Takunori Ishihara

Ph.D. (Economics) 

Associate Professor
Institute for International Academic Research/ Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Gotanda, Yamanouchi, Ukyo, Kyoto  615-8577, Japan
Phone: +81-75-406-9319
E-mail: [email protected]

Ⅰ. Education:

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto, Japan

  • M.A.  degree in Economics, March 2017
  • Ph.D. in Economics, March 2023 

Ⅱ. Work Experience:

Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Institute for International Academic Research, Kyoto, Japan

  • Junior Associate Professor (April 2022 - March 2023) 
  • Associate Professor (April 2023 - present) 


Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Kyoto, Japan

  • Junior Associate Professor (April 2021 - present) 

Ⅲ. Refereed Articles: 

  1. Ishihara, T., & T. Ida. (2022). The Effect of Information Provision on Stated and Revealed Preferences: A Field Experiment on the Choice of Power Tariffs Before and After Japanese Retail Electricity Liberalization. Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-27.
  2. Ida, T., Ishihara, T., Ito, K., Kido, D., Kitagawa, T., Sakaguchi, S., & Sasaki, S. (2025). Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs. accepted at Econometrica. 

Ⅳ. Discussion Papers: 

  1. Ishihara, T., & T. Ida. (2019). The Effect of Information Provision on Stated and Revealed Preferences: A Field Experiment on the Choice of Power Tariffs Before and After Japanese Retail Electricity Liberalization. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper E-19-06. 
  2.  Ishihara, T., T. Tomizuka, R. Goto, & T. Ida. (2019). Nudging Physical Activity:A Randomized Controlled Field Experiment. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper E-19-09.  
  3. Tanaka, K., Y. Kurakawa, T. Ishihara, K. Akao, & T. Ida. (2019). Moral utility or Moral Tax? Experimental Study of Electricity Conservation by Social Comparison. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper E-19-011.  
  4. Ida, T., Ishihara, T., Ito, K., Kido, D., Kitagawa, T., Sakaguchi, S., & Sasaki, S. (2022). Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs.  (No. w30469). National Bureau of Economic Research.  
  5. Sasaki, S., T. Ishihara, and H. Kato. (2023). Rebate versus Matching, Again: Does Self-selection Matter?, Osaka University CiDER Discussion Paper, No.005.  
  6. Ida, T., Ishihara, T., Ito, K., Kido, D., Kitagawa, T., Sakaguchi, S., & Sasaki, S. (2024). Dynamic Targeting: Experimental Evidence from Energy Rebate Programs (No. w32561). National Bureau of Economic Research. 
  7. Iwamoto, R., Ishihara, T., Ida, T. (2025). Comparing Risk Preferences and Reference Dependence in Humans and AI: A Persona-Based Approach with Fine-Tuning. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper E-25-006.