Faculty of Economics
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, Sophia University
- Degree
- 学士（経済学）(横浜国立大学)修士（経済学）(東京大学)博士（経済学）(東京大学)
- Contact information
- s-kawani
sophia.ac.jp - Researcher number
- 90317503
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901013137804398
- researchmap Member ID
- 1000306039
Heretofore, I have been studying the cause of volatility in world economies and financial markets, devoting myself to theoretical works, and applying game theory to explain the cyclical dynamics of a given economy. Recently, I have been applying evolutionary game theory to bank competition models.
What I am currently interested in is behavioral finance. To the extent of my knowledge, it encompasses two academic arenas: discovering new phenomena that cannot be explained by traditional financial theory, and providing theoretical explanations based on psychological biases to such phenomena. I am interested in the latter theoretical work. Finding the fundamental causes of these psychological biases seems particularly interesting.
(Subject of research)
Theoretical and empirical study on the changes in the lending behavior by banks
Studies on investors' behavior in security markets: information activities, strategic behavior, and psychology.
Study on the effect of investors' information strategies on the security price dynamics.
Major Research Interests
6Research Areas
3Committee Memberships
1Awards
2Papers
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ノンプロフィット・レビュー : 日本NPO学会機関誌 = The nonprofit review : the journal of the Japan NPO Research Association / 日本NPO学会編集委員会 編, 23(1・2) 59-76, Mar, 2024
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12 87-104, 2018 Peer-reviewedInvitedIn this paper, we introduce grit and mindset research, two streams of research in psychology, and discuss their implications for labor productivity improvement and their application to behavioral economics. In grit research, grit is defined as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals," while mindset research explores our two contrasting mindsets: the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. Both grit and mindset research indicate that abilities acquired by our efforts are much more important than we expected, and mindset is strongly associated with the process of acquiring new abilities. These fields of research suggest the low level of labor productivity in Japan might come from a cognitive bias toward a fixed mindset, which emphasizes innate talent rather than acquired abilities.
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行動経済学, 10 S29-S32, 2017<p>本研究は，信頼関係やネットワークを包含する「ソーシャル・キャピタル」の概念を用いながら，小さい組織や団体におけるコミュニティの状態を測定する方法の開発を試みる．日本国内の1600以上のNPO団体に所属するメンバーを対象に，社会心理学における質問紙調査法によって，所属団体に対する意識を調査した．回答結果を因子分析した結果，コミュニティの状態を測るうえで重要な意識として3つの因子，「理念共感と貢献意欲」，「自己有用感」，「居心地の良さ」が抽出された．これら3つの因子を説明変数とした回帰分析によって，これらの因子は「コミュニティへの愛着」，「主観的幸福感」，「主観的健康感」に，統計学的に有意なプラスの影響を与えることが確認された．この研究を応用することで，目には見えないNPO団体内の課題を可視化することが可能になり，より効果的なNPO団体のマネジメントが可能になるものと期待される．</p>
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Economics Today, 36(4) 巻頭1-3,1-30, Feb, 2016 Peer-reviewedInvited
Misc.
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Sophia economic review, 47(1) 43-53, 2002
Books and Other Publications
10Presentations
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Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance, Dec 18, 2022
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Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance, Dec 17, 2022
Teaching Experience
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Apr, 2023 - PresentBehavioral Economics (Sophia University)
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Oct, 2009 - PresentCorporate finance (Sophia University)
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Oct, 1999 - PresentIntermediate Macroeconomics (Sophia University)
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Apr, 1999 - PresentFinance (Sophia University)
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Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2018Mathematics for Economics (Sophia University)
Major Professional Memberships
2Research Projects
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2013 - Mar, 2018
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010 - 2012
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007 - 2009
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2005 - 2008
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, 2003 - 2004
Social Activities
1Media Coverage
1Other
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Jan, 2006 - Feb, 20062006年度秋学期の３つの講義（経済数学解析II、経済学総論II、中級マクロ経済学）の授業でwebによる匿名の授業評価アンケートを行った。結果は2007年度中に公開する予定。
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Apr, 2004 - Jul, 2004Terraというオンラインプログラムを利用したweb学習教材を作成した。この教材を利用することにより、(1)学生が自宅で自習できる、(2)学生の学習状況・理解度を確認できる、(3)学生とのコミュニケーションが図れる、(4)教材・資料の配布、などが可能となった。
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Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2003経済数学解析の授業に使うパワーポイントの教材を作成した。微分と偏微分の概念を2次元および3次元のグラフを利用し、視覚的に理解できるよう説明方法を工夫した。