Masahiko Aoki
Member, Steering Committee
Director, Program on the Japanese Economy
Senior Fellow, SIEPR

Professor Aoki is the Henri and Tomoye Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of Economics. He is also the Director-General of the Research Institute of the Misnistry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Government of Japan (part-time) His research interests include: comparative institutional analysis, corporate governance, and the Japanese economy. Currently he is researching why different institutional arragements develop in various economies and how they change, particularly in response to the development of information technology and the globalization of markets.

Some recent publications include:

• Information, Corporate Governance, and Institutional Diversity: Japan, the US and Transitional Economies (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2000)
  
• Communities and Markets in Economic Development (Oxford University Press, forthcomoing in 2000)
  
• Towards Comparative Institutional Analysis (MIT Press, forthcoming in 2000 or 2001)
  

Professor Aoki teaches Modern Firm: Theory and Practice, the Japanese Economy, and Comparative Theory of Firms and Organizations.

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