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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 (Nov 15, 2024)

  • My coauthors and I are finished a paper "Did Harold Zuercher Have Time-Separable  Preferences?*" (joint with Jay Lu,  Yao Luo, and Yi Xin).
  • I posted video of my presentation on "Axiomatization of random utility models with missing data" (joint with Alec Sandroni and Haruki Kono under revision American Economic Review)
  • I am looking for RA. I revised the information for RA & SURF opportunity.  (Alec Snadoroni has worked with me through SURF for four years.)