SAORI CHIBA
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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, Boston MA USA, September 2013 (expected)
     Dissertation Title: Essays on Communications and Behavioral Economics
     Main advisor: Barton Lipman
     Dissertation Committee: Barton Lipman, Sambuddha Ghosh and Andrew Newman

Ph.D. program in Economics, George Washington University, Washington DC USA

M.A., Economics, Boston University, Boston MA USA
M.B.A. (Honors), Boston University, Boston MA USA

B.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
B.A., Business and Administration, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

Microeconomic Theory, Managerial Economics, Behavioral Economics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Lecturer, Simmons College Department of Economics, Boston MA USA, Fall 2012-
Teaching Fellow, Boston University Department of Economics, Boston MA USA

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant, Professor Barton Lipman (Boston University Department of Economics)
Research Assistant, Professor Keith N. Hylton (Boston University School of Law)

The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Ltd. [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (NYSE: MTU)], Japan
    Manager, Debt Finance Division, Non-Performing Loan (NPL) Liquidation Team
    Associate Manager, Credit Policy & Planning Division, NPL Liquidation Team
    Associate Manager, Kyobashi Branch & Ginza Dori Branch, Corporate Finance Team

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

Distinction in Macroeconomics Qualifying Exam, Boston University Department of Economics
Special Research Fellowship, Boston University Department of Economics
Teaching Fellowship, Boston University Department of Economics
Dean's Achievement Scholarship, Boston University School of Management

WORKING PAPERS:

The Managerial Economics of Cheap Talk (Job Market Paper 2) (with K. Leong), 2013
Cheap Talk with Outside Options (Job Market Paper 1) (with K. Leong), 2013 (Submitted)
The Behavioral Economics of Crime Rates and Punishment Levels (with K. Leong), 2012 (Submitted)

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Hierarchical Communications in Organizations
Persuasive Lobbying
The Behavioral Economics of How Sibling Sex Composition Affects Women's Educational Attainment (with K. Leong), 2011

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS:

67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Gothenburg Sweden, 2013 (expected)
2013 RES PhD Presentation Meeting at Queen Mary, University of London, London United Kingdom, 2013
Contract Theory Workshop East joint with Economic Theory Workshop at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Japan, 2012
2012 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society at Northwestern University, Evanston IL USA, 2012
2012 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association at Hokkaido University, Hokkaido Japan, 2012
University of Manchester, Manchester United Kingdom, 2012
University of Birmingham, Birmingham United Kingdom, 2012
Yokohama National University, Yokohama Japan, 2011
2011 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society at Washington University, St. Louis MO USA, 2011

Departmental Workshops, Boston University Department of Economics
    Microeconomics Theory Lunch Workshop, 2011, 2012
    Microeconomics Graduate Lunch Workshop, 2010, 2011, 2012
    The Very Occasional Theory Workshop and Summertime Kaffeeklatsch, 2011
    Boston University Political Economy Research Group (BUPERG), 2010, 2011

LANGUAGES:   Fluent in English and Japanese

COMPUTER SKILLS:   Mathematica, Microsoft Office, STATA

CITIZENSHIP/VISA:   JAPAN/F1

REFERENCES:

Professor Barton Lipman
Boston University Department of Economics
270 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215 USA
Email: blipman@bu.edu

Professor Sambuddha Ghosh
Boston University Department of Economics
270 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215 USA
Email: sghosh@bu.edu

Professor Andrew Newman
Boston University Department of Economics
270 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215 USA
Email: afnewman@bu.edu

Professor Masato Aoki
Simmons College Department of Economics
300 The Fenway, Boston MA 02215 USA
Email: masato.aoki@simmons.edu