A history of economic science in Japan : the internationalization of economics in the twentieth century / Aiko Ikeo.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-269) and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 2 The formation of the international forum for economists -- Chapter 3 Monetary economics and policy, 1868–1936 -- Chapter 4 Neoclassical economics in Japan -- Chapter 5 General equilibrium theory (1): stability analysis -- Chapter 6 General equilibrium theory (2): the existence question -- Chapter 7 A history of Japanese developments in econometrics -- Part II -- Chapter 8 Tameyuki Amano and the teachings of Sontoku Ninomiya -- Chapter 9 From the economics of Keynes to Keynesian economics -- Chapter 10 Martin Bronfenbrenner and the reconstruction of the Japanese economy – References -- Index

Japanese economists began publishing scientific papers in renowned journals including Econometrica in the 1950s and had made their significant contributions to the sophistication of general equilibrium analysis by intensive use of a variety of mathematical instruments. They had contributed significantly to the transformation of neoclassical economics. This book examines how it became possible for Japanese economists to do so by shedding light on the "professional" discussion of the international gold standard and parity policies in the early twentieth century, the acceptance of "mathematical economics" in the following period, the impact of establishment of the Econometric Society (1930), and the swift distribution of theory-oriented economics journals since 1930. This book also includes topics on the historical research of the Japanese foundations of modern economics, the transformation of the economics of Keynes into Keynesian economics, Japanese developments in econometrics, and Martin Bronfenbrenner's visit to Japan in the post-WWII period. This book provides insight into the economic research done by Japanese scholars in the international context. It traces how, during the period 1900-1960, economics was harmonized with economics and a standard economics was re-shaped on the basis of mathematics thanks to economists' appetite for rigor and will help to contribute to existing literature.Names: Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza, 1960-author