Tatsuo Hatta
Dr Tatsuo Hatta
Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission (EGC), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Dr. Tatsuo Hatta, whose research field is Public Economics, is Professor Emeritus of Osaka University and is President of the Asian Growth Research Institute.
Dr. Hatta was appointed the first Chairman of the newly established Electricity Market Surveillance Commission of the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI）on September 1, 2015. Prior to this, he served at various government advisory committees on the electricity and gas market reform since 1990s.
In the academic area, Dr. Hatta held positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University. Upon returning to Japan in 1986 he became Professor of Osaka University, and then Professor of University of Tokyo. He was the President of the Japanese Economic Association in 2003 and 2004. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the President of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Dr. Hatta received his Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in 1973.
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