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Shotaro Nakamura

Economist

Bureau, Office or Division
Consumer Protection
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Selected Presentations

  • Beliefs, Signal Quality, and Information Sources: Experimental Evidence on Air Quality in Pakistan. World Bank DIME-KDI Development Impact Conference. Washington, DC (2023)
  • Distributional and Productivity Implications of Regulating Casual Labor: Evidence from Ridesharing in Indonesia. EEA-ESEM. Barcelona, Spain (2023)
  • Distributional and Productivity Implications of Regulating Casual Labor: Evidence from Ridesharing in Indonesia. JADE/CEPR/TIME/CIRJE Development Economics Conference. Tokyo, Japan (2023)
  • Distributional and Productivity Implications of Regulating Casual Labor: Evidence from Ridesharing in Indonesia. North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC). New Haven, CT (2022)
  • Dspillovers under Information and Search Frictions: Experimental Evidence from an Online Platform in Pakistan. CODE@MIT. Cambridge, MA (2022)

Education

University of California, Davis
PhD, Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science
MS, Economics
Dartmouth College
BS, Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Development
  • Environment
  • Industrial Organization

Professional Experience

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2023-Present

Research Assistant
London School of Economics and Political Science
2016-2017

Research Associate
Harvard Business School
2014-2015

Research Analyst
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2013-2014

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