Curriculum Vitae of Kotaro Suzumura
								April 3, 2006
Name in Full:	Kotaro Suzumura
Address:	
Office		Institute of Economic Research
		Hitotsubashi University
		Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603, Japan
		Tel: 81-425-80-8353   Fax: 81-425-80-8353 or 8333
Date of Birth:	January 7, 1944
Place of Birth:	Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Education:
1962-1966	B.A. in Economics, Department of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
1966-1968	M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University
1968-1971	Completed Ph.D. course work in economics
Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
October 1980	Doctor in Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Doctor Thesis: Rational Choice, Collective Decisions and Social Welfare New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Professional Carrier
1971-1973	Lecturer, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1973-1982	Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research
Kyoto University
1973-1974	British Council Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
Cambridge University, UK
1974-1976	Lecturer, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and 
Political Science, UK
1979-1980	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Stanford University, USA
1982-1984	Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research
Hitotsubashi University
1984-	Professor, Institute of Economic Research
Hitotsubashi University
1984-1987　　　 Editor, Economic Studies Quarterly (Journal of the Japan Association of 
Economics and Econometrics)
1984-		Editor, Social Choice and Welfare
1986-1991	Book Review Editor, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
1986-		Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics
July 1986-December 1986
Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Economics and Commerce and Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australia
January 1987-July 1987
		Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
		USA
January 1988-April 1988
		Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University, UK
April 1989-September 1993
		Editor, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics
April 1990-March 1992
		Director General, Tokyo Center for Economic Research
September 1990-March 1991
		Visiting Professor, Contemporary Japan Centre and Department of 
Economics, University of Essex, UK
1990- 		Board of Editors, Economic Record
1990-		Fellow, Econometric Society
1992-1994	Editor, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
1992-93; 1995-	Council Member, Society for Social Choice and Welfare
April 1993-March 1996
		Secretary General, Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics
October 1993-December 1993
Fulbright Senior Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University USA
January 1994-June 1994
		Visiting Professor, Department of Economics
		University of British Columbia, Canada
April 1994- 	Editor-in-Chief, Economic Review, The Institute of Economic Research
		Hitotsubashi University
May 1994	Visiting Professor, Institute of Public Economics, University of Graz
1994-1998	Associate Editor, Economic Design, Austria
1995-		Associate Editor, Economics and Philosophy
1995-2000	Council Member, Econometric Society
1995-2000	Chair, Far East Standing Committee of the Econometric Society
March 1996-September 1996
		Nissan Visiting Fellow, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, St. Antony’s 
		College, Oxford University, UK
March 1996-March 2001
		Chair, Sub-Committee on Unfair Trade Politics and Measures, WTO 
Committee, Industrial Structure Council
January 1998-December 1999
		President-Elect, Society for Social Choice and Welfare
November 1998
		Visiting Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
April 1999-March 2000
		President, Japanese Economic Association
April 1999	Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University USA
May 1999	Visiting Professor, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences
		London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
August 1999- 	Executive Committee Member, International Economic Association
January 2000-December 2001
		President, Society for Social Choice and Welfare
July 2000-  	Member, Science Council of Japan
April 2001-September 2001
		Visiting Fellow Commoner, Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK
November 2001	Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Montreal
June 2003-	Director, Competition Policy Research Center, Fair Trade Commission of Japan 

Academic Honours and Awards: 
1984 Nikkei Economics Book Prize (Rational Choice, Collective Decisions and Social Welfare, Cambridge University Press, 1983), November 1984.
1988 Nikkei Economics Book Prize (The Economic Analysis of Industrial Policy, The University of Tokyo Press, in Japanese, 1988; joint author with M. Itoh, K. Kiyono and M. Okuno-Fujiwara), November 1988.

Fellow. Econometric Society. Elected in 1990.
President. Japanese Economic Association, April 1999-March 2000.
President. Society for Social Choice and Welfare, January 2000-December 2001.
Member. Science Council of Japan, July 2000-June 2003.
