4 papers
Happy Birthday? Age Labels, Search Criteria, and Matching from Dating to Marriage
Suguru Otani
Age is a match trait and a prominent label on search platforms. Using confidential records from a large Japanese marriage platform, I study how a birthday age update affects consid…
Reference Points, Risk-Taking Behavior, and Competitive Outcomes in Sequential Settings
Masaya Nishihata, Suguru Otani
Understanding how competitive pressure affects risk-taking is crucial in sequential decision-making under uncertainty. This study examines these effects using bench press competiti…
Integrating Predictive Models into Two-Sided Recommendations: A Matching-Theoretic Approach
Kazuki Sekiya, Suguru Otani, Yuki Komatsu +2
Two-sided platforms must recommend users to users, where matches (termed \emph{dates} in this paper) require mutual interest and activity on both sides. Naive ranking by predicted…
Team for Speed: Nonparametric Evidence on Heterogeneous Skill-Specific Affinity in Team Production
Masaya Nishihata, Suguru Otani
We examine whether team affinity differs across skill dimensions in team production. Using a novel nonparametric framework that accommodates task-level structure, role asymmetry, a…