Making Fiscal Policy in Japan: Economic Effects and Institutional Settings

Making Fiscal Policy in Japan: Economic Effects and Institutional Settings

by Hiromitsu Ishi
ISBN-10:
019924071X
ISBN-13:
9780199240715
Pub. Date:
02/15/2001
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019924071X
ISBN-13:
9780199240715
Pub. Date:
02/15/2001
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Making Fiscal Policy in Japan: Economic Effects and Institutional Settings

Making Fiscal Policy in Japan: Economic Effects and Institutional Settings

by Hiromitsu Ishi

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Overview

Making Fiscal Policy in Japan is written for those who want to understand the role and performance of fiscal policy as an integral component of macroeconomic policy, and the attendant effects on economic growth. The case explored here is post-Second World War Japan, but the approach is one of international comparison.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199240715
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/15/2001
Pages: 370
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Hitotsubashi University

Table of Contents

Part I. Overview: The Policy Environment1. The Preconditions for Post-war Economic Growth2. Rapid Economic Growth and Its Effects3. Structural Changes Towards a New Dimension4. The Emergence of the Bubble Economy and its AftermathPart II. Fiscal Policy Responses5. Budget and Budgetary Process6. Budget Orthodoxy and Strategies of Fiscal Consolidation7. An Empirical Analysis of Balanced Budget Policy, 1953-19658. How Financial Sources were Generated in a Growing EconomyPart III. Specific Aspects of Budgetary Activity9. Public Expenditure Trends in Light of Human Resource Development10. Ageing and the Social Security System11. Tax Policy for Export Promotion, 1953-196412. The Role of the Fiscal Investment and Loan Programme13. The Budgetary Behaviour of Local Government and Intergovernmental Grant Policies
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