Medal with Purple Ribbon. Awarded in April 2004.
Japan Academy Prize. Awarded in March 2006.

Publications in English:
(a) Books:
1. Rational Choice, Collective Decisions and Social Welfare, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
2. Industrial Policies for Pacific Economic Growth, George Allen and Unwin, 1986. Joint editor with H. Mutoh, S. Sekiguchi and I. Yamazawa.
3. Industrial Policy of Japan, Academic Press, 1988. Joint editor with R. Komiya and M. Okuno.
4. The Economic Theory of Industrial Policy, Academic Press, 1991. Joint author with M. Itoh. K. Kiyono and M. Okuno-Fujiwara.
5. Choice, Welfare and Development: A Festschrift in Honour of Amartya K. Sen, Oxford University Press, 1995. Joint editor with K. Basu and P. K. Pattanaik.
6. Competition, Commitment, and Welfare, Oxford University Press, 1995.
7. Social Choice Re-examined, Macmillan, 2 vols., 1996/1997. Joint editor with K. J. Arrow and A. K. Sen.
8. Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy, Oxford University Press, 1997. Joint author with Malinvaud, E., J.-C. Milleron, M. Nabli, A. K. Sen, A. Sengupta, N. Stern and J. E. Stiglitz.
9. Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Elsevier, 2 vols., 1st vol., 2002; 2nd vol., forthcoming in 2004. Joint editor with K. J. Arrow and A. K. Sen.
(b) Articles in Refereed Journals:
1. “Balanced Growth Properties of Generalized Dynamic Leontief Model,” Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol.20, 1969, pp.64-74. Joint paper with S. Nabeya.
2. “Price Divergence and Gains from Trade in Leontief Model with Variable Coefficients,” Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol.21, 1970, pp. 60-66.

3. “International Equalization of Factor Prices in Leontief Model with Variable Coefficients,” Metroeconomica, Vol.23, 1971, pp.1-15.
4. “Uniqueness of the Cournot Oligopoly Equilibrium,” Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol.22, 1971, pp.81-83. Joint paper with K. Okuguchi.
5. “The Economic Theory of Organization and Planning: A Review Article,” Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol.24, 1973, pp.33-51.
6. “Professor Uzawa’s Equivalence Theorem,” Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol.24, 1973, pp.60-70.
7. “On Acyclic Preferences,” Economic Review, Vol.26, 1975, pp. 273-275.
8. “Rational Choice and Revealed Preference,” Review of Economic Studies, Vol.43, 1976, pp.149-158.
9. “Remarks on the Theory of Collective Choice,” Economica, Vol. 43, 1976, pp.381-390.
10. “Impossibility Theorems without Collective Rationality,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol.13, 1976, pp.361-379. Joint paper with D. H. Blair, G. Bordes and J. S. Kelly. Reprinted in Arrow, K.J. and G. Debreu, eds., The Foundations of 20th Century Economics, Vol.3, Landmark Papers in General Equilibrium Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, 2001, pp.660-678.
11. “Houthakker’s Axiom in the Theory of Rational Choice,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 14, 1977, pp.284-290.
12. “On the Consistency of Libertarian Claims,” Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 45, 1978, pp.329-342. “A Correction,” Review of Economic Studies, Vol.46, 1979, pp.743.
13. “On Distributional Value Judgments and Piecemeal Welfare Criteria,” Economica, Vol. 47, 1980, pp.125-139.
14. “Liberal Paradox and the Voluntary Exchange of Rights-Exercising,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 22, 1980, pp.407-422. Reprinted in Rowley, C. K., ed., The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Vol. 27. Social Justice and Classical Liberal Goals, Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, 1993, pp.483-498. 
15. “On the Possibility of ‘Fair’ Collective Choice Rule,” International Economic Review, Vol.22, 1981, pp.307-320.
16. “On Pareto-Efficiency and the No-Envy Concept of Equity,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol.25, 1981, pp.367-379.
