Updated on 2025/04/08

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SATO Misato
 
Organization
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor
Position
Professor
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Degree

  • Ph.D. in Economics ( The George Washington University )

Research Interests

  • 産業組織

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy

Education

  • The George Washington University    

    - 2016.8

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    Country： United States

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Research History

  • Okayama University   学術研究院社会文化科学学域   Professor

    2025.4

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  • Okayama University   学術研究院社会文化科学学域   Associate Professor

    2021.4 - 2025.3

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  • Okayama University   社会文化科学研究科   Associate Professor

    2019.4 - 2021.3

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  • Osaka University

    2017.10 - 2018.3

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  • Japan Society for Promotion of Science

    2017.4 - 2019.3

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  • 大阪大学大学院国際公共政策研究科   招へい研究員

    2016.10 - 2017.3

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Papers

  • Multinational M&A in Upstream Industry and Organizational Change

    Misato Sato

    56 ( 3 )   35 - 55   2025.3

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    DOI： 10.18926/OER/68445

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  • How Does Downstream Firms' Efficiency Affect Exclusive Supply Agreements Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    Review of Industrial Organization   64 ( 2 )   219 - 242   2024.3

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  • Defending Home against Giants: Exclusive Dealing as a Survival Strategy for Local Firms Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    71 ( 2 )   441 - 463   2023.6

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  • Which is Better for Durable Goods Producers, Exclusive or Open Supply Chain? Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy   32 ( 1 )   158 - 176   2023.1

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    DOI： 10.1111/jems.12497

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  • Lease or Sale: When a Durable Goods Monopolist can Choose Supply Chain's Openness

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    ISER Discussion Paper   ( 1127 )   2021.3

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  • Multinational Entry and Organizational Change

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Misato Sato, Shiro Takeda

    Discussion Paper in the Economic Association of Okayama University   I ( 009 )   2021.3

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  • Multinational M&A in Upstream Industry and Organizational Change

    Misato Sato

    ( No. 3196999 )   2018.6

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  • Naked Exclusion under Exclusive-offer Competition

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    ISER Discussion Paper   ( No. 1021 )   2018.3

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    DOI： 10.2139/ssrn.3132893

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  • Exclusive Contracts with Complementary Inputs Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    International Journal of Industrial Organization   56   145 - 167   2018.1

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Elsevier Inc.  

    This study constructs a model of anticompetitive exclusive contracts in the presence of complementary inputs. A downstream firm transforms multiple complementary inputs into final products. When complementary input suppliers have market power, upstream competition within a given input market benefits not only the downstream firm, but also the complementary input suppliers, by raising complementary input prices. Thus, the downstream firm is unable to earn higher profits, even when socially efficient entry is allowed. Hence, the inefficient incumbent supplier can deter socially efficient entry by using exclusive contracts, even in the absence of scale economies, downstream competition, and relationship-specific investment.

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.11.005

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  • Exclusive Contracts and Bargaining Power Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriaki Matsushima, Misato Sato

    ECONOMICS LETTERS   151   1 - 3   2017.2

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA  

    Incorporating Nash bargaining into the standard one-buyer-one-supplier framework in the Chicago School critique, we show a possibility that an inefficient incumbent supplier can deter a socially efficient new supplier entry through exclusive contracts. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    DOI： 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.11.021

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  • Relationship-Specific Investment as a Barrier to Entry Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Akira Miyaoka, Misato Sato

    JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS   119 ( 1 )   17 - 45   2016.9

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：SPRINGER WIEN  

    This study constructs a model of a relationship-specific investment in a dynamic framework. Although such investment decreases operating costs and increases the current joint profits of firms in vertical relationships, its specificity reduces the ex-post flexibility to change a trading partner in the future. We demonstrate that whether the investment contract deters entry even in the absence of exclusionary terms depends on not only the specificity but also the efficiency of the investment. We also show that an increase in the investment efficiency does not necessarily improve the equilibrium social welfare.

    DOI： 10.1007/s00712-016-0482-8

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  • Exclusive Contracts when the Incumbent can Establish a Direct Retailer Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Misato Sato, Koki Arai

    JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS   112 ( 1 )   47 - 60   2014.5

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    This paper constructs a model of anticompetitive exclusive dealings with potential downstream competition. Unlike in previous studies, the incumbent can establish a direct retailer with some fixed payment and can offer an exclusive contract to a downstream buyer twice. We show that the existence of these two options helps the incumbent deter socially efficient entry and earn almost monopoly profits even in the absence of scale economies and downstream competition.

