Background
Sakai, Yasuhiro was born on December 19, 1940 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Saburo and Asae (Takigawa) Sakai.
Sakai, Yasuhiro was born on December 19, 1940 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Saburo and Asae (Takigawa) Sakai.
Bachelor, Kobe (Japan) U., 1963; Master of Arts, Kobe (Japan) U., 1965; Master of Arts, U. Rochester, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1972.
Instructor, Kobe U., 1965-1968; assistant professor, Kobe U., 1968-1971; assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1971-1975; associate professor, Hiroshima (Japan) U., 1975-1979; associate professor, U. Tsukuba (Japan), 1979-1990; research associate, New York University, New York City, since 1986; professor, U. Tsukuba, since 1990. Research fellow Tokyo Council for Economics Research, since 1979.
Association Japanese Association Rochester, 1968-1971, Japanese Association Pittsburgh, 1971-1975. Fellow Japan Association Economics and Econometrics, Japan Society of Risk Analysis. Member Econometric Society, American Economics Association, European Economics Association, Association for Promotion of Economics Theory.
Married Tokuko Iwasa, May 25, 1974.