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Are Final Market Prices Sufficient for Information Aggregation? Evidence from Last-Minute Dynamics in Parimutuel Betting
Hiroaki Hanyu, Shunsuke Ishii, Suguru Otani +1
This study presents evidence challenging the practice of inferring risk preferences, probability perceptions, and beliefs from parimutuel betting markets, where wagers cannot be ma…
Just After Minimum Wage Hikes: Short-Run Labor-Demand Response and Reallocation
Hayato Kanayama, Sho Miyaji, Suguru Otani
How labor markets adjust immediately after minimum wage hikes remains an open, policy-relevant question. This paper studies short-run minimum-wage effects in Japan's spot labor mar…
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…
Elite Formation and Family Structure in Prewar Japan: Evidence from the Personnel Inquiry Records
Hiroshi Kumanomido, Suguru Otani, Yutaro Takayasu
This paper introduces a newly constructed individual-level dataset of prewar Japanese elites using the ``Who's Who'' directories published in 1903--1939. Covering approximately the…