Naoki Yoshihara

Naoki Yoshihara is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, affiliated with the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. He holds additional roles as a Specially Appointed Professor at Hitotsubashi University's Institute of Economic Research and a Visiting Professor at Kochi University of Technology. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from Hitotsubashi University (1996) and postdoctoral roles at institutions like Yale University and Osaka University.

Yoshihara's research focuses on welfare economics, mathematical Marxian economics, distributive justice, political competition, and international trade. His work bridges theoretical rigor with applied analyses, addressing topics like labor exploitation, class dynamics, and global economic inequalities. He has been recognized with awards including the Distinguished Achievement Award in Political Economy (2011) and the Japan Society for Political Economy Encouragement Prize (2010).

He has led numerous grants, including projects on economic vulnerability, non-welfaristic normative economics, and water service supply mechanisms. His professional activities include editorial roles at journals like the Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics and Studies in Microeconomics. He actively organizes workshops and conferences on analytical political economy, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue.

Yoshihara's publications span top journals such as Metroeconomica, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Games and Economic Behavior. His work often explores axiomatic frameworks for distributive justice and exploitation theory, contributing to both microeconomic theory and historical economic thought analysis.