Tatsuo Hatta’s Blog: Keynote speech at "The 2nd Symposium on World Economics, Finance and Business (WEFB)" (August 20, 2025)

Aug 25, 2025

Keynote speech at "The 2nd Symposium on World Economics, Finance and Business (WEFB)" (August 20, 2025)

I was given the opportunity to give a keynote speech at "The 2nd Symposium on World Economics, Finance and Business (WEFB)" hosted by Life and Medical Sciences Innovation Institute (LMSII) in Tokyo on August 20, 2025.

Presentation slides for the keynote speech can be viewed from the link below:

"Economic Growth and Cities: Why Did Japan's Rapid Growth End in 1974?"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzyc8sHnRq1BcAl83DyzxmTC8sf5dzxJ/view?usp=drive_link

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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.