Curriculum Vitae of Naoki Yoshihara

June 16, 2014

Name in Full: Naoki Yoshihara

 

Country of Citizenship and Permanent Residence: Japan

 

Education:

1990-1992           M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

1992-1995           Ph.D. course in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

 

Degree:

February 1996    Ph.D. in Economics, Hitotsubashi University

 

Adviser of Ph.D. thesis:

Professor Kotaro Suzumura (The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

 

Title of M.A. thesis:

Marxian exploitation theory from the viewpoint of contemporary economics

 

Title of Ph.D. thesis:

Welfare Analysis of Economic Systems from the Viewpoints of Distributive Justice and Incentive Compatibility

 

Professional Carrier:

April 1995-March 1996           Research Associate, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

April 1996-Dec 1997               Research Associate, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

Jan 1998-Sep 1999                Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hokkaido University

Oct 1999-March 2010             Associate Professor, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

April 2010-                              Professor, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

 

Prize:

October 2010             The First Encouragement Prize of Japan Society for Political Economy (by Japan Society of Political Economy)

May 2011                   The Distinguished Achievement Award in Political Economy for The Twenty-First Century (by The World Association for Political Economy)

 

Teaching Areas:

Microeconomic Theory; Welfare Economics; Social Choice Theory; Mechanism Design; Game Theory; Mathematical Marxian Economics; History of Economic Thoughts

 

Research Interest Areas:

Normative Economics; Social Choice Theory; Mechanism Design; Game Theory; Mathematical Marxian Economics; Distributive Justice; Rights and Social Welfare; Normative Foundation for Welfare States; Political Competition

 

Publications in English:

Books

1.      Rational Choice and Social Welfare: Theory and Applications, (co-edited with P. Pattanaik, K. Tadenuma, and Y. Xu), September 2008, Springer.

 

Refereed Articles

1.      “Wealth, Exploitation, and Labor Discipline in the Contemporary Capitalist Economy,” Metroeconomica 49-1, February 1998, pp.23-61.

2.      “Characterizations of the Public and Private Ownership Solutions,” Mathematical Social Sciences 35-2, March 1998, pp. 165-184.

3.      “Natural and Double Implementation of Public Ownership Solutions in Differentiable Production Economies,” Review of Economic Design 4-2, July 1999, pp. 127-151.

4.      “A Characterization of Natural and Double Implementation in Production Economies,” Social Choice and Welfare 17-4, August 2000, pp. 571-599.

5.      “A Game Form Approach to Theories of Distributive Justice:Formalizing Needs Principle,” (with Reiko Gotoh), in Harrie de Swart, eds., Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice, May 1999, Tilburg: Tilburg University Press, pp. 168-183.

6.      “A Class of Fair Distribution Rules a la Rawls and Sen,” (with Reiko. Gotoh) Economic Theory 22, August 2003, pp. 63-88.

7.      “Characterizations of Bargaining Solutions in Production Economies with Unequal Skills,” Journal of Economic Theory 108, February 2003, pp. 256-285.

8.      “Extended Social Ordering Functions for Rationalizing Fair Game Forms in the sense of Rawls and Sen,” (joint with R. Gotoh and K.Suzumura), International Journal of Economic Theory 1, March 2005, pp. 21-41.

9.      “Solidarity and Cooperative Bargaining Solutions,” in A. Wieczorek, M. Malawski, and A. Wiszniewska-Matyszkiel, eds., Game Theory and Mathematical Economics, Banach Center Publications 70, April 2006, Warszawa, pp. 317-330.

10.   “Fundamental Incompatibility among Economic Efficiency, Intergenerational Equity, and Sustainability,” in (Roemer, J. E. and K. Suzumura, eds., Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability: Conference Proceedings of the IEA Roundtable Meeting on Intergenerational Equity, Vol. 143, Palgrave Macmillan, November 2007.

11.   “Alternative Characterizations of Three Bargaining Solutions for Nonconvex Problems,” (joint with Y. Xu), Games and Economic Behavior 57, October 2006, pp. 86-92.

12.   “A Mechanism Design for a Solution to the Tragedy of the Commons,” (joint with Akira Yamada) Review of Economic Design 11, February 2008, pp. 253-270.

