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The Structure of the Japanese Economy

Changes on the Domestic and International Fronts

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Mitsuaki Okabe

    1. Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan

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Part of the book series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy (SMJE)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Japanese Economy in Transition: Introduction and Overview

    1. The Japanese Economy in Transition: Introduction and Overview

      • Mitsuaki Okabe
      Pages 1-21

  3. The Japanese Firm and the Labour Market

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Long-termism and the Japanese Firm

      • Paul Sheard
      Pages 25-52

    3. Financial Structure and Managerial Discretion in the Japanese Firm: An Implication of the Surge of Equity-related Bonds

      • Akiyoshi Horiuchi
      Pages 53-80

    4. An Analysis of Labour Mobility in Japan

      • Atsuhiro Taki, Toshiaki Tachibanaki
      Pages 81-108

    5. Is the Tenure-Earning Curve Really Steeper in Japan? A Re-examination Based on UK-Japan Comparison

      • Giorgio Brunello, Kenn Ariga
      Pages 109-131

  6. International Economic Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
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    2. Is Japan Establishing a Trade Bloc in East Asia and the Pacific?

      • Jeffrey A. Frankel
      Pages 387-415

    3. Recent Balance of Payments Developments in Japan: Is the Current Account Surplus Structural or Temporary?

      • Mahito Uchida, Takashi Ui
      Pages 416-434
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This book illuminates the characteristics of the Japanese economy comprehensively and analyses how and why they have been changing. The contributors to this fifteen-paper volume are internationally-known and leading researchers of the Japanese economy. Following the overview chapter, the book covers such areas as the Japanese firm, the labour market, consumption and saving patterns, financial markets, macroeconomic policies and international economic relations.

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  • Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan

    Mitsuaki Okabe

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