Nakahara Prize facts for kids
The Nakahara Prize (中原賞) is a special award given every year in Japan. It's like a big "well done!" prize for economists. An economist is someone who studies how money, goods, and services are made, shared, and used in a country or the world.
The Japanese Economic Association gives this prize to Japanese economists who are under 45 years old. Their work must be recognized and respected all over the world. The prize started in 1995. It was named after Nobuyuki Nakahara, who helped create it. The main goal of the prize is to celebrate and encourage young economists to write important papers and books that are known internationally. In 2016, Sagiri Kitao made history by becoming the first woman to win this award.
Who Has Won the Nakahara Prize?
This table shows the talented economists who have received the Nakahara Prize over the years. It also shows which university they were connected with when they won.
| Year | Recipients | University |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fumio Hayashi | University of Tokyo |
| 1996 | Kiminori Matsuyama | Northwestern University |
| 1997 | Nobuhiro Kiyotaki | London School of Economics |
| 1998 | Kiyohiko Nishimura [jp] | University of Tokyo |
| 1999 | Akira Okada [jp] | Kyoto University |
| 2000 | Kazuya Kamiya | University of Tokyo |
| 2001 | Charles Horioka | Osaka University |
| 2002 | Michihiro Kandori | University of Tokyo |
| 2003 | Hideshi Itoh [jp] | Hitotsubashi University |
| 2004 | Hitoshi Matsushima [jp] | University of Tokyo |
| 2005 | Takeo Hoshi | University of California, San Diego |
| 2006 | Yuichi Kitamura | Yale University |
| 2007 | Akihiko Matsui | University of Tokyo |
| 2008 | Atsushi Kajii [jp] | Kyoto University |
| 2009 | Hideo Konishi | Boston College |
| 2010 | Takashi Kamihigashi [jp] | Kobe University |
| 2011 | Atsushi Inoue | North Carolina State University |
| 2012 | Mototsugu Shintani | Vanderbilt University |
| 2013 | Katsumi Shimotsu | University of Tokyo |
| 2014 | Kosuke Aoki [jp] | University of Tokyo |
| 2015 | Keisuke Hirano | University of Arizona |
| 2016 | Sagiri Kitao | University of Tokyo |
| 2017 | Hiroyuki Kasahara | University of British Columbia |
| 2018 | Toshihiko Mukoyama | University of Virginia |
| 2019 | Takashi Hayashi | University of Glasgow |
| 2020 | Ryo Okui | Seoul National University |
| 2021 | Fuhito Kojima | University of Tokyo |
