Yasushi Asako

Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009
  • M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
  • M.A. in Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2003
  • B.A. in Economics, Summa cum Laude, Keio University, 2001

Employment

  • Associate Professor (tenured), Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Sep. 2015 - Present
  • Associate Professor (untenured), Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Apr. 2015 - Aug. 2015
  • Assistant Professor (untenured), Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Apr. 2012 -Mar. 2015
  • Economist, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, Oct. 2009 - Mar. 2012

Awards and Honores

  • Waseda Departmental Teaching Award, Sep. 2022
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (Number: 20K01734), Apr. 2020- Mar. 2024
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (Number: 17K13755), Apr. 2017- Mar. 2020
  • Waseda Presidential Teaching Award, Sep. 2015
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (Number: 26780178), Apr. 2014- Mar. 2017
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up) (Number: 24830095), Sep. 2012- Mar. 2014
  • Anna Morris Ely award for excellence in teaching, Dept. of Economics, UW-Madison, 2008
  • Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Economics, UW-Madison, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
  • University Housing's Favorite Instructor Awards, UW-Madison, Spring 2007 and Fall 2007
  • Taro Yamane Project Assistantship, UW-Madison, Fall 2004-Spring 2005
  • The Nakajima Foundation, Fall 2004 - Spring 2009
  • Presidential Award, Keio University, 2001

Presentations

  • 80th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April 2023
  • Virtual Formal Theory Workshop, January 2023
  • The 25th Experimental Social Science Conference, Nagano, October 2022
  • Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society in East and South-East Asia, Tokyo, August 2022
  • Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Keio University, June 2022
  • Greater Fool Bubbles Seminar, January 2022
  • The 24th Experimental Social Science Conference, online, January 2022
  • The Public Choice Society, Louisville, March 2019
  • Waseda-Irvine Conference, Irvine CA, October 2018
  • BEAM-ABEE Workshop, Amsterdam, August 2018
  • The Public Choice Society, New Orleans, March 2017
  • The 2017 Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association, Taipei, February 2017.
  • Annual Meeting of the Japanese Political Science Association, Tokyo, October 2014.
  • Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Wahington DC, August 2014
  • The Public Choice Society, Charleston, March 2014
  • The 2013 Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Zurich, April 2013
  • 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference (Western Economic Association), Tokyo, March 2013
  • Frontiers of Empirical and Mathematical Political Science Workshop, Tokyo, January 2013
  • Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, August 2012
  • Conference of Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Tokyo University, March 2012
  • 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Chicago IL, January 2012
  • 2011 Japanese Economic Association Autumn Meeting, Tsukuba University, October 2011
  • The Public Choice Society, San Antonio, March 2011
  • The Frontiers of Empirical and Mathematical Political Science Workshop, Tokyo, January 2011
  • Summer Workshop on Economic Theory 2010, Hokkaido University, August 2010
  • 2010 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Chiba University, June 2010
  • The 2010 Meeting of the Union of Research Activity Groups, Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathmatics, March 2010
  • Game Theory Workshop 2010, Kyusyu University, March 2010
  • The Frontiers of Empirical and Mathematical Political Science Workshop, Tokyo, January 2010
  • 2009 Japanese Economic Association Autumn Meeting, Senshu University, October 2009
  • Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 2009
  • Contract Theory Workshop Summer Conference, Hokkaido, August 2009
  • Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice 6, Tsukuba, August 2009
  • Far Eastern and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Tokyo, August 2009
  • The Fifteenth Decentralization Conference, Tokyo, August 2009
  • North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Boston, June 2009
  • The Society of Social Choice and Welfare, Montreal, June 2008
  • University of Tokyo, February 2011, and July 2019.
  • Tohoku University, June 2019.
  • Keio University, January 2010, October 2011, and May 2018
  • Osaka University, December 2010, October 2016
  • Chuo University, September 2016
  • Sophia University, December 2014
  • Waseda University, June 2008, November 2009, July 2010, January 2012, December 2012, December 2013
  • Dept. of Political Science, UW-Madison, September 2008, April 2009, March 2011, September 2012
  • Kyusyu University, March 2012
  • Yokohama City University, November 2011
  • Osaka University, December 2010
  • Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, September 2010
  • Tsukuba UNiversity, September 2010
  • Nagoya University, June 2010
  • Yokohama National University, April 2010
  • Hitotsubashi University, June 2007, June 2008 and January 2010
  • IMES, Bank of Japan, February 2009 and January 2010
  • Hokkaido University, December 2009
  • Hosei University, November 2009
  • Dept. of Economics, UW-Madison, March 2007, Oct. 2007, Oct. 2008, March 2009

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