13.   “Triple Implementation in Production Economies with unequal skills by Sharing Mechanisms,” (joint with Akira Yamada) International Journal of Game Theory 36, 2007, pp. 85-106.

14.   “Corrigendum to “Alternative characterizations of three bargaining solutions for nonconvex problems” [Games Econ. Behav. 57 (2006) 86-92] (joint with Y. Xu), Games and Economic Behavior 61, November 2007, p. 359.

15.   “The Behavior of Solutions to Bargaining Problems on the Basis of Solidarity,” (joint with Yongsheng Xu) Japanese Economic Review 59, March 2008, pp. 133-138.

16.   “On Non-welfarist Social Ordering Functions,” in P. Patanaik, K. Tadenuma, Y. Xu, and N. Yoshihara, eds., Rational Choice and Social Welfare: Theory and Applications, September 2008, Springer, pp. 43-67.

17.   “Class and Exploitation in General Convex Cone Economies,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 75, August 2010, pp. 281-296.

18.   “Exploitation and Productivity: The Generalised Commodity Exploitation Theorem Once Again,” (joint with Roberto Veneziani)  Bulletin of Political Economy 4, 2010, pp. 45-58.

19.   “Strong Subjectivism in the Marxian Theory of Exploitation: A Critique,” (joint with Roberto Veneziani) Metroeconomica 62, February 2011, pp 53-68.

20.   “Alternative Characterizations of the Proportional Solution for Nonconvex Bargaining Problems with Claims,” (with Michele Lombardi) Economics Letters 108, September 2010, pp. 229-232.

21.   “Commodity Content in a General Input-Output: A Comment, ” (with R. Veneziani), Metroeconomica 61, November 2010, pp. 740-748.

22.   “Profits and Exploitation: A Reappraisal, ” (with R. Veneziani), Advances in Mathematical Economics 16, September 2012, pp. 85-109.

23.   “Exploitation of Labour and Exploitation of Commodities: a “New Interpretation”” (with Roberto Veneziani), Review of Radical Political Economics 45, December 2013, pp. 517-524.

24.   A Full Characterization of Nash Implementation with Strategy Space Reduction, “ (with Michele Lombardi), Economic Theory 54, September 2013, pp131-151.

25.   "Rationality and solutions to nonconvex bargaining problems: rationalizability and Nash solutions" (with Yongsheng Xu), Mathematical Social Sciences 66, July 2013, pp66-70.

26.   Exploitation in economies with heterogeneous preferences, skills and assets: An axiomatic approach,” (with Roberto Veneziani), forthcoming in Journal of Theoretical Politics.

27.   “Unequal Exchange, Assets, and Power: Recent Development in Exploitation Theory,” (with Roberto Veneziani), forthcoming in Giulio Codognato, Miriam Teschl, and Yongsheng Xu, eds., The Festschrift in honor of Nick Baigent, Springer.

 

Publications in Japanese:

Books

1.      Toward a Welfare Theory of Labor Exploitation, February 2008, Iwanami Shoten.

 

Refereed Articles

1.      “Responsibility and CompensationA New Paradigm in Welfare Economics,” (with Kotaro Suzumura), The Economic Review 51-2, April 2000, pp.162-184.

2.      “Marxian Exploitation Theory Revisited,” The Economic Review 52-3, July 2001, pp.253-268.

3.      “Recent Development in Game Theoretic Analysis of Libertarian Rights,” The Economic Review 54-1, January 2003, pp.1-18.

4.      “Normative Foundation of the “Basic Income” PolicyTowards Welfare Economics of Welfare States,” (with Reiko Gotoh), The Economic Review 55-3, July 2004, pp.230-244.

5.      “Marxian Exploitation Theory Revisited Again,” Political Economy Quarterly 42-3, October 2005, pp. 63-75.

6.      “An Analytical Foundation for Normative Economic Theories of Welfare States” The Economic Review 57-1, January 2006, pp.72-91.

7.      “Distributive Justice in Bargaining Problems,” The Economic Review 58-2, April 2007, pp. 136-150.

8.      “Special Issue, On Growing Socio-Economic Disparities and Alternatives to the Neo-Liberal Capitalist Systems: Introduction,” Political Economy Quarterly 44-4, January 2008, pp. 3-5.

9.      “Recent Developments in Theory of Labor Exploitation,” The Economic Review 60-3, July 2009, pp. 205-227.

