The impact of the economic crisis on East Asia : policy responses from four economies / edited by Daigee Shaw, Bih Jane Liu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Daigee, 1951-

Liu, Bih Jane

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

East Asia--Economic conditions.

East Asia.

Economic conditions.

East Asia--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011.

Summary:

This collection of ten articles on the economic crisis of 2008 focuses on policy responses to the world downturn from East Asian governments. Divided into sections covering the state of the financial system and the roots of the crisis, impacts, consequences and policy responses, and shortfalls and restraints of policy decisions, individual articles address specific problems in Taiwan, Japan, Korea and China and discuss key features of policy responses such as re-nationalization, national industrial policy adjustments, fiscal discipline and austerity measures. Contributors include academics and policy makers from a variety of Asian universities and financial and governmental institutions. The book was published in association with the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The global financial crisis : lessons for Taiwan / Sheng-Cheng Hu

A perspective on the US dollar after the current financial crisis : lessons from the fall of the pound sterling and the gold standard after World War I / Lee-Rong Wang

De-privatization? : case studies of government banks' performance in developing countries during the financial crisis / Chung-Hua Shen and Chih-Yung Lin

Why world exports are so susceptible to the economic crisis : the prevailing 'export overshooting' phenomenon, with particular reference to Taiwan / Bih Jane Liu

The impact of the global financial crisis on the Taiwanese economy and its industrial policy in response / Jiann-Chyuan Wang and Chia-Hui Lin

The American crisis and Korean financial distress / Un Chan Chung

Why was Japan hit so hard by the global financial crisis? / Masahiro Kawai and Shinji Takagi

China's policy responses to the global financial crisis / Yongding Yu

Fiscal discipline in the recovery from a global financial crisis / Chih-Chin Ho, Yu-Shan Hsu and Ching-Shin Mao

A challenge to sustainable development : the dual crisis of energy and the economy / Daigee Shaw and Pi Chen.

Notes:

"In association with the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0857931695

9780857931696

OCLC:

701799177

Publisher Number:

99949503237