Shota Ichihashi

sichihashi@bankofcanada.ca

Senior Economist

Canadian Economic Analysis
Digital Economy and Advanced Analytics Division
  • B.A. Keio University (Economics)
  • M.A. University of Tokyo (Economics)
  • Ph.D. Stanford University (Economics)

Curriculum vitae

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Bio

Shota is a Senior Economist. His research focuses on microeconomic theory, game theory, and the economics of the Internet. Most recently, he theoretically analyzes the economic impact of personal data sharing by consumers. His other works include auction theory and information disclosure theory.

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Staff Working Papers

Online Privacy and Information Disclosure by Consumers

Staff Working Paper 2019-22 Shota Ichihashi
A consumer discloses information to a multi-product seller, which learns about the consumer’s preferences, sets prices, and makes product recommendations. While the consumer benefits from accurate product recommendations, the seller may use the information to price discriminate.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Economic models JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, D83

Limiting Sender’s Information in Bayesian Persuasion

Staff Working Paper 2019-10 Shota Ichihashi
This paper studies how the outcome of Bayesian persuasion depends on a sender’s information. I study a game in which, prior to the sender’s information disclosure, the designer can restrict the most informative signal that the sender can generate.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Economic models JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, D83

Journal Publications

Working papers

  • "Natural Monopoly for Data Intermediaries," 2019
  • "Consumer-Optimal Disclosure with Costly Information Acquisition," 2018
  • "Online Privacy and Information Disclosure by Consumers," 2018
  • "When to Hold an Auction?"
    (with Isaias N. Chaves), 2018
  • "Limiting Sender's Information in Bayesian Persuasion," 2017