10.   “A Reply to “A Review on ‘Toward a Welfare Theory of Labor Exploitation’,” by Yoriaki Fujimori,” Political Economy Quarterly 46-4, January 2010, pp. 101-103.

11.   “Some Supplements for ‘Toward a Welfare Theory of Labor Exploitation’,” Political Economy Quarterly 47-2, July 2010, pp. 49-63.

12.    “Moral Motivation in Public Economic Activities,” (with Yukinari Hayashi, Shinichiro Okushima and Akira Yamada), The Economic Review 62-1, January 2011, pp.1-19.

13.   “Book Review: Tom MAYER (translation supervised by Hiroshi SETOOKA) Analytical Marxism,” Political Economy Quarterly 48-4, January 2012, pp. 104-106.

14.   “Toward an Economic Theory of Moral Motivation –A Kantian Approach,” (with Shinichiro Okushima), The Economic Review 63-4, October 2012, pp.346-364.

15.   “A Progressive Report: Studies on Analytical Foundations of Capitalist Economies and Blue Prints for 'New Welfare Society',” Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics 50-2, July 2013, pp. 17-33.

16.   “A Progressive Report on Marxian Economic Theory: Exploitation Theory since Okishio (1963),” Political Economy Quarterly 50-4, January 2014, pp. 16-41.

 

Non-refereed Articles

1.      “A General Theory of Exploitation and Class,” in A. Takamasu and A. Matui, eds., Analytical Marxism (in Japanese), June 1999, Nakanishiya Press, pp. 66-85.

2.      “An Economic Theoretic Approach to Theories of Distributive Justice,” in A. Takamasu and A. Matsui, eds., Analytical Marxism (in Japanese), June 1999, Nakanishiya Press, pp. 152-175.

3.      “Economic Theories of Distributive JusticeResponsibility and Compensation,” The Economics Studies 53-3, December 2003, pp.373-401.

4.      Amartya K. Sen and Social Choice Theory,” in H. Esho and K. Yamazaki, eds., The World of Amartya Sen: A Bridge between Economics and Development Studies, May 2004, Koyo Press, pp.51-82.

5.      “Intergenerational Resource Allocations in the Long Run Economy with Public Bads Emission,” in Kotaro Suzumura, ed., Logic and Ethics for Intergenerational Equity, July 2006, Toyo Keizai Sinpou Press, pp. 137-176.

6.      “Labor Exploitation Theory in Analytical Marxism,” The Economics Studies 56-2, November 2006, pp.247-281.

 

 

Discussion Papers

 

1.      “On Procedurally Fair Allocation Rules in Economic Environments,” (with Reiko Gotoh and Kotaro Suzumura), June 1999, Discussion Paper No. 379, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Revision September 2000.

2.      “On Efficient and Procedurally-Fair Equilibrium Allocations in Sharing Games,” October 2000, Discussion Paper No. 397, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.

3.      “Axiomatic bargaining theory on opportunity assignments,” (with Yongsheng Xu), IER Discussion Paper No. 473, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Januray 2006.

4.      “Reexamination of the Marxian Exploitation Theory,” IER Discussion Paper No. 481, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2006.

5.      “On Initial Conferment of Individual Rights,” (with Kotaro Suzumura) IER Discussion Paper No. 502, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, July 2008.

6.      “A Theory of Political Competition over Military Policy and Income Redistribution,” IER Discussion Paper No. 503, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, July 2008.

7.      “Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach,” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.524, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, December 2009.

8.      “Nash Implementation in Production Economies with Unequal Skills:A Complete Characterization” (with A. Yamada) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.536, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, March 2010.

9.      “Rationality and the Nash Solution to Non-convex Bargaining Problems” (with Yongsheng Xu) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.537, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, March 2010.

10.   “A Full Characterization of Nash Implementation with Strategy Space Reduction” (with M. Lombardi) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.538, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, March 2010.

11.   “Exploitation and Profits: A General Axiomatic Approach in Convex Economies with Heterogeneous Agents” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.542, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, October 2010.

12.   A Full Characterization of Nash Implementation with Strategy Space Reduction (with M. Lombardi ) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.548, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, April 2011.

13.   “Profits and Exploitation: A Reappraisal” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.549, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, April 2011.

