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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777072103321

Titolo

Business, markets and government in the Asia Pacific : competition policy, convergence and pluralism / / edited by Rong-I Wu and Yun-Peng Chu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-73923-0

1-134-73924-9

1-280-33232-8

0-203-02733-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

Pacific Trade and Development Conference series

Altri autori (Persone)

WuRongyi

ZhuYunpeng

Disciplina

338.95

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Asia

Industrial policy - Pacific Area

Asia Commercial policy Congresses

Pacific Area Commercial policy Congresses

Asia Economic conditions 1945- Congresses

Pacific Area Economic conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers and discussion from the 23rd Pacific Trade and Development Conference.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; Business networks in East Asia: diversity and evolution; Markets, competition and restructuring in the 1990's; State intervention, ownership and state enterprise reform in China; The evolution of competition policy: lessons from comparative experience; The convergence of competition law within APEC and the CER agreement; Competition policy in APEC: principles of harmonisation; Trade and competition policy; Competition regulation and policy in Thailand; Policy approaches to economic deregulation and regulatory reform

Telecommunications and privatisation in Asia Japan's air transport policy at a crossroad; Power sector reform in Malaysia: privatisation and regulation; Liberalisation and privatisation of the Thai power sector:



issues and perspectives; Summary of discussion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the thorny issues of industrial organisation, competition policy and liberalization in the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the ways in which governments regulate business. Using case studies from China, the USA, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, the authors take a comparative look at the evolution of policies and their implementation on the ground. With a specific focus on the energy, transport and telecommuncations sectors, this book represents the most up-to-date analysis of the ways in which governments in the Asia-Pacific are coping with rapid industrial