3 papers
econ.GN2026
Rebate versus Matching, Again: How Opt-in Reshapes the Effectiveness of Price-Equivalent Subsidies
Shusaku Sasaki, Takunori Ishihara, Hiroki Kato
Traditional theory predicts equivalent effects of matching and rebate subsidies at equal prices, yet experiments favor matching. Refinements narrow this gap but retain compulsory a…
econ.GN2025
Scaling Charitable Incentives: Policy Selection, Beliefs, and Evidence from a Field Experiment
Shusaku Sasaki, Takunori Ishihara, Hirofumi Kurokawa
Why are interventions with weak evidence still adopted? We study charitable incentives for physical activity in Japan using three linked methods, including a randomized field exper…
econ.GN2021
Paternalism, Autonomy, or Both? Experimental Evidence from Energy Saving Programs
Takanori Ida, Takunori Ishihara, Koichiro Ito +4
Identifying who should be treated is a central question in economics. There are two competing approaches to targeting - paternalistic and autonomous. In the paternalistic approach,…