17. “Collective Choice Rules without the Pareto Principle,” International Economic Review, Vol.23, 1982, pp. 299-308. Joint paper with J. Fountain.
18. “Equity, Efficiency and Rights in Social Choice,” Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol.3, 1982, pp.131-155.
19. “Gibbardian Libertarian Claims Revisited,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol.3, 1986, pp.61-74. Joint Paper with K. Suga.
20. “Entry Barriers and Economic Welfare,” Review of Economic Studies, Vol.54, 1987, pp.157-167. Joint paper with K. Kiyono.

21. “Strategic Information Revelation,” Review of Economic Studies, Vol.57, 1990, pp.25-47. Joint paper with Okuno-Fujiwara, M. and A. Postlewaite.
22. “Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Welfare: A General Equilibrium Analysis of Entry Regulation and Tax-Subsidy Schemes,” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 42, 1990, pp.67-88. Joint paper with Konishi, H. and M. Okuno-Fujiwara.
23. “On the Voluntary Exchange of Libertarian Rights,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol.8, 1991, pp.199-206.
24. “Individual Rights Revisited,” Economica, Vol.59, 1992, pp.161-177. Joint paper with W. Gaertner and P. K. Pattanaik. Reprinted in Rowley, C. K., ed., The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Vol.27, Social Justice and Classical Liberal Goals, Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, 1993, pp.592-608.
25. “Taxation and Welfare in Oligopoly with Strategic Commitment,” International Economic Review, Vol.33, 1992, pp.413-431. Joint paper with T. Besley.
26, “Cooperative and Noncooperative R&D in Oligopoly with Spillovers,” American Economic Review, Vol.82. 1992, pp.1307-1320.
27. “Symmetric Cournot Oligopoly and Economic Welfare: A Synthesis,” Economic Theory, Vol.3, 1993, pp.43-59. Joint paper with M. Okuno-Fujiwara.
28. “Rights, Welfarism and Social Choice,” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, Vol.84, 1994, pp.435-439. Joint paper with P. K. Pattanaik.
29. “On Symmetric Agents: Comments on Kemp and Shimomura,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol.46, 1995, pp.295-298. Joint comment with M. Kaneko.
30. “Further Comments,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol.46, 1995, pp.300. Joint comment with M. Kaneko.
31. “Entry and Cost Reduction: Comment,” Japan and the World Economy, Vol.7, 1995, pp.411-418.
32. “Individual Rights and Social Evaluation: A Conceptual Framework,” Oxford Economic Papers, Vol.48, 1996, pp.194-212. Joint paper with P. K. Pattanaik.
33. “Welfare, Rights and Social Choice Procedure: A Perspective,” Analyse & Kritik, Vol. 18, 1996, pp.20-37.
34. “Voluntary Export Restraints and Economic Welfare,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol.48, 1997, pp.176-186. Joint paper with J. Ishikawa.
35. “Consequences, Opportunities and Procedures,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 16, 1999, pp.17-40.
36. “Paretian Welfare Judgments and Bergsonian Social Choice.” Economic Journal, Vol. 109, 1999, pp.204-220. To be reprinted in Wood, G. C. and McLure, eds., Paul Samuelson: Critical Assessment of Contemporary Economists, 2nd Series, London: Routledge, 2004. 
37. Welfare Economics Beyond Welfarist-Consequentialism,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol.51, 2000, pp.1-32.
38. “Pareto Principles from Inch to Ell,” Economics Letters, Vol. 70, 2001, pp.95-98.
39. “An Interview with Miyohei Shinohara: Nonconformism in Japanese Economic Thought,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol.15, 2001, pp.341-360. Joint paper with A. Amsden.
40. “Characterizations of Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol.101, 2001, pp.423-436. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
41. “Upper Semicontinuous Extensions of Binary Relations,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, Vol. 37, 2002, pp.231-246. Joint paper with W. Bossert and Y. Sprumont. 
