Title: Japan's new economy : continuity and change in the twenty-first century /
Authors: Blomström, Magnus, 1952-; Gangnes, Byron.; La Croix, Sumner J., 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Economic forecasting Japan.; Japan Economic conditions
Contents: pt. I. Macroeconomic changes in Japan. Historical, structural, and macroeconomic perspectives on the Japanese economic crisis / David E. Weinstein -- Population, labor force, saving, and Japan's future / Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa -- Will Japan's current account turn to deficit? / F. Gerard Adams and Byron Gangnes -- Japan's public pension system in the twenty-first century / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Japanese labor markets : can we expect significant change? / Marcus Rebick -- pt. II. The regulatory regime and industrial restructuring in Japan. Central banking, financial, and regulatory change in Japan / Thomas F. Cargill -- Japan's big bang and the transformation of financial markets / Takatoshi Ito and Michael Melvin -- Has Japan specialized in the wrong industries? / Edward N. Wolff -- The sogo shosha : finding a new role? / Örjan Sjöberg and Marie Söderberg -- Regulatory reform in Japan : the road ahead / Sumner La Croix and James Mak -- pt. III. Foreign direct investment, trade, and regional integration. FDI in the restructuring of the Japanese economy / Magnus Blomström, Denise Konan, and Robert E. Lipsey -- A new millennium for Japanese-North American economic policy relations? / Steven Globerman and Ari Kokko -- Japan as number three : effects of European integration / Ari Kokko, Bruce Henry Lambert, and Fredrik Sjöholm -- Economic development in China and its implications for Japan / Shigeyuki Abe and Chung H. Lee.