was a
Japanese
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economist
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and
professor emeritus
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of
Hitotsubashi University
is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social science ...
and
Waseda University
, mottoeng = Independence of scholarship
, established = 21 October 1882
, type = Private
, endowment =
, president = Aiji Tanaka
, city = Shinjuku
, state = Tokyo
, country = Japan
, students = 47,959
, undergrad = 39,382
, postgrad ...
. He graduated from
Hitotsubashi University
is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social science ...
in 1966. His research interests were in
social choice theory
Social choice theory or social choice is a theoretical framework for analysis of combining individual opinions, preferences, interests, or welfares to reach a ''collective decision'' or ''social welfare'' in some sense.Amartya Sen (2008). "Soci ...
and
welfare economics
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Attempting to apply the principles of welfare economics gives rise to the field of public ec ...
. He was also a Fellow of the
Econometric Society
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. He was named a
Person of Cultural Merit in 2017.
News October 30, 2017|School of Political Science and Economics Waseda University
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See also
* Extended sympathy Extended sympathy in welfare economics refers to interpersonal value judgments of the form that social state ''x'' for person ''A'' is ranked better than, worse than, or as good as social state ''y'' for person ''B'' (Arrow, 1963, pp. 114–15) ...
* Social welfare function
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Notes
References
* Mark Blaug
Mark Blaug FBA (; 3 April 1927 – 18 November 2011) was a Dutch-born British economist (naturalised in 1982), who covered a broad range of topics during his long career.
He was married to Ruth Towse.
Life and work
Blaug was born on 3 April ...
and Howard R. Vane, 2003. ''Who's Who in Economics', pp. 81
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Picture, brief listing of education and positions, and a personal statement of previous research interests and current research projects.
Personal details, affiliation, and works (working papers, articles, edited volumes, and citations).
Curriculum Vitae
9 pp., April, 2006.
1944 births
2020 deaths
People from Tokoname
21st-century Japanese economists
20th-century Japanese economists
Hitotsubashi University alumni
Hitotsubashi University faculty
Waseda University faculty
People from Aichi Prefecture
Fellows of the Econometric Society
Presidents of the Japanese Economic Association
Members of the Japan Academy
Persons of Cultural Merit
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
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