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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777309303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1987
• ISBN: 1-281-22317-4; 9786611223175; 0-226-07030-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (582 pages)
• Collana: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
• Altri autori (Persone): BradfordColin I; BransonWilliam H
• Disciplina: 382/.095; 382095
• Soggetti: Business; East Asia Commerce Congresses; East Asia Commercial policy Congresses; East Asia Economic conditions Congresses; Southeast Asia Commerce Congresses; Southeast Asia Commercial policy Congresses; Southeast Asia Economic conditions Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.