42. “Recoverability of Choice Functions and Binary Relations: Some Duality Results,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol.21, 2003, pp.21-37. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
43. “On Constrained Dual Recoverability Theorems,” Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol. 45, 2003, pp. 143-154. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
44. “Consequences, Opportunities, and Generalized Consequentialism and Non- Consequentialism,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol.111, 2003, pp.293-304. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
45. “Welfarist-Consequentialism, Similarity of Attitudes, and Arrow’s General Impossibility Theorem,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 22, 2004, pp. 237-251. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
46. “Extended Social Ordering Functions for Rationalizing Fair Allocation Rules as Game Forms in the Sense of Rawls and Sen,” International Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 1, 2005, pp. 21-41. Joint paper with R. Gotoh and N. Yoshihara.
47. “Consistent Rationalizability,” Economica, Vol.72, 2005, pp.185-200. Joint paper with W. Bossert and Y. Sprumont. 
48. “Arrovian Aggregation in Economic Environments: How Much Should We Know About Indifference Surfaces?” Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 124, 2005, pp. 22-44. Joint Paper with M. Fleurbaey and K. Tadenuma.
49. “The Informational Basis of the Theory of Fair Allocation,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 24, 2005, pp.311-341. Joint paper with M. Flueurbaey and K. Tadenuma.
50. “Maximal-Element Rationalizability,” Theory and Decision Vol.58, 2005, pp. 325-350. Joint 
paper with W. Bossert and Y. Sprumont.　
51. “An Interview with Paul Samuelson: Welfare Economics, ‘Old’ and ‘New’, and Social Choice Theory,” Social Choice and Welfare, Vol.25, 2005, pp.327-356.
52. “Rationalizability of Choice Functions on General Domains Without Full Transitivity,” forthcoming in Social Choice and Welfare. Joint paper with W. Bossert and Y. Sprumont.
53. “Competition, Regulation and Welfare in the Presence of Network Externalities,” forthcoming in Japanese Economic Review. Joint paper with A. Soubeyran and S. Weber.
54. “Ordering Infinite Utility Streams,” forthcoming in Journal of Economic Theory. 

(c) Articles in Non-Refereed Journals:
1. “Boundedness of the Closed Economy with Samuelson-Leontief Technology,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol. 13, 1973, pp.43-46.
2. “Perron-Frobenius Theorem on Non-Negative Square Matrices: An Elementary Proof,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.24, 1983, pp.137-141.
3. “Equity and Efficiency in the Public Goods Economy: Some Counterexamples,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.26, 1985, pp.59-82. Joint paper with K. Sato.
4. “Reduction of Social Choice Problems: A Simple Proof of Arrow’s General Possibility Theorem,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.29, 1988, pp.219-221.
5. “Dictator Lemma: Detailed Proof,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.31, 1990, pp.35-36.
6. “Alternative Firm Objectives and the Welfare Effects of Entry,” Osaka Economic Papers: Special Issue in Honor of Professor H. Shibata, Vol.40, 1991, pp.194-198. Reprinted in Ali M. El-Agraa, ed., Public and International Economics, London: Macmillan, 1993.
7. “Cooperative and Non-Cooperative R&D in an Oligopoly with Spillovers: Strategic Substitutes Versus Strategic Complements,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, 1993, pp.1-11. Joint paper with N. Yanagawa.
8. “Japan’s Industrial Policy and Accession to the GATT: A Teacher by Positive or Negative Examples?” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.38, 1997, pp.101-123.
9. “Welfare Economics and the Welfare State,” Review of Population and Social Policy, No.8, 1999, pp.119-138.
10. “Competition and Regulation in Telecommunications: Japan’s Reform Experience Since 1985,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol.40, 2000, pp.1-28. Joint paper with Y. Yasaki.
11. “On the Rule-Oriented Approach to Fair Trade,” Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry, July/August 2000, pp.26-29.
(d) Articles in Edited Books:
1. “Resolving Conflicting Views of Justice in Social Choice,” in P. K. Pattanaik and M. Salles, eds., Social Choice and Welfare, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1983, pp.125-149.
