My name is Katsushi Okada (click for pronunciation). I'm from Toyota, Japan. I studied economics at Ph.D program of Department of Economics at Michigan State University. (Major field: econometrics; minor fields: international economics and monetary economics)
I graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with B.A. My majors were English and international law. I worked as a bond trader for Industrial Bank of Japan and IBJ Securities for 4 and a half years. I'm a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (Japanese equivalent of the Certified Financial Analyst).
I used to practice Okinawa Shorin-ryu karate at Beikoku Shidokan Hombu Dojo in Lansing, MI.
Publications
- “Bivariate and Higher-Order Terms in Models of International Equity Returns,” with Kirt C. Butler, Applied Financial Economics 17, Issue 9, pages 725-737, 2007.
- “Higher-Order Terms in Bivariate Returns to International Stock Market Indices,” with Kirt C. Butler, forthcoming in Multinational Finance Journal.
- “The Relative Contribution of Conditional Mean and Volatility in Bivariate Returns to International Stock Market Indices,” with Kirt C. Butler, forthcoming in Applied Financial Economics.