Yuji Ijiri

Yuji Ijiri (24 February 1935 – 18 January 2017) was a Japanese economist, accounting researcher and educator. He was the Robert M. Trueblood University Professor of Accounting and Economics at Carnegie Mellon University until his retirement on June 30, 2011. He is noted in economics and finance for his contributions to research on firm growth and the general field of mathematical economics, and in particular power laws in economics. In accounting, he is known for his proposal of triple-entry accounting.

At the age of 21 he became a Certified Public Accountant in Japan, and remains the youngest person to do so.

He died of natural causes on 18 January 2017.

Education Ijiri attended Nara High School of Commerce, during which he took a test that allowed him to take the CPA exam without a degree. In 1953, he passed the exam while continuing schooling at Doshisha Junior College. He also attained a law degree in 1953 from Ritsumeikan University. Attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1960. 2018 – Japan Accounting Association, Professor Shizuki Saito (University of Tokyo) 2019 – American Accounting Association, Professor Sudipta Basu (Temple University) 2020 – postponed due to COVID-19 2021 – Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Paul Fischer (University of Pennsylvania) 2022 – Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Professor Stephen Penman (Columbia University)