Researcher Information - KATO Hiroki |

（Last updated : 2025-09-10 17:17:03）

KATO Hiroki

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Economics

Job Assistant Professor


Introductory Seminar I; Microeconomics I and II; Macroeconomics I and II; Selected Topics in International Economics I and II; Principles of Microeconomics; Preceptorial Seminar

Specialization and related fields
Public economics and labor economics, Economic theory

Academic background
1.	Faculty of International Politics, Economics and Business Aoyama Gakuin University Graduated
2.	Master Graduate School, Division of Economics Osaka University Finished
3.	Osaka University
4.	Doctorial Graduate School, Division of Economics Osaka University Finished
5.	Osaka University

Business career
1.	2025/04 ～	Visiting Researcher Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
2.	2025/04/01 ～	Assistant Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Economics

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1.	2023/04 ～ 2025/03	Application of Behavioral Economics to Policy Issues: Healthcare, Disaster Prevention, Crime Prevention, Labor, and Education Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
2.	2023/08 ～ 2025/03	Empirical Analysis of Efficiency in the Credence Goods Market: Insights from the Charitable Giving Market Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
3.	2025/04 ～	Reconstructing Behavioral Economics through Social Implementation Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

Book and thesis
1.	Papers	Tax-price elasticities of charitable giving and selection of reporting: panel study of South Korea Oxford Economic Papers (Co-authored) 2025/02
2.	Papers	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 (Co-authored) 2024/10

Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/07/12	Estimating the impact of Pay-As-You-Throw program on waste reduction: Using MTE Analysis (ABEF x J-TREE Joint Workshop)
2.	2024/09/06	Charity Fraud: An Experimental Study of the Moral Hazard Problem in the Charity Market (European Meeting of the Economic Science Association)
3.	2023/03	Patron-Dictator Game: Strategic Interaction between Charities and Donors (Workshop on Microeconomic Analysis of Social Systems and Institutions: Theory, Experiment and Empirical Studies)
4.	2021/08	Charitable Giving, Tax Reform, and Self-selection of Tax Relief: Evidence from South Korea (77th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance)
5.	2019/06	Is Altruistic Behavior Addiction? Empirical Evidence in Japan