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Shunsuke Ishii, Research Assistants of the Social Implementation Group of the JST ERATO Kojima Market Design Project, Receive the 2025 Behavioral Economics Society Encouragement Award

Shunsuke Ishii, a Research Assistant (RA) in the Social Implementation Group (London School of Economics), has received the 2025 Behavioral Economics Society Encouragement Award for a co-authored paper with Hiroaki Hanyu ( Hitotsubashi University), Suguru Otani (The University of Tokyo), and Kazuhiro Teramoto (Hitotsubashi University).

2025 Behavioral Economics Society Encouragement Award

Awarded Papers:

Are Final Market Prices Sufficient for Information Aggregation? Evidence from Last-Minute Dynamics in Parimutuel Betting by Shunsuke Ishii, Hiroaki Hanyu, Suguru Otani, and Kazuhiro Teramoto

It is also worth noting that Masaya Nishihata received the 2024 Behavioral Economics Society Encouragement Award for a co-authored paper with Suguru Otani, who was then a Project Assistant Professor.

2024 Behavioral Economics Society Encouragement Award

Awarded Paper:

Reference Points, Risk-Taking Behavior, and Competitive Outcomes in Sequential Settings
by Masaya Nishihata and Suguru Otani