14.   “Exploitation and Productiveness: The Generalised Commodity Exploitation Theorem Once Again” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.550, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2011.

15.   Rationality and Solutions to Nonconvex Bargaining Problems: Rationalizable, Asymmetric and Nash Solutions” (with Yongsheng Xu) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.551, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2011.

16.   Proportional Nash solutions - A new and procedural analysis of nonconvex bargaining problems” (with Yongsheng Xu) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.552, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, June 2011.

17.   Partially-honest Nash Implementation: Characterization Results (with M. Lombardi ) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.555, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2011.

18.   Exploitation of Labour and Exploitation of Commodities: A "New Interpretation" (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.556, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2011.

19.   Corrigendum to "Class and Exploitation in General Convex Cone Economies" [Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 75 (2010) 281-296] IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.560, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, February 2012.

20.   Natural Implementation with Partially Honest Agents (with M. Lombardi ) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.561, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, February 2012.

21.   Exploitation in Economies with Heterogeneous Preferences, Skills and Assets: An Axiomatic Approach” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.579, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2012.

22.   Rationality and Solutions to Nonconvex Bargaining Problems : Rationalizability and Nash Solutions” (with Yongsheng Xu) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.580, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2012.

23.   The Measurement of Labour Content: A General Approach.” (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.587, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2013.

24.   Partially Honest Nash Implementation : A Full Characterization. (with M. Lombardi) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.590, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, July 2013.

25.   Securing Basic Well-being for All. (with R. Gotoh) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.591, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, July 2013.

26.   Natural Implementation with Partially Honest Agents in Economic Environments. (with M. Lombardi) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.592, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, July 2013.

27.   Unequal Exchange, Assets, and Power: Recent Developments in Exploitation Theory, (with R. Veneziani) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.594, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, September 2013.

28.   On the Ricardian Invariable Measure of Value in General Convex Economies : Applicability of the Standard Commodity, (with K. Kurose) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.597, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, December 2013.

29.   A Progressive Report on Marxian Economic Theory: On the Controversies in Exploitation Theory since Okishio (1963),” IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.607, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2014.

30.   On the Ricardian Invariable Measure of Value: A General Possibility of the Standard Commodity,” (with K. Kurose) IER Discussion Paper Series A. No.608, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 2014.

 

 

Referee services

 

American Economic Review, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Economic Review, Economic Theory, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Game Theory Review, International Journal of Economic Theory, International Journal of Game Theory, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Global Optimization, Korean Economic Review, Mathematical Social Sciences, Metroeconomica, Political Economy Quarterly, Review of Economic Design, Social Choice and Welfare, Soul Journal of Economics, etc.

 

Presentations in International Conferences

 

1.      “Characterizations of Public Ownership Solutions,” The Conference on Axiomatics of Resource Allocations (University of Montreal) June 1996.

2.      “A Characterization of Natural and Double Implementation in Production Economies,” Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society 1997 Hong Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong) July 1997.

3.      “A Game Form Approach to Theories of Distributive Justice: Formalizing Needs Principle,” and “A Social Procedure for Choosing Fair Allocation Rules: Formalizing the Rawlsian Principles of Justice,” The 4th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (University of British Columbia) July 1998.

4.      “A Game Form Approach to Theories of Distributive Justice: Formalizing Needs Principle,” The International Conference on Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice ‘99 (Tilburg University), May 1999.

5.      “On the Existence of Procedurally Fair Allocation Rules in Economic Environments,” The International Conference on Axiomatic Resource Allocation Theory (Namur University) June 1999.

6.      “On the Existence of Procedurally Fair Allocation Rules in Economic Environments,” The XII-th World Congress of International Economic Association (University of Buenosailes) August 1999.

7.      “On Efficient and Procedurally-Fair Equilibrium Allocations in Sharing Games,” The International Conference of the Society for Economic Design (Istanbul) June 2000.

8.      “Characterizations of Bargaining Solutions in Production Economies with Unequal Skills,” The 5th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (University of Alicante) July 2000.

9.      “Characterizations of Bargaining Solutions in Production Economies with Unequal Skills,” The 1st World Congress of Game Theory Society (Bilbao) July 2000.

10.   “Axiomatic Bargaining Theory in Production Economies: Responsibility and Compensation Viewpoints,” The 2nd International Workshop of Cooperative Games (University of Twente), June 2002.

