Tatsuo Hatta’s Blog: May 2015

Tatsuo Hatta is currently a member of the Japan Academy and serves as the Executive Board Chair at the Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI) in Kitakyushu.

Prior to his role at AGI, Hatta held several academic positions, including President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Professor at the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, and Johns Hopkins University. He also served as an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University.

Hatta was the President of the Japanese Economic Association from 2004 to 2005 and has held various positions within the Japanese government, including a member of the National Strategic Special Zone Commission.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in 1973 and his B.A. in Economics from International Christian University in Tokyo in 1965.

Hatta has published academic articles in American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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Tatsuo Hatta’s Blog

May 30, 2015

"Rus in urbe redux" - The Economist

May 15, 2015

"Strategic Special Zones for Growth Strategy" - Japan SPOTLIGHT

Participation as a panel member in “The 20th Anniversary Conference of CIDEG” at Tsinghua University in Beijing (November 15, 2025)