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A new financial market structure for East Asia
Itō, Takatoshi (contributor);  … - 2005
This book contends that the East Asian financial constitution lacks an appropriate infrastructure, resulting in inefficient allocation of high savings and an over-inflated short-term debt market. It goes on to point out that despite high savings, East Asia's dependency on financial centers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851036
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An economic history of modern China
Chai, J. C. H. - 2011
As a country's current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be … understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. So far … History of Modern China fills this important gap, focusing on modern Chinese economic growth and comprehensively surveying the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851847
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995
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The Asia recovery : issues and aspects of development, growth, trade and investment
Tran, Van Hoa (contributor) - 2001
This book explores in-depth the major issues and important aspects of this economic recovery and its potential impact on growth, development, trade and investment. Expert contributors also discuss the global directions in international economic and financial relations, corporate and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852009
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Elusive capital : merchant networks, economic institutions and business practices in late imperial China
Gipouloux, François - 2022
"Offering a fresh analysis of late imperial China, this cutting-edge book revisits the roles played by merchant … networks, economic institutions, and business practices in the divergence between Europe and China during the trade revolution … practices, partnerships, and investment strategies, chapters portray the three central figures of China's economy - the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013331159
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Economic and natural disasters since 1900 : a comparative history
Singleton, John - 2016
1. The disaster cycle -- 2. Hurricane Katrina : a classic natural disaster -- 3. The first World War -- 4. The Great Depression -- 5. Mining disasters -- 6. Tobacco -- 7. The twin financial disasters of the early twenty-first century -- 8. Conclusion.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419855
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Sports through the lens of economic history
Pomfret, Richard W. T. (contributor);  … - 2016
1. Sports economics and the sports industry: perspectives in economic history / John K. Wilson -- 2. The evolution of professional team sports / Richard Pomfret -- 3. The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951-2004 / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix -- 4....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419886
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Asian firms : history, institutions and management
Tipton, Frank B. - 2007
Korea -- 4. Managing the boundaries of the firm in Qing and Nationalist China -- 5. Managing the Chinese firm in Hong Kong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419962
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Population aging, intergenerational transfers and the macroeconomy
Clark, Robert Louis (contributor);  … - 2007
Economic and policy implications of population aging / Robert Clark, Andrew Mason, Naohiro Ogawa -- Population aging, changing retirement policies and lifetime earnings profiles in Japan / Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura -- Firm productivity, work-force age and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420024
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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective
Snowdon, Brian - 2002
1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420073