Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

Senior Economist, Macroeconomics Research Division, Economics Research and Regional Cooperation Department at Asian Development Bank

Akiko Terada-Hagiwara is a Senior Economist in the Macroeconomics Research Division, Economics Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank. From 2005 to 2008, she was also an Economist at Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies of the Bank of Japan. Prior to joining the ADB in 2003, she also worked at Global Insight and the World Bank. Her areas of expertise are in international finance, development economics, and macroeconomic policies. She holds Ph.D. in Economics from George Washington University and B.A. from Osaka University.

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VoxEU Column

Premarital sex ratios and household saving rates: The competitive saving motive revisited

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  • Frontiers of economic research
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  • Gender
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Why hasn’t Japan’s massive government debt wreaked havoc (yet)?

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  • Financial Markets
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  • International Finance