Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, May 1994.
(Dissertation Advisor: Professor Marcus Berliant)
M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, May 1993.
M.A. in Economics, Osaka University, Osaka Japan, March 1989.
B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, March, 1987.
Permanent Position: Associate Professor, Boston College
Fall 1998-Spring 1999, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University
Fall 1994-Spring 1998, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
Fall 1997-Spring 1998, Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Boston University
Summer 1997, 1998, 1999, Visiting Researcher, KIER, Kyoto University, Japan
Summer 1996, Visiting Researcher, GREQAM, University of Aix-Marseille, France
Spring 1996-present, Nonresident Research Fellow, Tokyo Center of Economic Research.
Public Economics, Urban Economics, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory
Graduate: Microeconomics I (consumer theory and producer theory), II (general equilibrium), III (game theory), Public Finance, Industrial Organization.
Undergrad: Intermediate Microeconomics, Public Finance, Urban Economics.
SMU Summer Research Grant, (1995, 1996), University Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1990-1994, Osaka Gas Fellowship, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 1989-1990.
Formation of Hub Cities: Transportation Cost Advantage and Population Agglomeration, forthcoming in Journal of Urban Economics, (1999).
The Endogenous Formation of a City: Population Agglomeration and Marketplaces in a Location-Specific Production Economy, (with Marcus Berliant), forthcoming in Regional Sciences and Urban Economics, (1999).
Endogenous Trade Policy under Foreign Direct Investment, (with Kamal Saggi and Shlomo Weber), forthcoming in Journal of International Economics, (1999).
On Coalition-Proof Nash Equilibria in Common Agency Games, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Journal of Economic Theory 85, 122-139, (1999).
Equilibrium in a Finite Local Public Goods Economy, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Journal of Economic Theory 79, 224-244, (1998).
Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium in a Group Formation Game with Positive Externality, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Games and Economic Behavior 21, 161-182, (1997).
Group Formation in Games without Spillovers: A Noncooperative Game-Theoretical Approach, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), in ``New Directions in the Economic Theory of the Environment,'' edited by Carlo Carraro, Cambridge University Press (London), (1997).
Existence of Steady-State Equilibrium in an Overlapping Generations Model with Production, (with Fernando Perera-Tallo), Economic Theory 9, 529-537, (1997).
Free Mobility Equilibrium in a Local Public Good Economy, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Research in Economics 51, 19-30, (1997).
Equilibrium in a Model with Partial Rivalry, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Journal of Economic Theory 72, 225-237, (1997).
Equivalence of Strong and Coalition-Proof Nash Equilibria in the Games without Spillovers, (with Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber), Economic Theory 9, 97-113, (1997).
Equilibrium in Abstract Political Economies: with an Application to a Public Good Economy with Voting, Social Choice and Welfare 13, 43-50, (1996).
Voting with Ballots and Feet: Existence of Equilibrium in a Local Public Good Economy, Journal of Economic Theory 68, 480-509, (1996).
Quasi-Linear Utility in a Discrete Choice Model, (with Peter Fishburn), Economics Letters 51, 197-200, (1996).
A Pareto-Improving Commodity Tax Reform under a Smooth Nonlinear Income Tax, Journal of Public Economics 56, 413-446, (1995).
On a Corlett-Hague Rule in an Economy with Pure Profit, Economic Studies Quarterly 45, 119-130, (1994).
A Note on Public Good Provision and Commodity Taxes, Economic Studies Quarterly 44, 178-184, (1993).
On the Public Good Provision Rule under a Nonlinear Income Tax, Economic Studies Quarterly 43, 97-104, (1992).
Distributional Considerations of Producers' Profit in a Commodity Tax Design Problem, (with Yasushi Iwamoto), Economics Letters 35, 423-428, (1991).
The Welfare Effects of Shifting from an Indirect Tax to Direct Tax, Economic Studies Quarterly 40, 212-219, (1989).
On the Shapley-Scarf Economy: The Case of Multiple Types of Indivisible Goods, submitted to Journal of Mathematical Economics, (with Thomas Quint and Jun Wako), (1997).
