Economic Cooperation in the 1990s
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Matsugi, T., Oberhauser, A. (Eds.) (1992). Economic Cooperation in the 1990s. European Common Market and Pacific-Asian Cooperation in a Changing Global Framework. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47529-2
Matsugi, Takashi and Oberhauser, Alois. Economic Cooperation in the 1990s: European Common Market and Pacific-Asian Cooperation in a Changing Global Framework. Duncker & Humblot, 1992. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47529-2
Matsugi, T, Oberhauser, A (eds.) (1992): Economic Cooperation in the 1990s: European Common Market and Pacific-Asian Cooperation in a Changing Global Framework, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47529-2
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Economic Cooperation in the 1990s
European Common Market and Pacific-Asian Cooperation in a Changing Global Framework
Editors: Matsugi, Takashi | Oberhauser, Alois
Schriften zu Regional- und Verkehrsproblemen in Industrie- und Entwicklungsländern, Vol. 54
(1992)
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editors’ Foreword | 5 | ||
| Table of Contents | 7 | ||
| Takashi Matsugi: Impacts of the EC Single Market 1992 on the Japanese Economy, with Special Reference to Manufacturing/Automobile Industry | 9 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 9 | ||
| 2. Economic meanings of the EC single market 1992 | 10 | ||
| 3. Japanese direct investments in the European community | 12 | ||
| 4. Reactions of Japanese manufacturing/automobile industries | 13 | ||
| 4.1. Office machines | 13 | ||
| 4.2. Automobiles | 14 | ||
| 5. Globalization of enterprises | 17 | ||
| References | 18 | ||
| Yoshinobu Sato: Japanese Direct Investment in the United States and Related Problems, with Special Reference to Automobile Industry | 21 | ||
| 1. Introduction | 21 | ||
| 2. The condition of local production in the U.S.A. | 22 | ||
| 2.1. Aims | 22 | ||
| 2.2. Ways of moving out | 22 | ||
| 2.3. Production capacity | 23 | ||
| 2.4. Condition of location | 24 | ||
| 3. A full scale of foreign direct investment - the problem of the high Yen | 24 | ||
| 4. Effect on domestic employment | 26 | ||
| 5. Conclusion | 27 | ||
| Soshichi Kinoshita/Jiro Nemoto: The Changing Pattern of International Specialization and Economic Interdependence among Asia-Pacific, the US and EC Economies | 29 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 29 | ||
| 2. Changing patterns of international specialization | 31 | ||
| 2.1. Share of exports | 32 | ||
| 2.2. Comparative advantage and disadvantage | 33 | ||
| 2.3. A product life-cycle pattern of comparative advantage | 34 | ||
| 3. Modeling the interdependence through trade among countries | 36 | ||
| 4. Concluding remarks | 40 | ||
| References | 40 | ||
| Werner Pascha: On the Intricacies of Specialization and Interdependence – A Comment on S. Kinoshita’s and J. Nemoto’s Paper – | 41 | ||
| References | 46 | ||
| Takashi Matsugi/Alexander Bernhard: On two Ways of Recycling Japanese Trade Surplus | 47 | ||
| I. Japans's recent foreign direct investment | 47 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 47 | ||
| 2. Export and economic development | 47 | ||
| 3. Japan's foreign direct investment in recent years | 50 | ||
| II. Use of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) for ASEAN countries' economic development | 52 | ||
| 1. General conception of foreign assistance | 52 | ||
| 2. The share of Japan's ODA | 53 | ||
| a) To ASEAN countries | 53 | ||
| b) Economic infrastructure | 54 | ||
| 3. Japan 's ODA to ASEAN countries' economic infrastructure: the case of the Philippines and Thailand | 56 | ||
| 4. Conclusion and the outlook for Japan 's foreign assistance | 57 | ||
| References | 58 | ||
| Hans-Hermann Francke: On Some Processual and Structural Problems of an European System of Central Banks | 61 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 61 | ||
