Research

• Research Statement

Peer-reviewed Articles

• “IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies”
  Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito
  International Studies Quarterly 69(4): sqaf073 (December 2025)
  DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf073
  Abstract | Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Replication Materials | EGAP Registration

• “Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Diarchy”
  Masaaki Higashijima and Yuki Shiraito
  The Journal of Politics (Forthcoming)
  DOI: 10.1086/737175
  Abstract | Author’s Submitted Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Replication Materials

• “Gendered Views on Immigration Policy Stances? The Case of Japan”
  Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, Michael Strausz, and Yuki Shiraito
  Japanese Journal of Political Science 26(3): 151-167 (September 2025)
  DOI: 10.1017/S1468109924000215
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Replication Materials

• “Attitudes on the Entry Ban in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, Michael Strausz, and Yuki Shiraito
  Social Science Japan Journal 28(2): jyae035 (Summer 2025)
  DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyae035
  Abstract | Author’s Submitted Manuscript | Replication Materials

• “Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning”
  Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, Ted Enamorado, and Yuki Shiraito
  American Political Science Review 119(2): 985-1002 (May 2025)
  DOI: 10.1017/S0003055424000716 | arXiv: 2202.02629
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Replication Materials | R package

• “Public Preferences for International Law Compliance: Respecting Legal Obligations or Conforming to Common Practices?”
  Saki Kuzushima, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito
  The Review of International Organizations 19(1): 63-93 (January 2024)
  DOI: 10.1007/s11558-023-09487-3
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Replication Materials | SSRN

• “A Non-parametric Bayesian Model for Detecting Differential Item Functioning: An Application to Political Representation in the US”
  Yuki Shiraito, James Lo, and Santiago Olivella
  Political Analysis 31(3): 430-447 (July 2023)
  DOI: 10.1017/pan.2023.1 | arXiv: 2205.05934
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Replication Materials

• “Multiple Hypothesis Testing in Conjoint Analysis”
  Guoer Liu and Yuki Shiraito
  Political Analysis 31(3): 380-395 (July 2023)
  DOI: 10.1017/pan.2022.30
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Supplementary Appendices | Replication Materials | Presentation Slides

• “The Clash of Traditional Values: Opposition to Female Monarchs”
  Guoer Liu, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito
  European Political Science Review 15(2): 291-310 (May 2023)
  DOI: 10.1017/S1755773922000418
  Abstract | Accepted Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Publisher’s Erratum

• “Large-scale Text Processing Pipeline with Apache Spark”
  Alexey Svyatkovskiy, Kosuke Imai, Mary Kroeger, and Yuki Shiraito
  2016 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (December 2016)
  DOI: 10.1109/BigData.2016.7841068

• “Coethnic Bias and Wartime Informing”
  Jason Lyall, Yuki Shiraito, and Kosuke Imai
  The Journal of Politics 77(3): 833-858 (July 2015)
  DOI: 10.1086/681590

• “Neural Correlate of Human Reciprocity in Social Interactions”
  Shiro Sakaiya, Yuki Shiraito, Junko Kato, Hiroko Ide, Kensuke Okada, Kouji Takano, and Kenji Kansaku
  Frontiers in Neuroscience 7:239 (December 2013)
  DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00239

Selected Manuscripts

• The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections
  Masaaki Higashijima, Gento Kato, and Yuki Shiraito
  Abstract | Manuscript | Supplementary Information | Preregistration

• “A Unified Model of Text and Citations for Topic-Specific Citation Networks”
  ByungKoo Kim, Saki Kuzushima, and Yuki Shiraito
  arXiv: 2502.17708
  Abstract | Manuscript | Supplementary Information

• “A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives”
  Nuannuan Xiang and Yuki Shiraito
  arXiv: 2502.17733
  Abstract | Manuscript | Supplementary Information

• “Uncovering Heterogeneous Treatment Effects”
  Yuki Shiraito

• “Policy Positions in Mixed Member Electoral Systems: Evidence from Japan”
  Shigeo Hirano, Kosuke Imai, Yuki Shiraito, and Masaki Taniguchi

Undergraduate Publications in Japanese

• Koizumi seiken no kenkyu [The Koizumi Regime]
  The Seventh Ikuo Kabashima Seminar (student organizers: Yoshihiro Nakajima, Ryo Fukuda, and Yuki Shiraito), ed.
  Tokyo: Bokutakusha (October 2008)
  • Chapters contributed
    1. “Honsho no mokuteki to kosei” [Introduction]
       Yuki Shiraito
    2. “Koizumi seiken ki no shinioriti ruru to habatsu” [The Seniority Rule and Factions of the Liberal Democratic Party during the Koizumi Administration]
       Yuki Shiraito