The Korean economy at the crossroads / / edited by MoonJoong Tcha and Chung-Sok Suh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451258203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-37503-4; 1-280-25628-1; 9786610256280; 0-203-56478-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Collana: RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 49
• Altri autori (Persone): TchaMoonJoong <1961->; SuhChung-Sok <1967->
• Disciplina: 330.95195
• Soggetti: Finance - Korea (South) - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Korea (South) Economic conditions 1960-1988
• 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; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The Korean economy: triumphs, difficulties, and triumphs again?; 2 The Asian financial crisis: genesis and exegesis; 3 The origin and evolution of the Korean economic system; 4 A 'stroke' hypothesis of Korea's 1997 financial crisis; 5 The restructuring of the Korean economy since 1986 and the onset of the financial crisis; 6 The impact of ownership and capital structure on the productivity performance of Korean firms in the 1990s; 7 Financial reporting of selected Korean listed companies: disclosure practices8 The chaebol and Korean capitalism: the Hyundai business group; 9 Real exchange rate and inward FDI in crisis-ridden Korea; 10 The financial system in Korea after the 1997; 11 Dynamic prospects for Korean banks' monitoring of business groups; 12 The Korean steel industry after the economic crisis; 13 Restructuring of the public enterprise after the crisis: the case of deposit insurance fund; 14 The rise and fall of real estate trust institutions in Korea; 15 Asia crisis postmortem: where did the money go and did the United States benefit?16 Interpreting some empirical facts of business cycles and stock returns in Korea; 17 The role of FDI in the recovery of the financial crisis in Korea: the bilateral economic relationship between Korea and Australia under APEC; 18 Korea's FTA policy: background and current progress; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The book covers the origin and evolution of the Korean economic system, special factors including chaebols, Korean industries since the crisis, what happened to the money after the capital flight of the crisis and asks did the USA benefit?