HIDESHI ITOH

PERSONAL

Born October 2, 1959 in Kanazawa, Japan

Citizenship: Japan

Married with two children

EDUCATION

Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

Bachelor of Commerce, March 1982

Master of Commerce, March 1984

Academic Advisor: Hiroyuki Itami

Stanford University, Stanford CA, U.S.A.

Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School of Business, June 1988

Academic Advisor: David M. Kreps

Thesis title: ``Essays on Internal Organization of the Firm.''

EMPLOYMENT

Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

Associate Professor, April 1988-March 1996

Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

Associate Professor, April 1996-March 2000.

Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University

Professor, April 2000-present.

AFFILIATED, TEMPORARY, VISITING POSITIONS

IR/PS, University of California, San Diego

Visiting Assistant Professor, September 1988-July 1990.

Teach ``Internal Organization of the Firm'' and ``Comparative Management Systems'' for graduate students (master course).

Department of Economics, Stanford University

Visiting Associate Professor, April 1993-August 1993.

Teach ``The Japanese Economy'' for undergraduates.

Department of Economics, Columbia University

Visiting Associate Professor, January 1998-December 1998.

Teach ``Economic Organization and Development of Japan'' for undergraduates, and ``Problems of Japanese Economy'' for graduate students.

Organize the conference on ``The Changing Japanese Firm,'' December 11--12, 1998, Center on Japanese Economy and Business.

Tokyo Center for Economic Research

Researcher, April 1997-present.

Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI)

Faculty Fellow, April 2001-March 2003

Center for Economic Studies (CES), University of Munich

Visiting Scholor, March-June 2004

School of Economics, University of New South Wales

Visiting Professor, August 2004

CESifo

Research Fellow, September 2004-present

HONORS

• 2003 JEA-Nakahara Prize of the Japanese Economic Association (which honors for each year a Japanese economist under the age of 45 who has achieved internationally recognized research).
  • 2003 JEA-Nakahara Prize: Announcement by Hatta Tatsuo, Japanese Economic Review 55 (2004)

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Editors

The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy

Editorial Board: 2006-present

Japan and the World Economy

Associate Editor: 2005-present

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Associate Editor: 1993-2002

Co-editor: 2002-present

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Coeditor: 1996--1997

International Economic Review

Associate Editor: 1997-2000

Program Committee

• Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Tokyo, August 3-5, 2009.
• World Congress of the Econometric Society in the year 2000 (Seattle)

Affiliations

Referee