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Masahisa Fujita
Japanese economist (born 1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masahisa Fujita (藤田 昌久, Fujita Masahisa, born 21 July 1943) is a Japanese economist who has studied regional science, urban economics, international trade, and spatial economy (new economic geography). He is a professor at Konan University and an adjunct professor at Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University.
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Masahisa Fujita | |
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藤田 昌久 | |
![]() Masahisa Fujita in 2020 | |
Born | (1943-07-21) July 21, 1943 (age 81) |
Academic career | |
Field | Regional science Urban economics Spatial economics |
Institution | RIETI Konan University University of Pennsylvania Kyoto University |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. 1972) Kyoto University (B.S. 1966) |
Contributions | New Economic Geography |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Fujita majored in urban planning as an undergraduate at Kyoto University. He studied regional science in University of Pennsylvania under Walter Isard and obtained a Ph.D.(in Regional Science) from University of Pennsylvania in 1972. He taught at University of Pennsylvania for about 20 years, and has been the faculty of Institute of Economic Research (KIER) Kyoto University since 1995, where he served as Director in 1999. He was the President of Institute of Developing Economies during 2003 to 2007, and proposed a basic concept of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia to JETRO and METI. In 2007, he became President and Chief Research Officer of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Fujita is known as one of the pioneers of New Economic Geography, as well as Paul Krugman. Fujita is the recipient of the 1983 Tord Palander Prize, the 1998 Walter Isard Award in regional science, and was also awarded the first Alonso Prize, alongside Paul Krugman.