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1. Institutional Change in Japan

   Edited by Magnus Blomström, Sumner La Croix

   Series: European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series

   This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system. After four decades of rapid...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Challenges to the Global Trading System

   Adjustment to Globalization in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Edited by Sumner La Croix, Peter Petri

   Series: PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

   International trade continues to expand robustly in East Asia and elsewhere, but global trade negotiations have collapsed and globalization is widely criticized. In this book, the participants of the thirtieth Pacific Trade and Development Conference—including the then-Director General of the...

   Published March 17th 2011 by Routledge