Professor Michio Hatanaka
This interview with Michio Hatanaka is the first in this series given in the East, of which we are very proud. Hatanaka is a pioneer of econometrics in Japan. In the early 1950s he traveled to the United States to study as a graduate student at Vanderbilt University. That step was really unusual in the Japanese profession at that time. His stay in the States was extended to 1966, during which time he taught at Princeton and Rochester. His pathfinding behavior influenced and encouraged many Japanese scholars. Hatanaka started his academic career as a mathematical economist. This may partly explain why his research papers suggest deep economic thought as well as deep understanding of mathematics and statistics. His early contributions to econometrics are concerned with applying the spectral method to various economic problems. These contributions include the associate authorship of <italic>Spectral Analysis of Economic Time Series</italic> by C. W. J. Granger. His other contributions cover theoretical work on identification and estimation problems for dynamic econometric models, among which Hatanaka's efficient two-step estimator is well known. His research also includes empirical work on the Japanese economy and economic policy, which is relatively less known to people outside of Japan. His attitude toward research has set a standard for Japanese econometricians. His research papers are always a product of deep and full thought, and imbued with his own originality.
Year of publication: |
1990
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Authors: | Maekawa, Koichi ; Tanaka, Katsuto |
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Econometric Theory. - Cambridge University Press. - Vol. 6.1990, 03, p. 385-402
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Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Description of contents: | Abstract [journals.cambridge.org] |
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