PEOPLE

Yoichi Hizen (Pennsylvania Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Public Choice, Experimental Political Science

Selected Publications

• Adachi, T. and Hizen, Y. (2014), "Political accountability, electoral control and media bias", The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol.65, no.3, pp.316-343.
• Hizen, Y., Kawata, K., and Sasaki, M. (2013), "An experimental test of a committee search model", European Economic Review, vol.61(C), pp.59-76.
• Hizen, Y., and Shinmyo, M. (2011), "Imposing a turnout threshold in referendums", Public Choice, vol.148, no.3, pp.491-503.
• Hizen, Y., and Okui, R. (2009), "Olympic Athlete Selection". The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, vol.9, no.1, pp.1-49.

Koji Kotani (Cornell Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Development Economics, Experimental Economics

Selected Publications

• Shahrier, S., and Kotani, K., "Lavor donation or money donation? Pro-sociality on prevention of natural disasters in a case of cyclone AILA, Bangladesh", Singapore Economic Review, Forthcoming.
• Moinul, I., and Kotani, K., "Changing seasonality in Bangladesh", Regional Environmental Change, forthcoming.
• Lestari, S., Kotani, K., and Kakinaka, M. (2015), "Enhancing voluntary participation in community collaborative forest management: A case of Central Java, Indonesia", Journal of Environmental Management, vol.150, pp.299-309.
• Kotani, K., Tanaka, K., and Managi, S. (2014), "Cooperative choice and its framing effect under threshold uncertainty in a provision point mechanism", Economics of Governance, vol.15, no.4, pp.329-353.
• Poudel, S., and Kotani, K. (2013), "Climatic impacts on crop yield and its variability in Nepal: Do they vary across seasons and altitudes?", Climatic Change, vol.116, no.2, pp.327-355.

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Yutaka Kobayashi (Kyoto Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Mathematical Biology, Ecology

Selected Publications

• Kobayashi, Y., and Ohtsuki, H. (2014), "Evolution of social versus individual learning in a subdivided population revisited: Comparative analysis of three coexistence mechanisms using the inclusve fitness method", Theoretical Population Biology, vol.92, pp.78-87.
• Kobayashi, Y., and Aoki, K. (2012), "Innovativeness, population size, and cumulative cultural evolution", Theoretical Population Biology, vol.82, 38-47.
• Kobayashi, Y., and Wakano, J. Y. (2012), "Evolution of social versus individual learning in an infinite island model", Evolution, vol.66, pp.1624-1635.
• Kobayashi, Y., and Telschow, A. (2011), "The concept of effective recombination rate and its application in speciation theory", Evolution, vol.65, pp.617-628.

Takao Kusakawa (Osaka Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Behavioral Finance, Experimental Economics

Selected Publications

• Vieider, F. M., Chmura, T., Fisher, T., Kusakawa, T., Martinsson, P., Mattison Thompson, F., and Sunday, A. (2015), "Within- versus between-country differences in risk attitudes: Implications for cultural comparisons", Theory and Decision, Vol.78, No.2, pp.209-218.
• Kusakawa, T., Ogawa, K., and Shichijo, T. (2012), "“An experimental investigation of a third-person enforcement in a prisoner’s dilemma game”, Economic Letters, Vol.117, No.3, pp.704-707.

Nobuhiro Mifune (Hokkaido Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology

Selected Publications

• Simunovic, D., Mifune, N., and Yamagishi, T. (2013), "Preemptive strike: An experimental study of fear-based aggression", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology，Vol.49，No.6，pp.1120-1123.
• Yamagishi, T., Horita, Y., Mifune, N., Hashimoto, H., Li, Y., Shinada, M., Miura, A., Inukai, K., Takagishi, H., and Simunavic, D. (2012), "Rejection of unfair offers in the ultimatum game is no evidence of strong reciprocity", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America，Vol.109，No.50，pp.20364-20368.
• Mifune, N., Hashimoto, H., and Yamagishi, T. (2010), "Altruism toward in-group members as a reputation mechanism", Evolution and Human Behavior，Vol.31，No.2，pp.109-117.
• Yamagishi, T. and Mifune, N. (2009), "Social exchange and solidarity: In-group love or out-group hate?", Evolution and Human Behavior，Vol.30，No.4，pp.229-237.
• Yamagishi, T. & Mifune, N. (2008), "Does shared group membership promote altruism? Fear, greed and reputation", Rationality & Society, Vol.20, pp.5-30.

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Hiroshi Uemura (Hitotsubashi Ph.D.)

Research Interests

Financial Accounting

Selected Publications