Picking winners? : from technology catch-up to the space race in Japan / Saadia M. Pekkanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pekkanen, Saadia M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--Japan.

Industrial policy.

Japan.

Japan--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Japan--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

At the core of this book is a methodology that pits these competing explanations against each other, draws out their testable propositions, and then uses three different approaches--econometrics, structured data analysis, and case studies--to ascertain whether one or the other explanation prevails in the celebrated case of postwar Japan. The evidence, which ranges from Japan's earliest efforts at technology catch-up to present-day policies of indigenizing space rockets, shows that economic logic did in fact prevail across industries and over time, despite ever-present political pressures. The most important point this study uncovers is that it is not just selection but deselection that has been the hallmark of Japan's trade and industrial policies over the postwar period.

Contents:

The logic of industrial selection

Quantitative arts and the criteria for selection

Political economy of the most-favored sectors

Criteria and perceptions in historical perspective

The commercial space launch industry

Tips from postwar Japan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.

ISBN:

0804747326

OCLC:

51053603