Government Policy towards Industry in the United States and Japan

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

John B. Shoven (Edited by)

9780521026437, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 June 2006

368 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.563 kg

'… a useful addition to a growing literature on U.S. and Japanese industrial' policies.' Journal of Economic Literature

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

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.

Subject Areas: Economic theory & philosophy [KCA]