Background
Watabe, Akihiro was born on September 30, 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Yozo and Michiko Watabe.
Watabe, Akihiro was born on September 30, 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Yozo and Michiko Watabe.
Bachelor of Science, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan, 1975. Master of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1989.
Fellow University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1986—1987, research assistant, 1987—1989, research associate, 1989—1990. Economist World Bank, Washington, 1990—1991. Postdoctoral fellow University of California, San Diego, 1992—1994.
Associate professor Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan, 1994—2000. Lecturer Institute Energy Economics, Tokyo, 1997—2000, 2003—2004, senior economist, since 2007. Professor Kanagawa University, since 2000, co-director graduate program economics, 2003—2007.
Lecturer graduate school international relations International University Japan, Niigata, 2003—2007. Visiting fellow Resources for the Future, Washington, 1992. Visiting scholar United Nations University, Tokyo, 1993—1994, researcher, 1994—1999.
Visiting scientist Research and Development Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, 2000—2001. Visiting lecturer Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1995—1996. International delegate scholar Japanese Ministry Education, Tokyo, 1998—1999.
Advisory Asiam Research Institute, Tokyo, since 2005. Visiting scholar East-West Center, Honolulu, 2008—2009.
Member of European Law & Economic Association, European Association of Environmental & Resource Economists, Association of Environmental & Resource Economists, American Law & Economic Association, American Economic Association.
Married Nahoko Nishida. 1 child Eka.