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Institutional change in Japan / edited by Magnus Blomstrom and Sumner La Croix.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blomström, Magnus.
- Series:
- European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ; 8.
- European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Institutional economics.
- Japan--Economic policy.
- Japan.
- Japan--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- 2006.
- Abingdon Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system.After four decades of rapid economic growth in Japan, the 1990s saw the country enter a prolonged period of economic stagnation. Policy reforms were initially half-hearted, and businesses were slow to restructure as the global economy changed. The lagging economy has been impervious to aggressive fiscal stimulus measures and ha
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Institutional change in Japan; 2 Institutional change in Meiji Japan; 3 Institutional reform in Japan and Korea; 4 A lost decade for Japanese corporate governance reform?; 5 Japan's economic and financial stagnation in the 1990s and reluctance to change; 6 Japanese lifetime employment; 7 The Japanese labor movement and institutional reform; 8 The changing pattern of Amakudari appointments; 9 Divorce in Japan; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed December 22, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-415-51166-6
- 1-134-18056-X
- 1-134-18057-8
- 1-280-52206-2
- 9786610522064
- 0-203-96881-6
- 9780203968819
- OCLC:
- 275269523
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