3 papers
econ.GN2025
Nonparametric Estimation of Matching Efficiency and Elasticity in a Marriage Agency Platform: 2014--2025
Suguru Otani
This paper examines monthly matching efficiency in the Japanese marriage market using novel data from IBJ, the country's largest structured matching platform. Unlike administrative…
econ.GN2024
The Option Value of Contract Duration: Evidence from the U.S. Timber Market
Shosuke Noguchi, Suguru Otani
This study quantifies how contract duration influences buyers' willingness-to-pay (WTP) when they hold real options that allow them to flexibly time consumption in response to chan…
econ.EM2024
An MPEC Estimator for the Sequential Search Model
Shinji Koiso, Suguru Otani
This paper proposes a constrained maximum likelihood estimator for sequential search models, using the MPEC (Mathematical Programming with Equilibrium Constraints) approach. This m…