Research Interests
Public Choice, Formal Political Theory, Applied Game Theory
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009
Short Bio
Yasushi Asako is an Associate Professor of Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. Prior to joining Waseda, he was an Economist at IMES, the Bank of Japan. He is a scholar of formal political theory and applied game theory, and his research interests include electoral competitions, legislative bargaining, and economic bubbles. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, and a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Keio University.
