Ryo Masuyama Website

Research

My Papers

Articles in Refereed Journals

Common Ownership with Downstream Firm's Voluntary Investment. International Journal of Economic Theory (SSCI), forthcoming (with Qing Hu and Tomomichi Mizuno).

Endogenous Privacy and Heterogeneous Mismatch Costs. Bulletin of Economic Research (SSCI), forthcoming.

Endogenous Market Structure with Upstream Corporate Social Responsibility. Managerial and Decision Economics (SSCI), 2026, 47(5): 1133-1144 (with Tomomichi Mizuno). Kishimoto Award

Endogenous Timing with Upstream Corporate Social Responsibility. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (SSCI), 2025, 32(4): 608-629. Kishimoto Award

Partial Forward Ownership and Upstream Quality Investment. Economics Bulletin (ESCI), 2022, 42(4): 1811-1816.

Discussion Papers

Input Price Discrimination with Bundling. Kobe University Discussion Paper 2610 (with Qing Hu and Tomomichi Mizuno).

Personalized Pricing with Upstream Corporate Social Responsibility and Downstream Investment. Kobe University Discussion Paper 2607.

Targeted Pricing and Vertical Structure. RIEB Discussion Paper Series No.2025-13. Kanematsu Prize

Presentations

Conference

Oct. 2024 Japanese Economic Association 2024 Autumn Meeting @ Fukuoka University

Nov. 2023 The 22nd International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association @ Ritsumeikan University

Sep. 2023 Japanese Economic Association 2023 Autumn Meeting @ Kansai University

Workshop

Dec. 2025 Oligopoly Theory Workshop @ Kobe University

Jun. 2025 Kanematsu Fellowship Seminar @ Kobe University

Feb. 2025 Rokko Forum Mogi Hokoku Series @ Kobe University

Nov. 2024 Kan-kita Curioschola Workshop @ Shimonoseki City University

Nov. 2024 Industrial Organization and Competition Policy Workshop @ Osaka University

Mar. 2024 Industrial Organization and Competition Policy Workshop @ Osaka University

Oct. 2023 Rokko Forum @ Kobe University

Jul. 2023 Industrial Organization and Competition Policy Workshop @ Osaka University

Mar. 2023 Economics Workshop for Young Economist @ Osaka University

Grants and Awards

• 2026 Kishimoto Award

• 2025 Kanematsu Prize

• 2024 Kishimoto Award

Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025 JST SPRING [Grant Number JPMJSP2148]