is the Tuntex Professor Emeritus of Economics at Yale University, where he specializes in the Japanese economy and international economics.Yale Bulletin & Calendar, November 17, 2006, 35(11) Hamada also serves as economic adviser to Japan's Prime Minister

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, economic policies based upon "three arrows" of monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform. From January 2001 to July 2002, Hamada served as the first president of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government. At one time Hamada was also a contender to head the WTO.Financial Times (London, England), January 27, 1995, Friday, Letters to the Editor; Pg. 16. He passed the National Law Bar Examination (Shihoshiken) of Japan in 1957, L.L.B. in 1958 from the

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, his B.A. and M.A. in Economics at the University of Tokyo, 1960 and 1962 respectively, his M.A.and Ph.D. in Economics from

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in 1964 and 1965 respectively. His fields of interest are Labor economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, School choice, The Black-White wealth gap, Wage determination, Economic links among relatives, Immigration, and Changes in labor force quality. His specialized fields of interest are Game Theoretic Approach to International Policy Coordination, Microfoundation of International Capital Movements, Positive Analysis of the Emergence of International Economic Order, Effects of a

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and Law and Economics in Japan. He writes a monthly syndicated column at Project Syndicate.

Honors

Hamada was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, which is Japan's second-highest honor of its kind and the highest honor given to a civil servant. *Fellow of the Econometric Society and served as its council member from 1980 to 1985. *President of the Japanese Association of Economics and Econometrics (now the Japanese Economic Association) from 1994 to 1995. *The founding President of the Japan Law and Economics Association in 2003 (now its honorary fellow). *Abe Fellow,

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, 2009.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Personal web page

Faculty profile at Yale University

Social Science Research Council
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamada, Koichi 1936 births Living people People from Tokyo Japanese economists University of Tokyo faculty Yale University faculty University of Tokyo alumni Yale University alumni Fellows of the Econometric Society Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class Presidents of the Japanese Economic Association Fulbright alumni