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Masahisa FujitaMasahisa Fujita (born in 1943) is an Japanese economist and professor at Kyoto university, who has studied regional science and Urban Economics and International Trade, Spatial Economy (New Economic Geography). Fujita majored in urban planning as an undergraduate at Kyoto University. He studied regional science in University of Pennsylvania under Warter Isard and obtained a Ph.D.(in Regional Science) from University of Pennsylvania in 1972. He taught at University of Pennsylvania for about 20 years, and has been the faculty of Institute of Economic Research(KIER) Kyoto University since 1995, where he served as Director in 1999. Especially Fujita is known as one of the pioneers of New Economic Geography, research of Spatial Economy as well as Paul Krugman. Fujita is the recipient of the 1983 Tord Palander Prize, the 1998 Warter Isard Award in regional science, and also awarded First Alonso Prize with Paul Krugman. Authored or co-authored - Economics of Agglomeration - Cities, Indutrial Location, and Regional Growth(with Jacques-Francois Thisse)(2002, Cambridge University Press)(ISBN 0521805244)
- The Spatial Economy - Cities, Regions and International Trade (with Paul Krugman, Anthony Venables)(July 1999, MIT press)(ISBN 0-262-06204-6)
- Urban Economic Theory - Land use and city size(August 1989, Cambridge University Press)(ISBN 0521346622)
- Spatial Development Planning(1978, North-Holland Pub. Co)(ISBN 0444851577)
External links Fujita, Masahisa Fujita, Masahisa Fujita, Masahisa
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