Cross shareholdings in Japan : a new unified perspective of the economic system
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Cross shareholdings in Japan : a new unified perspective of the economic system
E. Elgar, c2002
- Other Title
-
株式持合と日本型経済システム
Available at / 34 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book focuses on one of the most important features of the contemporary Japanese economy; cross shareholding - or mutual shareholding - between corporations. The book analyses recent trends and the reasons behind these, and discusses the implications for the entire Japanese economic system and highlights relevant public policy.Mitsuaki Okabe proposes that the dissolution of cross shareholdings has weakened the importance of long-term transactional relationships as seen in the Keiretsu (the 'main bank') practice and employment, and that as a result the character of the economy is now closer to that of the Anglo-American system.
Cross Shareholdings in Japan is a timely book and will be of special interest to academics and researchers of economics, Asian studies and finance, as well as policymakers and those involved either directly or indirectly in the Japanese financial system.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface 1. Cross Shareholding as an Underlying Element of the Japanese Economic System 2. Various Forms of Cross Shareholding, and Relevant Statistics 3. Recent Trends of Share Ownership and Structural Changes 4. Factors Behind the 'Dissolution' of Cross Shareholding 5. Functions of Cross Shareholding and its Assessment 6. Effects of the 'Dissolution' of Cross Shareholding and its Assessment 7. Future Prospects and Required Public Policy 8. Conclusions: Limitations of the Japanese-style Economic System and its Transformation Appendix 1: Shareholding by a Main Bank and the Effectiveness of Corporate Control: The Case of Electrical Machinery Firms in Japan, 1982-1999 Appendix 2: Corporate Control in Germany References Index
by "Nielsen BookData"