2. “An Economic Analysis of Industrial Policy: A Conceptual Framework Through the Japanese Experience,” in Mutoh, H., Sekiguchi, S., Suzumura, K., I. Yamazawa, eds., Industrial Politics for Pacific Economic Growth, George Allen and Unwin, 1986, pp.23-41. Joint paper with M. Okuno.
3. “Arrow and the Problem of Social Choice,” in Feiwel, G., ed., Arrow and the Foundations of the Theory of Economic Policy, Macmillan, 1987, pp.255-271. Joint paper with K. Suga.
4. “Industrial Policy in Japan: Overview and Evaluation,” in Sato, R. and P. Wachtel, eds., Trade Friction and Economic Policy, Cambridge University Press, 1987, pp.50-79. Joint paper with M. Okuno-Fujiwara.
5. “Social Welfare Function,” in Eatwell, J., M. Milgate and P. Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Vol.4, London: Macmillan, 1987, pp.418-420.
6. “Endogenous Preferences: Through the Looking- Glass of Social Choice Theory,” in Brennan, G. and C. Walsh, eds., Rationality, Individualism and Public Policy, Center for Research on Federal Financial Relations, 1990, pp.34-39.
7. “Alternative Approaches to Libertarian Rights in the Theory of Social Choice,” in Arrow, K. J., ed., Issues in Contemporary Economics, Vol.1, Markets and Welfare, London: Macmillan, 1990, pp.215-242.
8. “Industrial Policy of Japan: Whither Now?” In Filippini, C., ed., The Italian and Japanese Economies in the ‘80s, Milano: SGEA, 1994, pp.64-95.
9. “On the Social Responsibility of Corporations under Competition,” in Neil, B. F., ed., Ethical Universals and International Business, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1996, pp.40-57.
10. “ Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Welfare: The Effects of Ownership Structure,”　Sato, R., R. Ramachandran and H. Hori, eds., Organization, Performance and Equity: Perspectives on the Japanese Economy, Hingham: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, 1996, pp.93-107.
11. “Collaborative R&D and Competition Policy: Economic Analysis in the Light of Japanese Experience,” in Comanor, W., Goto, A. and L. Waverman, eds., Competition Policy in a Global Economy : Modalities for Co-operation, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1997, pp.197-223. Joint paper with A. Goto.
12. “Keiretsu --- Inter-Firm Relationship in Japan” in Comanor, W., Goto, A. and L. Waverman, eds., Competition Policy in a Global Economy: Modalities for Co-operation, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1997, pp.361-378. Joint paper with Akira Goto.
13. “Interpersonal Comparisons of the Extended Sympathy Type and the Possibility of Social Choice,” in Arrow, K. J., Sen, A. K. and K. Suzumura, eds., Social Choice Re-examined, Vol.2, London: Macmillan, 1997, pp.200-227.
14. “Japan’s Industrial Policy for Telecommunications: The 1985 Institutional Reform and its Aftermath,” in Odaka, K. and J. Teranishi, eds., Markets and Government: In Search of Better Coordination, Tokyo: Kinokuniya Publishing Co., 1998, pp.263-303.
15. “Consequentialism and Procedural Evaluations in Social Welfare Judgments,” in Sato, R., Ramachandran, R. V. and K. Mino, eds., Global Competition and Integration, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, pp.65-81.
16. “Comments on ‘Regulatory Priorities for Infrastructure Reform in Developing Countries,’ by Paul L. Joskow,” in Pleskovic, B. and J. E. Stiglitz, eds., Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1998, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1999, pp.228-232.
(e) Unpublished Research Papers
1. “Equity, Efficiency and Incentives: Behavioral Theory of Distributive Justice Revisited,” All Souls College, Oxford University, April 1988.    
2. “On the Sustainability of Collaborative R&D Through Private Incentives,” Working Paper, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, May 1993. Joint paper with B. Dutta.
