CURING JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MALAISE
For Japan to emerge from its severe and protracted economic doldrums nothing will help as much as abandoning its deep-seated commitment to an export-led economic strategy. Toward this end, Japan should remove the pervasively preferential treatment favoring its export firms and industries, and protec...
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Published in | Straddling Economics and Politics p. 165 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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RAND Corporation
11.09.2002
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Edition | 1 |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | For Japan to emerge from its severe and protracted economic doldrums nothing will help as much as abandoning its deep-seated commitment to an export-led economic strategy. Toward this end, Japan should remove the pervasively preferential treatment favoring its export firms and industries, and protecting them, along with domestic industries, from potentially competitive imports.
Japan’s export-led strategy should be replaced by an “import-accommodating” one, which would not only benefit Japan but would contribute significantly to the economic recovery of the entire Asian region, as well.
This prescription is heretical. According to standard economic analysis, imports are deflationary while exports are expansionary. |
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ISBN: | 0833031813 9780833031815 |