A Statistical Study of Japanese Economics since 1945

本项目旨在通过一些统计数据和分析，对日本经济学进行客观的研究，总结日本经济学在学术和政策制定方面的特点。我们有以下几点观察：(1)在日本，在20世纪40年代成立了几个经济学家协会，经济学家在第二次世界大战太平洋部分结束后几年恢复了活跃的研究。日本经济学家对各种领域感兴趣，不仅是数理经济学，还包括非数学、政策论证和历史研究。(2)关于日本经济学家用英语撰写的国际贡献，我们从统计上证实，日本经济学家在理论和数学经济学方面做出了巨大贡献，而不是在经济政策研究方面。(3)我们强调，日本经济学家用日语发表了许多关于经济政策的著作。在二战后，他们与军官合作，澄清了日本经济的特殊性和日本支付赔偿的能力。自1995年以来，他们参加了许多关于日本经济、工业和与其他经济体的国际关系的委员会，在高级经济学的强化课程中教授官员，加入各部委的研究机构，并向部长和官员提供直接建议。因此，它们对日本的政策制定和政策制定者产生了一定的正式和非正式影响。(4)从统计上证实了日本马克思主义者对经济思想史研究的重大贡献。

This project aims at making an objective study of Japanese economics with some statistical data and analysis, and at summarizing the characteristics of Japanese economics both in academy and policy making. We have several observations as follows : (1) In Japan, several societies for economists were established in the 1940s and economists resumed active research a few years after the conclusion of the Pacific part of WWII.Japanese economists were interested in variety of fields, not only mathematical economics but also non-mathematical, policy argument and historical research. (2) With regards to the international contribution written in English by Japanese economists, we have statistically confirmed that Japanese economists have made great contributions to theoretical and mathematical economics rather than the study of economic policies. (3) We emphasize that Japanese economists have published many works on economic policies in Japanese. In the post-WWII period, they cooperated with officers and clarified the peculiarity of the Japanese economy and Japan's ability to pay reparations. From 1995 on, they participate in numerous councils on Japan's economy, industries and international relations with other economies, teach officers in intensive courses on advanced economics, join research institutes at ministries and agencies, and give direct advice to minsters and officers. Thus, formally and informally they exert some influence on Japan's policy making and policy makers. (4) We have confirmed statistically that Japanese Marxian economists made substantial contributions to the study of the history of economic thought.