3. “On Procedurally Fair Allocation Rules in Economic Environments,” Working Paper, The Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, January 2001. Joint paper with R. Gotoh and N. Yoshihara.
4. “Constructing a Bergson-Samuelson Social Welfare Ordering From Partial Welfare Judgments,” Working Paper, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 2002. Joint paper with Y. Xu.
5. “On the Libertarian Assignment of Individual Rights,” Working Paper, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2002. Joint paper with R. Gotoh and N. Yoshihara. 
6. “Competition, Welfare, and Competition Policy,” Text of the Keynote Speech delivered at the International Symposium on Competition Policy, Competition Policy Research Center, Fair Trade Commission of Japan, November 2003.
7. “On the Possibility of Continuous, Paretian and Egalitarian Evaluation of Infinite Utiliyt Streams,” Working Paper, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, November 2002. Joint paper with Tomoichi Shinotsuka.

Conference Organizations:
Program Chair and Local Organization Chair, The First Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Tokyo, October 1987.
Program Chair, Nara Conference on Normative Economics, Nara, October 1987.
Standing Committee, The Second Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Kyoto, June 1989.
Program Chair, The First TCER Summer Conference on Economic Theory, Hakone, June 1989.
Program Committee, The Sixth World Congress of the Econometric Society, Barcelona, August 1990.
Program Committee, The Third Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Seoul, June 1991.
Program Committee, The First World Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Caen, July 1992.
Program Committee, The First India and South East Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Bombay, December 1992.
Program Committee, The Fourth Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Taipei, June 1993. 
Program Co-Chair, The International Economic Association Round Table Meeting on Social Choice Theory, Vienna, May 1994.
Program Chair, The Fourth TCER Summer Conference on Economic Theory, Tateshina, July 1994.
Program Committee, The Second World Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Rochester, July 1994.
Program Committee, The Seventh World Congress of the Econometric Society, Tokyo, August 1995.
Program Committee, The Twelfth World Congress of the International Economic Association, Buenos Aires, August 1999.
Program Chair, The International Symposium on Social Choice and Welfare, Tokyo, July 2004.

Teaching Areas:
Welfare Economics; Social Choice Theory; Applied Microeconomics; Japanese Competition and Industrial Policy; Public Philosophy; Social Evaluation..
Teaching Experiences outside Japan:
Mathematical Economics; Planning and Decentralization; Introductory Mathematical Economics; Graduate School, Department of Economics, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 1974-76.
Rational Choice and Collective Decisions: Graduate School, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1979-80.
Japanese Economic Development; Contemporary Issues in the Japanese Economy: Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1979-80.
Microeconomic Theory B: Graduate School, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Australian National University, 1986.
Theory of Industrial Organization; Economics of Japan: Department of Economics, The University of Pennsylvania, 1987.
Industrial Policy in Japan: Department of Economics, The University of Bocconi, 1990 and 1993 
Advanced Economic Theory: Oligopoly and Welfare: Department of Economics, University of Essex, 1990-1991.
Competition and Industrial Policies in the Postwar Japan: Contemporary Japan Centre, The University of Essex, 1990-1991.
Welfare, Rights and Social Choice: The Fifth Jerusalem Summer Workshop on Economic Theory, The Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 1993.
Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory: Department of Economics, The University of British Columbia, 1994.
Contemporary Japanese Economy: Competition and Industrial Policies: Department of Economics, The University of British Columbia, 1994.

Research Interest Areas:
Social Choice Theory and Welfare Economics; Theoretical Industrial Organization; Analytical History of Welfare Economics; Ethics and Economics of the Welfare State; Welfare Economics of Global Warming; Economics of Representative Democracy.

Current Research Projects:
Welfare, Rights and Social Choice Procedures; Economics of Well-Being and Freedom; Theory of Representative Democracy; Non-Welfaristic Foundations of Welfare Economics; Japanese Competition Law and Policy; Analytical History of Welfare Economics; Ethics and Economics of the Welfare State; Welfare Economics of Global Warming.