Keita Kuwahara

Research Interests

Game Theory, Information Economics, and Mechanism Design

Working Papers

• A Note on 'The Limits of Price Discrimination' by Bergemann, Brooks, and Morris
• When Sellers Are Uncertain about Quality
• Selling Multiple Items to a Unit-Demand Buyer via Automated Mechanism Design (Joint with Kento Hashimoto and Reo Nonaka)

Presentations (including scheduled ones)

• 18th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 2026
• Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association (Poster), Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, May 2026
• Game Theory Workshop 2026, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 2026
• Microeconomic Theory Workshop, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, January 2026
• Asian School in Economic Theory (formerly Summer School of Econometric Society), Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Seoul, South Korea, August 2025
• 7th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Peking University, Beijing, China, August 2024*

* Presented by a coauthor

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Tokyo, April 2026 – Present
• M.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo, April 2025 – March 2026
• B.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo, April 2021 – March 2025

Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships

• Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2026 – March 2029
• World-leading Innovative Graduate Study of Advanced Economics, The University of Tokyo, April 2025 – March 2029
• Distinguished Undergraduate Thesis Award, Department of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 2025
• Executive Director’s Award for Business Reform, The University of Tokyo, 2024

Teaching Experience (including scheduled ones)

Instructor

• Math Camp (Graduate), The University of Tokyo, Spring 2026

Teaching Assistant

• Microeconomics I (Undergraduate), The University of Tokyo, Fall 2026
• Microeconomics I (Graduate Core), The University of Tokyo, Spring 2026
• Game Theory (Undergraduate), The University of Tokyo, Spring 2026
• Social Sciences Seminar (Economics and Statistics) (Undergraduate; Advanced Game Theory for Komaba Students), The University of Tokyo, Spring 2026
• Microeconomics I (Undergraduate), The University of Tokyo, Fall 2025
• Microeconomics I (Graduate Core), The University of Tokyo, Spring 2025

Research Assistant

• ERATO Kojima Market Design Project, April 2024 – Present
• The University of Tokyo Market Design Center, January 2023 – Present
• UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc., April 2023 – March 2025

Contact

Email: kuke0303@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp