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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348237403321

Titolo

Institutional change in Japan / / edited by Magnus Blomstrom and Sumner La Croix

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-18056-X

1-134-18057-8

1-280-52206-2

9786610522064

0-203-96881-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

BlomstromMagnus <1952->

La CroixSumner J. <1954->

Disciplina

306.30952

330.952/05

Soggetti

Institutional economics

Electronic books.

Japan Economic policy

Japan Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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