. I explained my projects. (Alec Sandroni has worked with me through SURF)