[PDF] Structural Changes In Japans Economy eBook

Author : William Wirt Lockwood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400877245

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The rise of Japan from agrarianism to a position as one of the leading industrial powers is one of the most dramatic and meaningful phenomena in economic history. Professor Lockwood, assistant director of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University, lucidly describes this astonishing transformation, analyzes the factors involved (capital, technology, foreign trade, the role of the state, etc.), and discusses the consequences. Originally published in 1954. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Miyohei Shinohara
Publisher : Tokyo : Kinokuniya Bookstore Company
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Economic development
ISBN :

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Study of the factors contributing to the rapid economic growth of Japan and of the structural changes which have occurred in the economy - covers the labour force force, technological change, the financing structure and investments, consumption expenditure, the role of savings and examines the industrial structure, industrial development, regional and interindustry productivity differentials, etc. Diagrams, map and statistical tables.

Author : Eisuke Sakakibara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2003-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815796269

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In this unusually candid book, Japan's former top financial diplomat asserts the urgent need for wholesale structural reform to revitalize the long-stagnant Japanese economy. Eisuke Sakakibara, whose influence over global currency markets earned him the nickname of "Mr. Yen," envisions a social and economic revolution that encompasses all sectors of Japanese society. Whereas previous analyses of Japanese policies of the past decade focus narrowly on such issues as nonperforming assets and deregulation, Sakakibara provides a new perspective. Japan's economic problems are structural, rather than cyclical, according to Sakakibara. Profitable investment opportunities are hard to find in the dysfunctional corporate sector, where costs are high and income continues to decline. The country's entrenched power elite—the Liberal Democratic Party, the bureaucracy, and vested interest groups—are threatened by reform efforts. It will be difficult to restore economic health to Japan until its political leaders are able to break the grip of this "iron triangle" and implement aggressive, widespread reforms. This book furthers the understanding that structural reform or new institution building in Japan needs an all-encompassing approach that includes the various sectors of Japanese society and the economy. Only with this kind of understanding can pragmatic and meaningful structural reform in Japan be implemented.

Author : Mr.Tamim Bayoumi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 1998-06-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781557756961

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This volume, by Bijan B. Aghevli, Tamim Bayoumi, and Guy Meredith, is based on a seminar on structural change in Japan held in early 1997 and chaired by the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Stanley Fischer. Discussion of teh day-to-day management of the standard levers of fiscal and monetary policy is interlinked with consideration for the more deep-seated structural issues. By shifting and destabilizing the underlying economic relationships and creating uncertainty, structural change complicates the task of policy analysis. This volume describes how the IMF is responding to these challenges and how outside experts assess this effect.

Author : Kazuo Satō
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781563247750

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These readings address various aspects of the transformation of the Japanese economic system from one based on the government-business-bureaucracy triad to one which accommodates such changes as the further slowdown of growth, the rapid ageing of the population and structural changes.

Author : Seymour Broadbridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 33,39 MB
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136917896

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First Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Magnus Blomström
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0191589799

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Japan's economy stumbled in the 1990s. After four decades of rapid growth that transformed Japan into a wealthy country at the world's technological frontier, the last decade brought prolonged economic stagnation. The rapid run-up in asset prices in the late 1980s, followed by their collapse in the early 1990s, left a debt overhang that paralyzed the banking sector. Policy reforms were initially half-hearted, and businesses were slow to restructure as the global economy changed. The lagging economy has seemed impervious to aggressive fiscal stimulus measures and is still plagued by ongoing price deflation. Japan's struggle has called into question the ability of the country's economic institutions - originally designed to support factor accumulation and rapid development - to adapt to the new economic environment of the 21st century. Yet Japan's economy is already changing. Driven by an aging population, rapid technological change, and increasing global competition, the country's public and private institutions are being slowly reshaped. This volume explores the forces that will drive structural and institutional change in three areas over the next decade: the macroeconomy, the organization of industry, and the global economic and political environment. Economists, demographers, and Japan specialists examine key aspects of the economy that will be transformed in coming years, including population and savings, the public pension system, labor markets, financial reforms, deregulation of service industries, productivity performance, foreign investment, trade, and the impact of an emerging China. The volume fills an important gap in the existing economic literature. While much has been written about Japan's pre-1990s institutions and economic performance, this volume is unique in its forward-looking orientation - trying to understand not only the institutional and structural changes that have already reshaped Japan in the 1990s, but to identify the critical trends and institutional changes that will mould Japan's new economy over the next decade.