Takeshi Amemiya
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Takeshi Amemiya | |
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雨宮 健 | |
| Born | March 29, 1935 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | February 25, 2026 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | International Christian University American University Johns Hopkins University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl F. Christ |
| Doctoral students | James L. Powell Cheng Hsiao Victor Chernozhukov |
Takeshi Amemiya (雨宮 健, Amemiya Takeshi; March 29, 1935 – February 25, 2026) was a Japanese economist who specialized in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece.[1]
Amemiya was the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics (emeritus) and a professor of classics at Stanford University. He was a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Statistical Association[2] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985).[3]
Amemiya died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 90.[4]
- B.A., 1958, Social Science, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
- M.A., 1961, Economics, American University, Washington, DC
- Ph.D., 1964, Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Honors and awards
- U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1988
- Fellowship, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 1989
- Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1975–1976
- Ford Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1963–1965
