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{{short description|American economist}}
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'''Masami Imai''' (born July 8, 1972) is a Japanese economist.  He currently works at [[Wesleyan University]], where he serves as the Chair of the East Asian Studies department and as the
Director of the Freeman Center for East Asian Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/east/faculty.html|title = Faculty, College of East Asian Studies - Wesleyan University}}</ref> He holds a visiting position at the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annarborusa.org/events/details?e=10588|title = Business Development & Networking Events}}</ref> Imai's research has appeared in several journals including the ''American Economic Journal'', the ''Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking,'' the ''Journal of Law and Economics'', ''Public Choice,'' the ''Journal of Banking and Finance,'' ''Explorations in Economic History,'' and the ''Asian Economic Journal.'' His research centers  on [[Japan]]’s banking system and political economy, and the financial history of Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5475 | title=Home &#124; CEPR }}</ref> Imai received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire]] and earned his doctorate from the [[University of California, Davis]]. He is affiliated with the American Economic Association, the American Finance Association, the Association for Comparative Economic Studies, the Financial Intermediation Research Society, and the Japan Economic Seminar.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mimai.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2010/01/Imai_Masami_CV_May_2014.pdf |title=Imai Masami CV |access-date=2014-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908021828/http://mimai.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2010/01/Imai_Masami_CV_May_2014.pdf |archive-date=2014-09-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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