Takatoshi Ito

Takatoshi Ito (伊藤 隆敏, Itō Takatoshi, born 1950) is a Japanese economist. He is a professor of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and a senior professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

Takatoshi Ito
伊藤 隆敏
Born1950 (age 72–73)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Academic career
InstitutionGRIPS
Columbia University
University of Tokyo
Ministry of the Treasury
IMF
Harvard University
Hitotsubashi University
University of Minnesota
FieldMacroeconomics
Monetary policy
International finance
Japanese economy
Alma materHarvard University (Ph.D. 1979)
Hitotsubashi University (B.A. 1973)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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
  • Ito, Takatoshi; Hoshi, Takeo (1992). The Japanese Economy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262090292.
  • Cargill, Thomas F.; Hutchison, Michael M.; Ito, Takatoshi (1997). The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262032476.
  • Gregorio, José de; Eichengreen, Barry; Ito, Takatoshi; Wyplosz, Charles (1999). An Independent and Accountable IMF. Geneva Reports on the World Economy. Vol. 1. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research. ISBN 1898128456.
  • Cargill, Thomas F.; Hutchison, Michael M.; Ito, Takatoshi (2001). Financial Policy and Central Banking in Japan. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262262101.

Journal articles

References
  1. Strom, Stephanie (19 November 1999). "Looking Outward, Japan Again Considers a Simpler Yen". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. "Economics | The Economist". The Economist.
  3. "Abe's pick for BOJ chief coming soon". 19 February 2013.
  4. "Takatoshi Ito | Weatherhead East Asian Institute". weai.columbia.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2022.


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