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The Association created an official prize for the first time in 1995. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young (precisely speaking, under 45 years) economists to publish internationally well-recognized papers and/or books. The Board of Directors selects the members of a nominating committee consisting of both Japanese and foreign economists, who choose one prize recipient every year. This award system has been made possible by the generous endowments by Mr. Nobuyuki NAKAHARA, a businessman, for the first nine years and afterward by the Shin-Nihon Scholarship Foundation of which Mr. NAKAHARA is the president.
| Year | Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fumio Hayashi | University of Tokyo |
| 1996 | Kiminori Matsuyama | Northwestern University |
| 1997 | Nobuhiro Kiyotaki | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 1998 | Kiyohiko Nishimura | University of Tokyo |
| 1999 | Akira Okada | Kyoto University |
| 2000 | Kazuya Kamiya | University of Tokyo |
| 2001 | Charles Yuji Horioka | Osaka University |
| 2002 | Michihiro Kandori | University of Tokyo |
| 2003 | Hideshi Itoh | Hitotsubashi University |
| 2004 | Hitoshi Matsushima | University of Tokyo |
| 2005 | Takeo Hoshi | University of Califolnia, at San Diego |
| 2006 | Yuichi Kitamura | Yale University |
| 2007 | Akihiko Matsui | University of Tokyo |
| 2008 | Atsushi Kajii | Kyoto University |
| 2009 | Hideo Konishi | Boston College |
| 2010 | Kamihigashi Takashi | Kobe University |
| 2011 | Atsushi Inoue | North Carolina State University |
| 2012 | Mototsugu Shintani | Vanderbilt University |