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Working Papers

2025

1. COVID-19 Infection and Its Labor Supply Impact: Evidence from a Large-scale Survey in Japan
   CARF F-Series, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
2. Revisiting the Price Elasticity of Charitable Giving: Meta-Analysis of Tax Incentives and Matching Donations
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2025)
3. Scaling Charitable Incentives: Policy Selection, Beliefs, and Evidence from a Field Experiment
   Papers, arXiv.org
4. When Incentives and Nudges Meet: Promoting Budget Allocations for Undervalued Policies
   Papers, arXiv.org

2024

5. Dynamic Targeting: Experimental Evidence from Energy Rebate Programs
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. Prosocial and Financial Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation: A Field Experiment Using a Smartphone App
   Papers, arXiv.org
   See also Journal Article Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2023

7. Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-driven targeting in energy rebate programs
   Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Choosing Who Chooses: Selection‐Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2026) (2026)
8. How Does Opt-in Work? A Field Experiment on Financial Incentives for Physical Activity
   Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics

2022

9. Text-Based Nudges Promoting Rubella Antibody Testing and Vaccination: Evidence from a Nationwide Online Experiment in Japan (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2021

10. A Japan’s Experimental Comparison of Rebate and Matching in Charitable Giving
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka
11. Nudge for COVID-19 Vaccination: Toward a Nudge-based Message that Does Not Impede Autonomous Decision-making (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
12. Paternalism, Autonomy, or Both? Experimental Evidence from Energy Saving Programs
    Papers, arXiv.org
13. The Resilience of FDI to Natural Disasters through Industrial Linkages
    Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics
14. The Situation-dependency of Vaccination Intention: Policy Implications Based on Willingness-to-pay for the COVID-19 Vaccine (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)

2020

15. Blood Type and Blood Donation Behavior
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka View citations (2)
16. Short-term responses to nudge-based messages for preventing the spread of COVID-19 infection: Intention, behavior, and life satisfaction
    Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics View citations (2)
17. The Implementation of Nudges in Public Policy in Japanese Local Governments: Suggestions from a Case-study on the Structure and Promotion Strategies of YBiT (Japanese)
    Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2018

18. Blood Type and Blood Donation Behaviors: An Empirical Test of Pure Altruism Theory
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka
    Also in ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2018)
19. Group size and conformity in charitable giving: Evidence from a donation-based crowdfunding platform in Japan
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka
    Also in ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2017)
20. Positive and Negative Effects of Social Status on Longevity: Evidence from Two Literary Prizes in Japan
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka
    Also in ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2016)
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2017) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Positive and negative effects of social status on longevity: Evidence from two literary prizes in Japan, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2017

21. Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners: Five-country comparisons
    ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2026

1. Choosing Who Chooses: Selection‐Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs
   Econometrica, 2026, 94, (1), 225-247
   See also Working Paper Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-driven targeting in energy rebate programs, Discussion papers (2023) (2023)

2025

2. Behavioral Economics Interventions to Reduce Insufficient Effort Responses in Open-Ended Questions of Online Surveys: A Randomized Controlled Trial
   Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2025, 18, 1-18
3. Nudges to Promote Syphilis Testing
   Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2025, 18, 56-83
4. Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app
   Ecological Economics, 2025, 230, (C)
   See also Working Paper Prosocial and Financial Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation: A Field Experiment Using a Smartphone App, Papers (2024) (2024)
5. The role of nudge-based messages on the acceptability and download of COVID-19 contact tracing apps: survey experiments
   The Japanese Economic Review, 2025, 76, (1), 195-225
6. Wearing school uniforms in childhood linked with wearing anti-COVID-19 masks in adulthood: an instrumental variable approach
   Education Economics, 2025, 33, (6), 866-884

2024

7. Adding nudge-based reminders to financial incentives for promoting antibody testing and vaccination to prevent the spread of rubella
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2024, 113, (C)

2023

8. Nudging public budget officers: A field‐based survey experiment
   Public Budgeting & Finance, 2023, 43, (3), 3-20

2022

9. An experimental comparison of rebate and matching in charitable giving: The case of Japan
   The Japanese Economic Review, 2022, 73, (1), 147-177 View citations (3)
10. Nudges for COVID-19 voluntary vaccination: How to explain peer information?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 292, (C) View citations (7)

2021

11. Effective but fragile? Responses to repeated nudge-based messages for preventing the spread of COVID-19 infection
    The Japanese Economic Review, 2021, 72, (3), 371-408 View citations (13)

2019

12. Majority size and conformity behavior in charitable giving: Field evidence from a donation-based crowdfunding platform in Japan
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 70, (C), 36-51 View citations (18)
13. Positive and negative effects of social status on longevity: Evidence from two literary prizes in Japan
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2019, 53, (C), - View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Positive and Negative Effects of Social Status on Longevity: Evidence from Two Literary Prizes in Japan, ISER Discussion Paper (2018) (2018)