Description
Book SynopsisFollowing on from their previous book
Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region, the authors in this volume analyse the economic performance of many of the major economies in the Asia-Pacific region including Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. They examine economic and productivity growth, competitiveness and efficiency developments in the region.
An introductory essay by the editors surveys recent economic developments in the region whilst introducing and cohesively integrating the chapters that follow. The studies employ a variety of modern analytical constructs and empirical techniques of open economy growth accounting as well as the measurement of productivity change, technical change and economic efficiency. A number of the chapters examine the entire region while others focus exclusively on a nation or industry. Several chapters study the causes and consequences of the financial crises in the region in 1997 from a recent historical perspective.
This book will be of special interest to scholars of economic growth and its determinants as well as all those interested in Asian studies.
Trade Review'The book provides considerable insights into the factors of productivity and efficiency change in relatively rapidly growing economies.' -- S. Mohan, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
'. . . this voluminous book is well put together and clearly worth a read.' -- Renuka Mahadevan, ASEAN Bulletin
Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Regional Studies Part II: Taiwan Part III: Other Countries in the Region Index