    DOI： 10.1007/s00712-013-0335-7

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  • Free Entry, Market Diffusion, and Social Inefficiency with Endogenously Growing Demand Reviewed

    Hiroshi Kitamura, Akira Miyaoka, Misato Sato

    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies   29   98 - 116   2013.9

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    This paper analyzes market diffusion in the presence of oligopolistic interaction among firms. Market demand is positively related to past market size because of consumer learning, networks, and bandwagon effects. Firms enter the market freely in each period with fixed costs and compete in quantities. We demonstrate that the nature of the inefficiency under free entry can change as the market grows, and more importantly, that S-shaped diffusion can be a signal that the number of firms under free entry is initially insufficient, but eventually excessive. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jjie.2013.06.004

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Presentations

  • Exclusive Contracts in Durable Goods Markets International conference

    Misato Sato

    3rd Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference  2018.12.15 

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    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Multinational Entry and Organizational Change

    2018.6.24 

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  • Naked Exclusion under Exclusive-offer Competition International conference

    Misato Sato

    2nd Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference  2017.12.16 

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  • Naked Exclusion under Exclusive-offer Competition International conference

    Misato Sato

    44th Annual Conference of European Association for Research in Industrial Economics  2017.9.1 

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  • Naked Exclusion under Exclusive-offer Competition International conference

    Misato Sato

    15th International Industrial Organization Conference  2017.4.9 

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  • How Does Downstream Firms’ Efficiency Affect Exclusive Supply Agreements? International conference

    Misato Sato

    1st Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conferenc  2016.12.12 

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Research Projects

  • サプライチェーンにおける垂直的取引関係に関する経済分析

    Grant number：23K01376  2023.04 - 2027.03

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  基盤研究(C)

    佐藤 美里

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    Grant amount：\3510000 （ Direct expense: \2700000 、 Indirect expense：\810000 ）

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  • Research on intellectual property strategies for green innovation by using the patent statistical data

    Grant number：22H00846  2022.04 - 2026.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    張 星源

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    Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) 

    Grant amount：\17030000 （ Direct expense: \13100000 、 Indirect expense：\3930000 ）

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  • 政策的不確実性と模倣に直面する企業のイノベーション・生産活動と地域経済統合の役割

    Grant number：20H01507  2021.04 - 2024.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    春名 章二

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    Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) 

    Grant amount：\17550000 （ Direct expense: \13500000 、 Indirect expense：\4050000 ）

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  • 多国籍企業の参入と排除についての経済分析

    Grant number：20K13485  2020.04 - 2023.03

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究  若手研究

    佐藤 美里

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    Authorship：Principal investigator 

    Grant amount：\1950000 （ Direct expense: \1500000 、 Indirect expense：\450000 ）

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  • 排他条件付取引による市場の囲い込みの経済分析

    Grant number：18K01593  2018.04 - 2021.03

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    北村 紘

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    Grant amount：\4290000 （ Direct expense: \3300000 、 Indirect expense：\990000 ）

    メーカーと小売店などの垂直的取引において，競合他社との取引を禁ずる契約を排他条件付取引契約という．こうした契約は，ライバル企業を排除する反競争的な効果を持つ．これまでの研究により，特定の状況において，排他契約によるライバルの排除が発生することが明らかになっている．現実の競争政策への対応を考えると，更なる状況の整理が求められる．本研究では，排他条件付取引関連の個別の事件の特性を考慮し，理論分析及び実験分析を行う．
    2019年度の理論研究と実験研究の進捗状況は以下のとおりである．まず，理論研究において，前年度に基本モデルの結果の確認ができた耐久財市場における排他条件付取引契約の拡張分析を行った．分析の結果，基本モデルとは異なる消費者効用での設定においても，反競争的な排他条件付取引契約が締結されることが明らかになり，結果の頑健性が確認できた．さらに，得られた研究成果を日本応用経済学会，日本経済学会，欧州産業経済学会（EARIE）などの国内外の研究会で報告した．現在，研究報告で得た助言をもとに，英文査読誌への投稿に向けて論文の改訂作業を進めている．
    次に，実験研究では，前年度に引き続き， Kitamura, Matsushima, and Sato (2018)の実験分析を進めた．2019年度では，2018年度に実施した基本実験の設定から，差別化の程度や交渉力を変化させ，排他条件付取引の実現可能性がどの程度変わるかを検証する実験を行なっていたが，新型コロナウイルスの流行により，年度内に予定していたすべての実験を終了することができなかった．また，これ以外にも排他条件付取引に関する経済実験を実施する予定であったが，上記の理由により，実施ができなかった．

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  • Impact of multinational entry on domestic firms' organization structure -Economic analysis on vertical and horizontal integration-

    Grant number：17K13729  2017.04 - 2020.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

    SATO Misato

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    Grant amount：\3380000 （ Direct expense: \2600000 、 Indirect expense：\780000 ）

    This research explores two things focusing on domestic firms’ vertical or horizontal organization change: what kind of strategic actions domestic firms take when facing efficient firm’s entry and what kind of impacts can be considered in a market when efficient firms actually enter. We show the circumstances where a domestic firm can deter multinational entry by closing an exclusive contract, the impact of multinational M&A with domestic supplier of intermediate input on domestic vertical organization form, the situation where multinational entry enables domestic firms to horizontally integrate from a competitive policy perspective, and its impacts.

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