Masahiko Aoki
Masahiko Aoki | |
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| Born | April 1, 1938 |
| Died | July 15, 2015 (aged 77) |
| Spouse | Reiko Aoki |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (Ph.D. 1967) Tokyo University (M.A. 1964) (B.A. 1962) |
| Thesis | Increasing returns to scale and market mechanisms (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Chipman |
| Influences | Leonid Hurwicz Kenneth Arrow |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Comparative Institutional Analysis |
| School or tradition | New institutional economics |
| Institutions | Stanford University Harvard University Kyoto University |
| Website | |
Masahiko Aoki (April 1, 1938 – July 15, 2015) was a Japanese economist, Tomoye and Henri Takahashi Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies in the Economics Department, and Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Aoki was known for his work in comparative institutional analysis, corporate governance, the theory of the firm, and comparative East Asian development.