Takeshi Amemiya

was a Japanese economist who specialized in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece.

Amemiya was the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics (emeritus) and a professor of classics at Stanford University. He was a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Statistical Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985).

Amemiya died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 90.

Education B.A., 1958, Social Science, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan M.A., 1961, Economics, American University, Washington, DC Ph.D., 1964, Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Honors and awards U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1988 Fellowship, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 1989 Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1975–1976 Ford Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1963–1965

Publications Books

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Selected journal articles