Core in a Simple Coalition Formation Game, submitted to Social Choice and Welfare, (with Suryapratim Banerjee and Tayfun Sönmez), (1998).
Concentration of Competing Retail Stores, submitted to Review of Economic Studies, (1999).
Migration-Proof Tiebout Equilibrium: Existence and Asymptotic Efficiency, resubmitted to Journal of Public Economics, (with John P. Conley), (1999).
Existence of Stationary Equilibrium in the Markets for New and Used Durable Goods, submitted to Economic Theory, (with Michael T. Sandfort), (1999).
Stable Cartels with a Cournot Fringe in a Symmetric Oligopoly, submitted to Keio Economic Studies, (with Ping Lin), (1999).
Price Advertisement in Retail Stores: A Commitment Device, will be submitted to International Journal of Industrial Organization, (with Michael T. Sandfort), (1999).
Coalitional Deviations as a Dynamic Process, (in progress), (with Debraj Ray), (1999).
Stable Cartel Structure, (in progress), (with Anna Bogomolnaia and Tomoya Mori), (1999).
Urbanization Across Regions: Import Substitution and Advantageous Locations, (in progress), (with Thomas Nechyba), (1999).
Migration-proof ...: Will be presented at the Regional Science Association International Meeting in Montreal, Canada, November 1999.
Coalitional Deviations ...: Presented at the Manresa Conference on the Theory of Formations of Coalitions and Networks, in Manresa, Spain, May 1999.
Concentration of ...: Presented at Public Choice Society Meeting, March 1998, at the GREQAM-SMU Economic Theory Conference in Dallas, April 1998, at the Southeastern Economic Theory Conference in Blacksburg, Sempember 1998, and at the Regional Science Association International Meeting in Santa Fe, November 1998.
Urbanization Across Regions: ... : Presented at Regional Science Association International Meeting in Buffalo, November 1997, and at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics in Stanford, July 1998.
Core in a Simple ...: Presented at the Social Choice and Welfare Meeting in Vancouver, July 1998.
Formation of Hub Cities: ... : Presented at the Midwest Mathematical Economics Conference at Washington University in St. Louis, October 1996, at the Regional Science International Meeting in Washington D.C., November 1996, at the Econometric Society Winter Meeting in New Orleans, January 1997, and at Urban Economics Mini-Conference at Washington University in St. Louis, March 1997.
Equilibrium in a Finite ... : Presented at Economic Theory Conference in Venice, January 1996, at the Public Choice Society Meeting in Houston, April 1996, at the Social Choice and Welfare Meeting in Maastricht, the Netherland, June 1996, and at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics in Stanford, August 1997.
Free Mobility Equilibrium ... : Presented at Economic Theory Conference in Venice, January 1996.
Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium ... : Presented at Economic Theory Conference in Cephalonia, Greece, May 1995, at Progetto Nazionale di Ricerca Conference in Milan, Italy, June 1995, at the Fields Institute Game Theory Conference in Toronto, Canada, October 1995, and at Southeastern Economic Theory Conference in Dallas, November 1995.
The Endogenous Formation of a City ... : Presented at Midwest Mathematical Economics Meeting in Madison, September 1993, at the Regional Science International Meeting in Houston, November 1993, at the Econometric Society Summer Meeting in Quebec City, June 1994, and at Southeastern Economic Theory Conference in Charlottesville, November 1994.
Equivalence of Strong and Coalition-Proof ... : Presented at Southeastern Economic Theory Conference in Charlottesville, November 1994.
Voting with Ballots ... : Presented at the Regional Science Association International Meeting in Houston, November 1993, at the Econometric Society Winter Meeting in Boston, January 1994, at the Social Choice and Welfare Meeting in Rochester, July 1994, and at the Washington University Center of Political Economy Miniconference in St. Louis, November 1994.
Existence of Steady-State ... : Presented at Midwest Mathematical Economics Meeting in Ann Arbor, May 1994.
A Pareto Improving ... : Presented at Midwest Mathematical Economics Meeting in East Lansing, May 1992.
Coalitional Deviations ...: Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan, May 1998, Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan, June 1999, and Otaru University of Commerce in Otaru, Japan, July 1999.
