Akira Takayama (economist)

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Akira Takayama (1932-1996) was a noted Japanese born economist - researching international trade, both micro and macroeconomics, and monetary economis but always pushing a mathemtical approach. Essentially he was a mathematical economist. He travelled widely working at all the following universities: the International Christian University (1962-4), the University of Manchester (1964-5), Purdue University (1966-80o), Texas A&M University (1972-82), the University of Kyoto (1982-85), and Southern Illinois University (1983-93) and he worked as an editor on the following journals: Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Integration, Review of International Economics and Economics Letters.^[1]

Selected publications

Textbooks

Takayama, A. (1985). Mathematical economics. Cambridge university press.
Takayama, A. (1993). Analytical methods in economics. University of Michigan Press.
Takayama, A. (1972). International trade; an approach to the theory.

Research

Takayama, A. (1982). On Theorems of General Competitive Equilibrium of Production and Trade. Keio Economic Studies, 19(1).
Takayama, A. (1963). On a Two-Sector Model of Economic Growth—A Comparative Statics Analysis—. The Review of Economic Studies, 30(2), 95-104.
Takayama, A. (1969). Behavior of the firm under regulatory constraint. The American Economic Review, 59(3), 255-260.

References

↑ Thompson, H. (1996), Akira Takayama: A Memoir. Review of International Economics, 4: 371-381. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9396.1996.tb00111.x

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[1] Thompson, H. (1996), Akira Takayama: A Memoir. Review of International Economics, 4: 371-381. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9396.1996.tb00111.x

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