Economics and Contemporary Issues or Japans New Economy

Economics and Contemporary Issues

Author: Ronald L Moomaw

The 7th edition Study Guide is designed to help students prepare for exams and gain a better understanding of the course material. Students have the opportunity to complete homework and improve their test scores by utilizing the chapter by chapter content in the study guide.

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Japan's New Economy: Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Magnus Blomstrom

This 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 text 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.

Table of Contents:

	List of Contributors
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Macroeconomic Changes in Japan
1	Historical, Structural, and Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Japanese Economic Crisis	29
2	Population, Labor Force, Saving, and Japan's Future	48
3	Will Japan's Current Account Turn to Deficit?	75
4	Japan's Public Pension System in the Twenty-First Century	99
5	Japanese Labor Markets: Can We Expect Significant Change?	120
Pt. II	The Regulatory Regime and Industrial Restructuring in Japan
6	Central Banking, Financial, and Regulatory Change in Japan	145
7	Japan's Big Bang and the Transformation of Financial Markets	162
8	Has Japan Specialized in the Wrong Industries?	175
9	The Sogo Shosha: Finding a New Role?	198
10	Regulatory Reform in Japan: The Road Ahead	215
Pt. III	Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Regional Integration
11	FDI in the Restructuring of the Japanese Economy	245
12	A New Millennium for Japanese-North American Economic Policy Relations?	263
13	Japan as Number Three: Effects of European Integration	286
14	Economic Development in China and Its Implications for Japan	307
	Index	323