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Kenichi Ueda is a Senior Economist in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. His research focus is interlinkage between financial system and macroeconomy. His research papers have been published in a top academic journals including the Review of Economic Studies and the Journal of Development Economics. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago before joining the Fund in 2000. Prior to the Ph.D. study, he also worked for the Ministry of Finance, Japan, after B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo.

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email: kueda 'at' imf 'dot' org

Other web pages

REPEC: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pue4.html

SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=444246

IMF Author Page: http://www.imf.org/external/np/cv/CV.aspx?AuthID=133

Publications

Published Papers

“Welfare Gains from Financial Liberalization,” (with Robert M. Townsend), International Economic Review, 2009, forthcoming.
“Corporate Governance Quality: Trends and Real Effects” (with Gianni de Nicolo and Luc Laeven), Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2008, vol. 17, pp. 198-228.
“The Quality Effect: Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital?” (with Abdul Abiad and Nienke Oomes), Journal of Development Economics, 2008, vol. 87, pp. 270-282.
“Financial Deepening, Inequality, and Growth: A Model-Based Quantitative Evaluation” (with Robert M. Townsend), Review of Economic Studies, January, 2006, vol.73, pp. 251-293.

Under revision

“Banks as Coordinators of Economic Growth,” revision and resubmission requested by Journal of Economic Theory.

Under review

Banks and Labor as Stakeholders: Impact on Economic Performance,” (with Stijn Claessens), IMF Working Paper, WP/08/229, ECGI Finance Working Paper 220/2008.

Work in Progress (draft available)

“Life Expectancy and Income Convergence in the World: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis,” IMF Working Paper, WP/08/158.
"Corporate Governance and Liquidity Management."

Background Working Papers for Published Papers

"The Quality Effect: Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital?" (with Abiad and Oomes), the long-version background working paper for JDE 2008.
“Transitional Growth with Increasing Inequality and Financial Deepening” (with Robert M. Townsend), IMF Working Paper, WP/01/108, 2001. This contains theoretical background for RES 2006 and IER 2009.

Old Working Papers

“Are Developing Countries Better Off Spending Their Oil Wealth Upfront?” (with Hajime Takizawa and Edward Gardner), IMF Working Paper, WP/04/141.
“Implications of Migration on Income and Welfare of Nationals,” IMF Working Paper, WP/02/215.
“Income Distribution, Informal Safety Nets, and Social Expenditures in Uganda” (with Calvin McDonald and Christian Schiller), IMF Working Paper, WP/99/163, 1999.

Other Publications

Increasing Returns, Long-Run Growth and Financial Intermediation, Ph.D. dissertation, the University of Chicago, June 2000.
Nihon-no-Kokusai (Japanese Government Bonds, a book in Japanese, coauthored with members of Government Debt Division, Ministry of Finance), Okura-Zaimu-Kyokai, Tokyo, 1992.

My contribution to IMF official documents

Staff Position Note

"The Economics of bank Restructuring: Understanding the Options," (with Augustin Landier), IMF Staff Position Note 09/12.

World Economic Outlook

“The Evolution and Impact of Corporate Governance Quality in Asia,” (with Gianni De Nicolo and Luc Laeven), Box 3.2, World Economic Outlook, IMF, September 2006.
“Awash with Cash: Why Are Corporate Savings So High?” (with Roberto Cardarelli), Chapter IV, World Economic Outlook, IMF, April 2006.
“Return on Investment in Industrial and Developing Countries,” (with Robin Brooks), Box 2.2, World Economic Outlook, IMF, September 2005.
“Financial Deepening and Development,” (with Enrica Detrageache), Box 4.1, World Economic Outlook, IMF, April 2004.

Country Staff Report (official country report, contributed as a team member)

Selected Issues (short research papers, associated with Staff Report)

“Domestic and Global Perspectives of Migration to the United States,” (with Roberto Cardarelli), the United States: Selected Issues, IMF Country Report 04/228, July 2004.
“Public Investment and Economic Growth,” (with Eric Parrado) Chapter I, Fiji: Selected Issues, IMF Country Report 03/9, January, 2003.
“Sugar Sector Issues,” Chapter II, Fiji: Selected Issues, IMF Country Report 03/9, January, 2003.
“Implications of Migration on Economic Growth and Welfare of New Zealanders,” Chapter II, New Zealand: Selected Issues, IMF Country Report 02/72, March, 2002.

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