Concentration of ...: Osaka University (ISER) in Osaka, Japan, May 1998, RIEB, Kobe University in Kobe, Japan, May 1998, Kansai Macroeconomic Workshop in Osaka, May 1998, Osaka University (Dept. of Econ.) in Osaka, Japan, June 1998, Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, June 1998, University of Tokyo and TCER in Tokyo, June 1998, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, June 1998, Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, June 1998, and University of Virginia in Charlottesville, September 1998, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, October 1998, Boston College in Boston, November 1998, and Shiga University in Hikone, Japan, June 1999.
Core in a Simple ...: Duke University in Durham, February 1998, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, June 1998, and University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, October 1998.
Formation of Hub Cities ... : Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan, May 1996, Osaka University in Osaka, Japan, July 1996, University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, July 1996, Kobe University in Kobe, Japan, July 1996, Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, May 1997, University of Michigan in Ann Abor, October 1997, Boston College in Boston, October 1997, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, October 1997, Boston University in Boston, November 1997, Ohio State University in Columbus, November 1997, University of Houston in Houston, November 1997, Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, December 1997, Brown University in Providence, April 1998, Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, July 1999, and Tezukayama University in Nara, Japan, July 1999.
Endogeneous Trade Policy ... : Kobe University in Kobe, Japan, June 1997.
Equilibrium in a Finite ... : Texas A&M University in College Station, November 1997.
Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium ... : University of Rochester in Rochester, May 1995, University of Venice in Venice, Italy, June 1995, CORE in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, June 1995, CentER in Tilburg, the Netherlands, June 1995, University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria, June 1995, Osaka University in Osaka, Japan, July 1995, Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan, July 1995, TCER in Tokyo, July 1995, Tezukayama University in Nara, Japan, July 1995, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, November, 1995, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, November, 1995, Stanford University in Stanford, November, 1995, Autonomas University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, June 1996, and Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, July 1996.
Equivalence of Strong ... : Tsukuba University in Ibaraki, Japan, July 1995.
Equilibrium in a Model ... : Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, July 1995.
Endogenous Formation of a City ... : Southern Methodist University in Dallas, January 1994, Ohio State University in Columbus, February 1994, Osaka University in Osaka, Japan, July 1994, and University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, July 1994.
A Pareto Improving ... : Osaka University in Osaka, Japan, June 1994, and Osaka City University in Osaka, Japan, June 1994.
Member of the programme committee, the Fourth International Meeting for Society for Social Choice and Welfare in Vancouver, University of British Columbia, Canada, July 1998.
Member of the programme committee, Economic Theory Conference, Universtà Ca'Foscari di Venezia in Venice, Italy, January 1996.
Member of the programme committee, Southeastern Economic Theory Conference, Southern Methodist University, November 1995.
American Economic Review, Econometrica, Economic Design, Economic Studies Quarterly, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Journal of Game Theory, International Regional Science Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Oxford University Press, Papers in Regional Science, Regional Sciences and Urban Economics, Research in Economics, Review of Economic Design, Social Choice and Welfare, Theory and Decision
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory (Basil Blackwell): 1998-Present.
American Economic Association (1997-Present)
Regional Science Association International (1996-Present)
The Society of the Promotion of Economic Theory (1996-Present)
Arundhati Nandy, ``Essays on Environmental Regulation: Theory and Evidence,'' Ph.D. November 1997 (SMU).
Suryapratim Banerjee (McGill University, Canada), Anna Bogomolnaia (Southern Methodist University), Marcus Berliant (Washington University), John Conley (University of Illinois), Peter Fishburn (ATT Research Lab), Michel Le Breton (CORE, Belgium, and University of Aix-en Provence, France), Ping Lin (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Tomoya Mori (KIER Kyoto University, Japan), Thomas Nechyba (Duke University and Stanford University), Fernando Perera-Tallo (University of La Laguna, Spain), Thomas Quint (University of Nevada), Debraj Ray (New York University), Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University), Michael Sandfort (Southern Methodist University), Tayfun Sönmez (Koç University, Turkey, and University of Michigan), Jun Wako (Gakushuin University, Japan), Shlomo Weber (Southern Methodist University).