Ryo Kato Web Page
Backgrounds:
2009- Senior Economist, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
2006-2009, Economist, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund
1996-2006, Bank of Japan
Ph.D. 2002, Economics, The Ohio State University
M.A. 2000, Economics, The Ohio State University
B.A. 1996, Economics, University of Tokyo
Journal publications:
"A Note on Pitfalls of Credit Crunch Regression," Economics Letters 99, 2008, pp.504-507.
"Liquidity, Infinite Horizons and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," European Economic Review 50, 2007, pp. 1105-1130.
"Optimal Monetary Policy When Interest Rates are Bounded at Zero," (with Shin-Ichi Nishiyama) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 29. 2005. pp. 97-133.
Policy papers and other publications:
"Global Disinflation,"(with Yoshikazu Morimoto and Wataru Hirata)Bank of Japan Research Papers, June 2003.
"Lectures on Modern Macroeconomics: Introduction to DSGE Models," Book in Japanese [ISBN-10: 4492313702] Chuo-ku Tokyo, Toyo Keizai Inc., 2007.
Disclaimer: This is Ryo Kato's
personal web site. The views expressed in the papers are not those of the Bank
of Japan, IMF or other institutions, but of
authors