broad problems of growth and regional economy, focusing on economic developments in Japan and Korea. Part 2 discusses trade … and foreign investment in Japan, mainly on an empirical basis. Part 3 then examines various public economic policies using … the Japan Association for Applied Economics (JAAE) and the Korean Economics and Business Association (KEBA), and include …

The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade …, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers … for measures to help overcome Japan's economic stagnation since the early 1990s. The book is divided into three parts …

system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …

in good hands.’ -Edmund Phelps, Columbia University, USA, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics ‘This is …, University of Texas at Dallas, USA ‘Over the years, I have benefited from reading the works of Professor Jha, and from teaching … from them. I enthusiastically recommend these two volumes.’ -Raaj Kumar Sah, University of Chicago, USA This two …