Trade and structural change in Pacific Asia / edited by Colin I. Bradford, Jr. and William H. Branson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradford, Colin I.

Branson, William H.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Persatuan Ekonomi Malaysia.

Series:

Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce.

East Asia--Commerce--Congresses.

East Asia.

East Asia--Commercial policy--Congresses.

East Asia--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Southeast Asia--Commerce--Congresses.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Commercial policy--Congresses.

Southeast Asia--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (582 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rapid development of Pacific Asia over the past twenty years offers an excellent opportunity to analyze the dynamics of economic growth. Trade and Structural Change in Pacific Asia explores the nature and causes of changes that have occurred in the economic structure of Pacific Asia, the relationship between these changes and economic growth, and the implications of these changes for trading relationships. Themes in the research reported here includes the sectoral composition of output and trade; rates of structural change in production and exports and their relation to economic growth; the effect of abundant resource endowments on industrialization and manufactured exports; the nature of the mix between active government policies and market forces; and the balance between demand-determined and supply-determined industrialization and exports. Many of the issues explored have important implications for United States foreign economic policy, and the volume includes a look at the basic economic and political forces influencing shifts in United States trade policy in the postwar period. A timely and informative analysis, the volume probes the causes and consequences of economic growth in Pacific Asia, focusing on the interaction of exports of manufactured goods and the developmental process. The results reported contribute to ongoing research in structural change and economic policy and will be important to economists working on empirical patters in international trade and the process of economic development.

Contents:

Front matter

National Bureau of Economic Research

Contents

Overview

1. Patterns of Trade and Structural Change

2. Trade and Structural Interdependence between the United States and the Newly Industrializing Countries

3. Exports of Manufactures from Developing Countries to the European Community

4. Japan and Her Asian Neighbors in a Dynamic Perspective

5. Recent U.S. Trade Policy and Its Global Implications

6. The South Asian and Pacific Far East Countries in Project LINK

7. NICs and the Next-Tier NICs as Transitional Economies

8. The Structure of Trade in Manufactured Goods in the East and Southeast Asian Region

9. Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth

10. Export-Oriented Growth and Trade Patterns of Korea

11. Trade Patterns and Trends of Taiwan

12. Foreign Trade and Economic Growth in Hong Kong: Experience and Prospects

13. Trends and Patterns of Singapore's Trade in Manufactures

14. Changes in the Malaysian Economy and Trade Trends and Prospects

15. Trade Patterns and Trends of Thailand

16. Manufactured Exports and Industrialization: Trade Patterns and Trends of the Philippines

17. Trade Patterns and Trends of Indonesia

List of Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Papers from a symposium entitled "Global implications of the trade patterns of East and Southeast Asia, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 4-6, 1984 sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Malaysian Economic Association.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-22317-4

9786611223175

0-226-07030-1

OCLC:

476229880