Japanese industrial performance

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Japanese industrial performance

Kimio Uno

North-Holland, 1987

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Bibliography: p. 417-426

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This analysis of the performance of Japanese industry covers the period 1955 to the 1980s. The main purposes of the work are to provide a systematic analysis of the economy disaggregated to 25 industrial sectors and to explore the feasibility of large scale industry modelling, from the viewpoint of both availability and reliability of statistical data. The book covers current policy issues as well as historical development. The significance of the study extends beyond the boundaries of the Japanese economy. Japan is one of the few cases where we can witness such rapid economic growth and a wide range of structural changes, supported by detailed empirical data. Being a compact (but fairly comprehensive) picture of the structure and performance of Japanese industry, the volume includes discussion of institutions peculiar to the Japanese economy and the shift in policy issues in the course of economic growth. The work provides sources of statistical data in various fields; because it is the result of a statistical data bank project, a diskette is attached, containing more than 1,000 data series used in the study.

Table of Contents

Preface. An Overview. 1. Issues and Prospects. 2. Framework of the Model COMPASS. Input of Capital. 3. Investment in Plant and Equipment. 4. The Structure of Private Nonresidential Capital Stock. 5. Business Cycles and the Rate of Capacity Utilization. Input of Labor. 6. Employment Trends. 7. Distributive Share of Labor. 8. Trends in Working Hours. Technological Progress and Production. 9. Output Trends and the Shift in Production Function. 10. Capital Stock Vintage and the Sources of Growth. Potential vs. Actual Output by Industry. 11. Deriving Sectoral Demand. 12. Potential Output and Demand-Supply Gap. Wages and Prices. 13. Determinants of Wages. 14. Cost Structure and Price Trends. Challenges to the Japanese Economy. 15. Energy Prices and Energy Requirements. 16. Pollution Prevention and Environmental Quality. 17. Research and Development and "Production" of Technological Knowledge. Foreign Economic Relations. 18. Export Trends. 19. Import Trends. 20. Direct Foreign Investment. References. Index.

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