TSURU Kotaro
Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Chuo University
Director for Policy Planning, Cabinet Office
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Chuo University
Director for Policy Planning, Cabinet Office
Expertise
Corporate governance, Financial system (e.g. banking), Employment system, Political economics
Research Projects
Education
2002 Ph.D., Economics, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College
1999 Reinstated as a Ph.D. student, University of Oxford
1991 M.A., Economics, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College
1984 B.S., Mathematics, the University of Tokyo
1999 Reinstated as a Ph.D. student, University of Oxford
1991 M.A., Economics, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College
1984 B.S., Mathematics, the University of Tokyo
Experience
2007 Visiting Professor, Chuo University
2006 Director for Policy Planning, Cabinet Office
2006 Visiting Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
2001 Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
2000 Research Economist, Institute of Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
1995 Staff economist, Economics Department, OECD, Paris
1984 Government economist, Economic Planning Agency of the Japanese Government (EPA)
2006 Director for Policy Planning, Cabinet Office
2006 Visiting Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
2001 Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
2000 Research Economist, Institute of Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
1995 Staff economist, Economics Department, OECD, Paris
1984 Government economist, Economic Planning Agency of the Japanese Government (EPA)
Selected Publications and Papers
"Japan's bank-borrower relationships in transition: Theory and applications", D.Phil. Thesis, University of Oxford, 11/2002
"Careers and incentives of Japanese "fast-track" bureaucrats: A career-path dependent model perspective", RIETI Discussion Paper Series 01-E-005
"Bank relationships and firm performance: Evidence from selected Japanese firms in the electrical machinery industry", RIETI Discussion Paper Series 01-E-004
"The choice of lending patterns by Japanese banks during the 1980s and 1990s: The causes and consequences of a real estate lending boom", BOJ/IMES, Discussion Paper No. 2001-E-8.
"Should banks choose collateral or non-collateral lending?: The impact of project's risk, bank's monitoring efficiency and land price inflation", BOJ/IMES, Discussion Paper No. 2001-E-7.
"Japanese corporate governance in transition", Seoul Journal of Economics, 2000, Vol.13, No.3.
"Finance and growth: Some theoretical consideration and a review of the empirical literature", OECD Economics Department Working Papers NO: 228, 2000.
"Corporate governance: A system in evolution", The OECD Observer No. 204 February/March 1997 (co-authored with Randall Jones).
The Japanese Market Economy System: Its Strength and Weakness, LTCB International Library Selection No. 4, LTCB International Library Foundation, 1996.
"Pricing to market: A Japan - US comparison", unpublished M. Phil. thesis, Oxford, 1991.
"Careers and incentives of Japanese "fast-track" bureaucrats: A career-path dependent model perspective", RIETI Discussion Paper Series 01-E-005
"Bank relationships and firm performance: Evidence from selected Japanese firms in the electrical machinery industry", RIETI Discussion Paper Series 01-E-004
"The choice of lending patterns by Japanese banks during the 1980s and 1990s: The causes and consequences of a real estate lending boom", BOJ/IMES, Discussion Paper No. 2001-E-8.
"Should banks choose collateral or non-collateral lending?: The impact of project's risk, bank's monitoring efficiency and land price inflation", BOJ/IMES, Discussion Paper No. 2001-E-7.
"Japanese corporate governance in transition", Seoul Journal of Economics, 2000, Vol.13, No.3.
"Finance and growth: Some theoretical consideration and a review of the empirical literature", OECD Economics Department Working Papers NO: 228, 2000.
"Corporate governance: A system in evolution", The OECD Observer No. 204 February/March 1997 (co-authored with Randall Jones).
The Japanese Market Economy System: Its Strength and Weakness, LTCB International Library Selection No. 4, LTCB International Library Foundation, 1996.
"Pricing to market: A Japan - US comparison", unpublished M. Phil. thesis, Oxford, 1991.
