Firms and Industrial Organization in Japan

by Yoshiro Miwa

Overview

The great successes of the Japanese economy have often been attributed to differences in the Japanese economic system. Employing an exhaustive investigation of the roles of the government and banks, firms and networks, and workers and managers, Yoshiro Miwa illustrates that the standard principles of economics explain the dominant patterns of Japanese economic phenomena. Debunking many long-held myths, Miwa deftly propels readers to a fuller, more accurate understanding of the Japanese economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814755518
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Yoshiro Miwa is Professor of Economics at the University of Tokyo and author of Japanese Trade Practices and Financial Administration Reform, both published in Japanese.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Miwa has earned quite a name for himself in Japan for his brilliant but biting iconoclastic views. Now, Western readers will learn what the fuss has been about. Self-styled authorities on the Japanese economy will squirm, for Miwa takes no prisoners; his logic is relentless, merciless and— inevitably—right."

-J. Mark Ramseyer,University of Chicago Law School

"This is a monumental work, demystifying the Japanese economy and contesting the conventional view that 'Japan is different.' In doing so, Miwa paves the way for a new era of comparative study."

-Kazuo Koike,Hosei University, Tokyo

Editorial Reviews

"Miwa has earned quite a name for himself in Japan for his brilliant but biting iconoclastic views. Now, Western readers will learn what the fuss has been about. Self-styled authorities on the Japanese economy will squirm, for Miwa takes no prisoners; his logic is relentless, merciless andinevitablyright."

J. Mark Ramseyer

"This is a monumental work, demystifying the Japanese economy and contesting the conventional view that ‘Japan is different.' In doing so, Miwa paves the way for a new era of comparative study."

Kazuo Koike

”Miwa has earned quite a name for himself in Japan for his brilliant but biting iconoclastic views. Now, Western readers will learn what the fuss has been about. Self-styled authorities on the Japanese economy will squirm, for Miwa takes no prisoners; his logic is relentless, merciless and—inevitably—right.”

-J. Mark Ramseyer,University of Chicago Law School

”This is a monumental work, demystifying the Japanese economy and contesting the conventional view that 'Japan is different.' In doing so, Miwa paves the way for a new era of comparative study.”

-Kazuo Koike,Hosei University, Tokyo

From the Publisher

Avoiding the jargon so loosely used in describing Japan's economy and challenging the assumption that its success is due to heavy government intervention, Miwa (economics, U. of Tokyo) argues that Japan has long practiced exchange by agreement rather than by coercion and that the current patterns can be explained by the standard principles of economics. Much of the work is based on his 1990 collection of papers published in Japanese by the University of Tokyo Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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