The Nakahara Prize is an annual award given by the Japanese Economic Association

Japanese Economic Association

The Japanese Economic Association is the professional body of Japanese economists. The Japanese Economic Association is the largest, with more than 3,000 members, among academic economic associations in Japan. The Association is also one of the oldest, founded in 1934. The Association was...

 to Japanese economists under the age of 45 whose work has gained international recognition. The prize was created in 1995, and named after its sponsor Nobuyuki Nakahara. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young (under 45 years) economists to publish internationally well-recognized papers and books.

Recipients

Year	Recipients
1995	Fumio Hayashi Fumio Hayashi is a Japanese economist. As of October 2009, he is a professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. One of the most influential Japanese economists, Hayashi was awarded the inaugural Nakahara Prize in 1995....
1996	Kiminori Matsuyama
1997	Nobuhiro Kiyotaki Nobuhiro Kiyotaki is a Japanese economist and professor at Princeton University especially known for proposing several models that provide deeper microeconomic foundations for macroeconomics, some of which play a prominent role in New Keynesian macroeconomics.-Career:...
1998	Kiyohiko Nishimura
1999	Akira Okada
2000	Kazuya Kamiya
2001	Charles Horioka Charles Horioka Charles Yuji Horioka is an American economist residing in Japan. Horioka received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and is currently professor of economics at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Osaka University...
2002	Michihiro Kandori
2003	Hideshi Itoh
2004	Hitoshi Matsushima
2005	Takeo Hoshi
2006	Yuichi Kitamura
2007	Akihiko Matsui
2008	Atsushi Kajii
2009	Hideo Konishi
2010	Takashi Kamihigashi

External links

• Japanese Economic Association: Nakahara Prize