1st Edition

Japanese Prewar Growth Lessons for Development Theory?

Edited By Michael Smitka Copyright 1998
276 Pages
by Routledge

Makes Japanese sources accessible in English Although much of the work on Japanese economic history is inaccessible to Westerners, many of Japan's leading economic historians have published widely in English. Combined with the work of Western economists who can utilize Japanese-language sources, this series assembles a wide range of English-language articles on the key issues in Japanese... Read more
Introduction, A Historical Pattern of Economic Growth in Developing Countries, Factor Proportions and Choice of Technology: The Japanese Experience, Factor Proportions and Choice of Technology: The Japanese Experience: Comment, Factor Proportions and Choice of Technology: The Japanese Experience: Reply, Modeling Dualistic Development in Japan, Economic Development in Preindustrial Japan, 1859-1894, Postwar Japanese Growth in Historical Perspective: A Second Look, Data and Methods; Outline of Differences with Other Estimates of National Product Data; Linking the Prewar and Postwar Series; A Historical Framework for Appraising the Reliability of Estimates, A Dynamic Model of Japanese Economic Development, 1887-1915, Modernization of Financial Markets: An Analysis of Informal Credit Markets in Prewar Japan, Saving, Accumulation and Modern Economic Growth: The Contemporary Relevance of Japanese History, Japan 1868-1930: A Revised View, Anatomy of the Debate on Japanese Capitalism, Acknowledgments

Biography

Michael Smitka