Social and Economic Research
At the forefront of global economics, we tackle society’s most pressing issues. Our research drives collaboration and innovation across leading institutes worldwide. By sharing our insights, we shape economic policy and institutional design on an international scale.
Joint Usage and Research Center for Behavioral Economics
News
Oct 8th, 2026
"Learning and Information Diffusion in Decentralized Markets:
Experiments and a Computational Model", Professor Nobuyuki Hanaki (with Giulia Iori, Pietro Vassallo) has been accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination.
Oct 5th, 2026
Professor Botond Kőszegi (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn) is visiting us from Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.
Sep 15th, 2026
"The evolved nest in childhood: relation to adult wellbeing and social capital across cultures", Professor Nobuyuki Hanaki (with Malthouse, E., Brown, G.D.A.) has been accepted for publication in Journal of Happiness Studies.
Sep 2nd, 2026
"An Empirical Assessment of Data Sharing and Computational Reproducibility in Sociology", Professor Taisuke Imai (with Rio Ikeuchi) has been accepted for publication in Royal Society Open Science.
Sep 1st, 2026
Professor Yuki Takahashi has joined us as Assistant Professor.
Upcoming Event
10/13
Dongya Koh
The University of Osaka
17:15 ~ 18:45
10/19
Laura Panza
University of Melbourne
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
10/20
Rustam Jamilov
17:15 ~ 18:45
10/23
International Workshop on Experimental Economics 2026
Program Link10/26
Jun Goto
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/2
John Duffy
University of California, Irvine
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/6
Elaine M. Liu
Georgia State University
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
11/9
Jeong Yeol Kim
KDI School of Public Policy and Management
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/10
Selo Imrohoroglu
University of Southern California
10:45 ~ 12:15
11/16
The 29th Moriguchi Prize
11/24
Chang Liu
National University of Singapore
11:15 ~ 12:15
11/24
Antonio Ciccone
Universität Mannheim
16:00 ~ 17:30
11/30
Séverine Toussaert
University of Oxford
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
12/3
CUHK-Hitotsubashi-Osaka Workshop on Political Economy
12/8
Yusuke Ishihata
Duke University
09:45 ~ 11:15
12/11
Jin Ye
The University of Osaka
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
12/14
Jin Wang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
2/8
Tetsuya Hoshino
Kyoto University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
2/15
Sanjeev Goyal
University of Cambridge
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/6
Michael Weber
Purdue University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/8
Philip J. Reny
University of Chicago
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
Research Highlights
Robustly Optimal Voting Rule
Noriaki Kiguchi,
Shinpei Noguchi,
Yuta Takahashi
Journal of Economic Theory,
forthcoming
Takuro Yamashita,
Shuguang Zhu
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics,
18
(3)
pp.1-38
2026
DOI: 10.1257/mic.20240324
Olivia Miske,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
et al.
Nature,
652
pp.126-134
2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5
Eugene Malthouse,
Charlie Pilgrim,
Daniel Sgroi,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
Nobuyuki Hanaki,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
123
(12)
2026
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2504632123
A Behavioral Explanation for the Puzzling Persistence of the Aggregate Real Exchange Rate
Mario J. Crucini,
Mototsugu Shintani,
Takayuki Tsuruga
Journal of the European Economic Association,
forthcoming
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