Portrait of Keita Kuwahara

Keita Kuwahara

PhD Student at the University of Tokyo

Research Interests

Game Theory, Information Economics, and Mechanism Design

Working Papers

Work in Progress

  • Strategyproof Multiple Assignment (with Yuki Kawahatsu, Sho Mikami, and Tohya Sugano)
  • Selling Information with Social Learning (with Tohya Sugano)
  • When Is Posted Pricing Optimal for Selling Information? (with Konan Shimizu and Ayano Yago)
  • A New Mechanism for Matching with Minimum Quotas (with Itsuki Enomoto, Michihiro Kandori, Genta Okada, Tomoya Takei, and Shinjiro Watanabe)

Presentations

* 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

Fellowships & Research Support

Honors

Academic Honors

  • Distinguished Undergraduate Thesis Award , Department of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 2025
  • Listed among the top-performing students in graduate core courses (Microeconomics I, Macroeconomics I, and Econometrics I), The University of Tokyo, 2024

Other Honors

Research Experience

Teaching

Instructor

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

Teaching Assistant

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

Outreach

Skills

Programming

  • Python
  • C++
  • C#

Languages

  • Japanese (native)
  • English

Contact