Department of Economics, University of Michigan


			Gary Saxonhouse Professor of Economics PhD with distinction, Yale, 1971 Contact Information University of Michigan Department of Economics 611 Tappan 213 Lorch Hall Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220 Phone: 734-764-3296 Fax: 734-764-2769 Email: grsaxon@umich.edu

Fields of Study Economic Development Economic History International Trade Japanese Economy About Gary Saxonhouse Professor Saxonhouse does research on the structure and operation of the Japanese economy, comparative economic history, international economic relations and trade, East Asian economic relations, and the impact of technology on global economic growth. Among his honors and awards Professor Saxonhouse is currently a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. He has also been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2000, 1995-96, 1984-85), a Resident at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center (2003), and BrownUniversity’s Henry Luce Professor of the Study of Comparative Development (1980-81). In 1979, Northeast Asia Council of the Association of Asian Studies named Professor Saxonhouse its Distinguished Lecturer for the following academic year. Professor Saxonhouse has been a member of the senior staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and a consultant for the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce; and the World Bank. He has also testified on numerous occasions before Congressional committees and has served on Advisory Panels to the U.S. Congress on Industrial Competitiveness and the American Economy, and on the Civilian Uses of Space. Publications Saxonhouse, Gary, "Estimated Parameters as Dependent Variables," American Economic Review, 46(1), March 1976, 178-183. Saxonhouse, Gary, "Productivity Change and Labor Absorption in Japanese Cotton Spinning, 1891-1935," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 91(2), May 1977, 195-219. Saxonhouse, Gary, "Regressions Using Samples Having Different Characteristics," Review of Economics and Statistics, 59(2), May 1977, 234-237. Saxonhouse, Gary and Gavin Wright, "New Evidence on the Stubborn English Mule and the Cotton Industry, 1878-1920," Economic History Review, 37(4), November 1984, 507-519. Saxonhouse, Gary, "What Does Japanese Trade Structure Tell Us about Japanese Trade Policy?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7(3), 1993, 21-43. Saxonhouse, Gary, "Japanese Economic Performance in Historical Perspective," American Economic Review, 88(2), 1998. 408-411 Saxonhouse, Gary, "How to Explain Japan's Legal System," American Law and Economics Review, 3(2), Fall 2001, 376-390.