This book discusses Japan’s long-term economic recession and provides remedies for that recession that are useful for other Asian economies. The book addresses why Japan’s economy has stagnated since the bursting of its economic bubble in the 1990s. Its empirical analysis challenges the...

1 Introductory Remarks: What’s behind the Recent Oil Price Drop? Naoyuki Yoshino and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary -- 2 Impact of Expansionary Monetary Policy on Crude Oil Prices Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Naoyuki Yoshino -- 3 Which Side of the Economy Is Affected More by Oil Prices: Supply or...

Section 1: Corporate Governance, Strategy and the Legal framework.-Chapter 1: Strategy, Independence, and Governance of State-owned Enterprises in Asia (Henrique Schneider).-Chapter 2: Enhancing the Transparency and Accountability of State-Owned Enterprises (Chung-a Park and Hans Christiansen)...