UCSD - The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Takeo Hoshi
Acting Dean; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations

UCSD, IR/PS
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office #1319

Phone: (858) 534-5018
Fax (858) 534-3939
Email: thoshi@ucsd.edu

Expert Sheet
Expertise
Hoshi is an authority on the Japanese economy, and its financial system.

Current Projects
Hoshi's major research area is the study of the financial aspects of the Japanese economy.

Perspective
Hoshi can provide commentary on Japan's financial system, bank regulation, macroeconomic condition and macroeconomic policy.

Publications of Note
He has published numerous articles in leading journals in the field of economics and finance on such topics as financial deregulation in Japan; banking crisis in Japan; monetary policy in Japan; and historical evolution of the Japanese financial system. The publications include: Corporate Financing and Governance in Japan: The Road to the Future (co-authored with Anil Kashyap, published by MIT Press in 2001), Crisis and Change in the Japanese Financial System (co-edited with Hugh Patrick, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2000) and "Paying for the Filp" (with Takero Doi) in Magnus Blomstrom et al. eds. Structural Impediments to the Growth of the Japanese Economy (University of Chicago Press, 2003).

Background Notes
Hoshi is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. He is Faculty Fellow at RIETI (Research Institute of Economy, Industry and Trade) and Research Associate at NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research). Hoshi joined IR/PS in 1988. B.A., social sciences, University of Tokyo. Ph.D., economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.