My name is Takuma Habu.
I'm a fourth-year PhD student in Economics at The University of Chicago interested in micro- and behavioural economic theory especially in the context of organisations. I worked in my previous life as an economics consultant but these days (aside from researching) I cycle and take photographs.
Curriculum vitae (abridged)
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Education
| 2017– | PhD student in Economics, The University of Chicago. |
| 2010–12 | MPhil in Economics, Distinction, Somerville College, University of Oxford. Thesis: "Optimal Contracting with a Luce Agent", supervised by Prof. John K.- H. Quah. Available at: https://bit.ly/3aib6ZLa. |
| 2007–10 | BSc (Hons) in Economics, First Class, University of Warwick. Dissertation: "Money Illusion and its Implication on Unemployment". Available at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol7/iss1/10/. |
Teaching experience
| 2020/21 | Mathematical Methods in Economics (First-year PhD maths camp). Lecturer. |
| 2019/20 | Microeconomics (Executive MBA class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Lars Stole. |
| Organisations and incentives (Executive MBA class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Mike Gibbs. | |
| Price Theory III (First-year PhD microeconomics class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Lars Stole. | |
| 2018/19 | Theory of Income I (First-year PhD macroeconomics class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Fernando Alvarez. |
| Price Theory II (First-year PhD microeconomics class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Phil Reny. | |
| Price Theory III (First-year PhD microeconomics class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Lars Stole. | |
| Advanced Microeconomic Analysis (MBA class). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Kevin Murphy. | |
| Decision & Strategy (Undergraduate honours class on game theory). Teaching Assistant for Prof. Elliot Lipnowski. |
Professional experience
| 2012–17 | Oxera Consulting LLP. Focused mainly on dispute work and managed several cases involving multi-billion dollar claims on issues related to valuation in the context of mining, oil, energy, commodities, and securities industries/markets. Also worked on corporate finance, state aid, antitrust/competition and regulation cases. |