Koichi Hamada (economist)

Koichi Hamada
浜田 宏一
Koichi Hamada in 2014
Born (1936-01-08) January 8, 1936
Academic background
Alma materYale University (Ph.D., M.A.)
University of Tokyo (M.A., B.A., L.L.B.)
Doctoral advisorJames Tobin
InfluencesTjalling Koopmans
Academic work
DisciplineInternational economics
Law and economics
InstitutionsYale University
University of Tokyo

Koichi Hamada (浜田 宏一, Hamada Kōichi; born 8 January 1936 in Tokyo) is the Tuntex Professor Emeritus of Economics at Yale University, where he specializes in the Japanese economy and international economics. Hamada also served as economic adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is credited as one of the key architects of Abenomics, economic policies based upon "three arrows" of monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform. From January 2001 to July 2002, Hamada served as the first president of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government. At one time Hamada was also a contender to head the WTO.