| 2. The process or monetary transmission: some major issues | 62 | ||
| 2.1. Monetary centralisation may imply reduced speed of adjustment | 62 | ||
| 2.2. Monetary transmission and efficient control of money supply | 65 | ||
| 3. Central bank autonomy and monetary policy rules | 66 | ||
| 3.1. Issues of the independence of an ESCB | 66 | ||
| 3.2. Monetary rules for an ESCB | 69 | ||
| 4. International coordination of European monetary policy | 71 | ||
| 4.1. The reasons for and the risks of policy coordination | 71 | ||
| 4.2. Monetary rules and/or coordination | 73 | ||
| References | 75 | ||
| Jun’ichi Senda: Impacts of the EC Single Market 1992 on Japanese Banks and Securities Firms | 77 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 77 | ||
| 2. Extension of Japanese banks and securities firms into Europe | 78 | ||
| 3. Implications of the second banking coordination directive for Japanese financial institutions | 84 | ||
| 3.1. Single banking license | 84 | ||
| 3.2. Universal banking system (a full range of banking services) | 85 | ||
| 3.3. Reciprocity to the Third country | 85 | ||
| 4. Japanese financial institutions' reactions to the EC single market 1992 | 86 | ||
| 5. Final remarks | 87 | ||
| Atsushi Iida: The Financial Accounting System in Japan – From an International Perspective – | 89 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 89 | ||
| 2. Commercial code accounting and securities exchange act accounting in Japan | 90 | ||
| 3. "Business accounting principles" in Japan | 91 | ||
| 4. The translation problems under exchange rate changes | 92 | ||
| 4.1. The methods of translation | 92 | ||
| a) The current-noncurrent method | 92 | ||
| b) The monetary-nonmonetary method | 93 | ||
| c) The temporal method | 93 | ||
| d) The current rate method | 94 | ||
| 4.2. The gains and Iosses from exchange rates changes | 94 | ||
| 5. Accounting standards for exchange rate changes in Japan | 95 | ||
| 5.1. Concerning the transactions denominated in foreign currencies | 95 | ||
| 5.2. Concerning the translation of the financial statements of foreign currencies | 96 | ||
| 6. Concluding remarks | 97 | ||
| Bernhard Külp: Coordination Demand and Coordination Chances of a Stability Policy in the Common Market | 101 | ||
| 1. Definition | 101 | ||
| 2. Problems | 105 | ||
| 3. Coordination requirements under changing conditions | 110 | ||
| 3.1. Defending the stability of a small country | 110 | ||
| 3.2. Defending the stability in a large country | 112 | ||
| 3.3. The expansion policy of a small country | 113 | ||
| 3.4. Stability policy and the prisoners' dilemma | 114 | ||
| 3.5. Coordination requirements with respect to fiscal policy | 115 | ||
| 4. Coordination chances | 116 | ||
| 4.1. The coordination dilemma | 116 | ||
| 4.2. Requirements for successful coordination | 120 | ||
| 4.3. Coordination chances and their dependence on coordination procedures | 123 | ||
| 5. Effects of intensified European coordination on non-EC countries | 126 | ||
| 6. Conclusions | 127 | ||
| Yuko Arayama: A Study on the Structure of the Labor Market: Empirical Study on a Socio-Economic Survey in Thailand | 133 | ||
| 1. lntroduction | 133 | ||
| 2. An economic model for nuclear families | 134 | ||
| 2.1. Neo-classical model | 134 | ||
| 2.2. Household production model | 135 | ||
| 2.3. Econometric specifications | 135 | ||
| 3. Data description of SES | 137 | ||
| 3.1. Definition of households and household members | 137 | ||
| 3.2. Sampling design | 138 | ||
| 3.3. Survey items | 138 | ||
| 3.4. Database for empirical research | 139 | ||
| 4. Empirical results | 140 | ||
| 4.1. Wagedetermination | 140 | ||
| 4.2. Work hour determination | 141 | ||
| References | 148 | ||
| Rudolf Kögler: The European Communities Single Market from a Swiss Viewpoint – Problems, Adjustments, Prospects – | 149 |