Ryuzo Sato

Ryuzo Sato
Born (1931-07-05) 5 July 1931 (age 95)
Academic background
EducationJohns Hopkins University
Hitotsubashi University
Richard Musgrave, Edwin Mills
Academic work
DisciplineMacroeconomics
InstitutionsNew York University
Doctoral students
Phillip Kott, Kazuo Mino
AwardsGuggenheim fellowship (1974)

Ryuzo Sato (佐藤隆三, Satō Ryūzō; born 5 July 1931) is a Japanese economist and is the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics Emeritus at New York University. He made notable contributions to the fields of mathematical economics and economic growth. He is a founding editor of the Japan and the World Economy (Elsevier) and the book series Advances in Japanese Business and Economics (Springer Nature).

Education and career

Sato graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1954. As a Fulbright scholar, he earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1962 and his Dr. (Econ) from Hitotsubashi University in 1969.

After holding positions at the University of Washington and University of Hawaii, he became a professor at Brown University from 1967 to 1985.

In 1985, Sato became the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business, and the Director of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies. He was a Visiting Professor and Guggenheim Fellow at the University of Bonn and a Ford Foundation Fellow at the University of Cambridge, respectively; he was also a visiting professor at Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi University and the University of Tokyo. He was an Adjunct Professor at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Sato won the 1968 Nikkei Economic Prize for his book, Theory of Economic Growth and the 1991 Yomiuri "Rondansho" Prize for Social Science Writing for his book, The Chrysanthemum and the Eagle: The Future of U.S.-Japan Relations.

Sato has done research and given lectures in both Japan and the United States. He regularly writes regular columns for several Japanese newspapers, including The Nikkei.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ The International Who's Who 2004, p. 1483, at Google Books
  2. ↑ "Editorial Board". Japan and the World Economy. 1: IFC. 1988. doi:10.1016/0922-1425(88)90001-1.
  3. 1 2 https://link.springer.com/series/11682/editors
  4. 1 2 3 4 Negishi, Takashi; Ramachandran, Rama V.; Mino, Kazuo, eds. (2001). Economic Theory, Dynamics and Markets: Essays in Honor of Ryuzo Sato. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1677-4. ISBN 978-1-4613-5673-8.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Ryuzo Sato".
  6. ↑ Sato, Ryuzo (1994). The Chrysanthemum and the Eagle: The Future of U.S.–Japan Relations. New York: New York University Press. doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814788707.001.0001. ISBN 9780814788707.