11.   “Axiomatic Bargaining Theory in Production Economies: Responsibility and Compensation Viewpoints,” Advances in Game Theory and Related Topics joint with Game Practice III (in honour of Stef Tijs) (Tilburg University), June 2002.

12.   “A Mechanism Design for a Solution to the Tragedy of Commons,” The 2nd International Conference of the Society for Economic Design (New York University), July 2002.

13.   “On Libertarian Rights Assignments,” The 6th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (Caltech), July 2002.

14.   “A Mechanism Design for a Solution to the Tragedy of Commons,” The 1st Brazilian Workshop of the Game Theory Society (University of Sao Paulo), July 2002.

15.   “A Mechanism Design for a Solution to the Tragedy of Commons,” The International Congress of Mathematics 2002: Game Theory and Applications (Qingdao University), August 2002.

16.   “Existence of Social Ordering Functions Which Embody Procedural and Consequential Values,” 2003 Annual Meeting of Public Choice Society, Nashville, March 2003.

17.   “On the Libertarian Assignments of Individual Rights,” The 3rd International Conference on Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice (Siena, Italy), September 2003.

18.   “On Recent Developments in Game Theoretic Approaches to Individual Right,” The 10th Osnabruck Seminar on Individual Decisions and Social Choice (University of Osnabruck), September 2003.

19.   “On the Libertarian Assignments of Individual Rights,” 2004 Annual Meeting of Public Choice Society, Baltimore, March 2004.

20.   “Triple Implementation in Production Economies with unequal skills by Sharing Mechanisms,” The 2nd World Congress of Game Theory Society (Marseille), July 2004.

21.   “Imperialist Policies v.s. Welfare States Policies,” The 7th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (Osaka University), July 2004.

22.   “Imperialist Policies v.s. Welfare States Policies,” Public Economic Theory Conference 04 (Peking University), August 2004.

23.   “A New Insight into Three Bargaining Solutions in Convex Problems,” International Conference in Game Theory and Mathematical Economics 2004 (Walzawa University), September 2004.

24.   “Alternative Characterizations of Three Solutions in Convex and Nonconvex Bargaining Problems” The Asian Decentralization Conference 2005 (Seoul National University), May 2005.

25.   On the General Existence of Party-Unanimity Nash Equilibrium in Multi-dimensional Political Competition Games,'' The 9th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (Concordia University), June 2008

26.   “Injustice of exploitation: an axiomatic approach ," 2009 Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (University of Tokyo), August 2009.

27.   Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach , International Conference on Inequality (Korea University), May 2010.

28.   .Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach ," CEPET 2010 Workshop in honor of Nick Baigent (Graz University), June 2010.

29.   Nash Implementation in Production Economies with Unequal Skills: A Complete Characterization , The 10th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (The University-Higher School of Economics), July 2010.

30.   Globalization and Exploitation: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Uniqual Exchange , 14th Conference of the Research Network on Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies(FMM) (Berlin), October 2010.

31.   On Public Decision Making: From an Approach of Social Choice Theory,” 7th Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (Potsdam), November 2010.

32.   Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach , 37th Annual Conference of Eastern Economic Association (New York), February 2011.

33.   “Profits and Exploitation: A Reappraisal ,” The Sixth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (The University of Massachusetts Amherst), May 2011.

34.   “Proportional Nash solutions-A new and procedural analysis of nonconvex bargaining problems ," CEPET Summer Workshop 2011 (Udine, Italy), June 2011.

35.   “Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach,” 15th Conference of the Research Network on Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM) (Berlin), October 2011.

36.   “Exploitation as the Unequal Exchange of Labour: An Axiomatic Approach,” 2012 ASSA ANNUAL MEETING (Chicago), January 2012.

37.   “On feasibility of basic income,” Fairness and the Welfare State in the Age of Aging (Korea University), May 2012.

38.   Partially-Honest Nash Implementation: Characterization Results,” Game Theory Society 2012 (Istanbul Bilgi University), July 2012.

39.   Exploitation and Labor in Economies with Heterogeneous and Agents,” 2014 ASSA ANNUAL MEETING (Philadelphia), January 2014.

40.   The Measurement of Labour Content: A General Approach,” 2014 Annual Meetings of the Eastern Economic Association (Boston), March 2014.