- Koichiro Ito
- Position:
- Assistant Professor( Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago)
- Degree:
- Ph.D.（Agricultural and Resource Economics）, University of California, Berkeley
- Specialty:
- Environmental Economics・Energy Economics・Industrial Organization・Public Economics
- Current Research Interests:
- Environmental Economics・Energy Economics・Industrial Organization・Public Economics
Professional Career
- 2004 Kyoto University B.A. Economics
- 2011 University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics
- 2011 SIEPR Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University
- 2013 Assistant Professor Boston University School of Management
- 2013 Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau of Economic Research,
Faculty Research fellow Research Project Center Graduate School of Economics, KYOTO UNIVERSITY - 2015 Assistant Professor Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Selected publications
- 1. “Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing,” American Economic Review, 104(2): 537-63, 2014
- 2. “Asymmetric Incentives in Subsidies: Evidence from a Large-Scale Electricity Rebate Program,”Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
(NBER WP #19485, Energy Institute at Haas WP #244.) - 3. “Social Pressure vs. Private Incentives: Experimental Evidence from Japan’s Energy Crisis,” with Takanori Ida and Makoto Tanaka, November 2012
- 4. “The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation: Theory and Evidence from Fuel-Economy Standards,” with James Sallee, October 2013
- ５. “Does Nonlinear Pricing Change Water Consumption?,” January 2012
- 6. “Strategic Bidding in Sequential Markets: Evidence from Wind Farms,” with Mar Reguant
Others
- Refreeing:
American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of the European Economic Association, RAND Journal of Economics, Resource and Energy Economics, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Water Resources and Economics; Grants: National Science Foundation - Teaching:
2013 Economics 251: Natural Resource and Energy Economics (Ph.D.), Stanford University
2012 Economics 251: Natural Resource and Energy Economics (Ph.D.), Stanford University
2011 Public Policy 200A: Senior Seminar (Undergraduate), Stanford University
2008 ECON 3: Introductory Environmental Economics (Undergraduate), UC Berkeley (TA)