Takatoshi Ito
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Career
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 1973 and from the Graduate School of Economics in the same institute in 1975. He earned a Ph.D from Harvard University in 1979. He served as Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs[1] from 1999 to 2001.
A renowned expert in the 1997 Asian financial crisis, his current research focuses on international monetary policy for which he advocates increased regional integration to prevent similar crises in the future. His views have been published in some of the world's most influential media, such as The Economist.[2] Ito was reportedly short-listed for the position of Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) following Shinzo Abe's second election as Prime Minister of Japan (the position ultimately went to Haruhiko Kuroda).[3]
Ito is also an affiliated faculty member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.[4]
Selected publications
Books
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Journal articles
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References
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External links
- Web site
- Faculty profile at Columbia University
- Faculty profile at GRIPS
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Sapporo
- 20th-century Japanese economists
- 21st-century Japanese economists
- Hitotsubashi University alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- University of Minnesota faculty
- Academic staff of Hitotsubashi University
- Harvard University faculty
- Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
- Columbia University faculty
- Academic staff of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- Fellows of the Econometric Society
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Presidents of the Japanese Economic Association
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute faculty