Government policy towards industry in the United States and Japan

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Government policy towards industry in the United States and Japan

edited by John B. Shoven

Cambridge University Press, 1988

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"Proceedings of a conference co-organized by Chikashi Moriguchi and John B. Shoven and sponsored by the Center for Economic Policy Research of Stanford University and the Suntory Foundation of Japan"

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The essays contained in this 1988 volume cover many important issues relating to government policies in the Japanese and American economies.

Table of Contents

  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Editor's summary John B. Shoven
  • 2. The corporate cost of capital in Japan and the United States: a comparison Albert Ando and Alan Auerbach
  • 3. The taxation of income from capital in Japan John B. Shoven and Toshiaki Tachibanaki
  • 4. Corporate tax burden and tax incentives in Japan Hiromitsu Ishi
  • 5. A closer look at saving rates in the United States and Japan Michael J. Boskin and John M. Roberts
  • 6. The Japanese current-account surplus and fiscal policy in Japan and the United States Kazuo Ueda
  • 7. Curing trade imbalance by international tax coordination Iwao Nakatani
  • 8. Picking losers: public policy toward declining industries in Japan Merton J. Peck, Richard C. Levin and Akira Goto
  • 9. Corporate capital structure in the United States and Japan: financial intermediation and implications of financial deregulation James E. Hodder
  • 10. The Japanese bureaucracy in economic administration: a rational regulator or pluralist agent? Masahiko Aoki
  • 11. Japan's energy policy during the 1970s Chikashi Moriguchi
  • 12. Industry structure and government policies in the US and Japanese integrated-circuit industries W. Edward Steinmueller.

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