Beyond Trade Friction: Japan-US Economic Relations

by Ryuzo Sato (Editor), Julianne Nelson (Editor)

Overview

The essays in this volume provide an overview of the causes and proposed remedies for the recurring bouts of trade friction between Japan and the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521364676
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/28/1989
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Richard R. West; 1. Beyond trade friction: an overview Julianne Nelson; Part I. Macroeconomic Policy Issues: 2. Japan and the United States: the need to prosper together Alan H. Greenspan; 3. Internationalization and restructuring of the Japanese economy Haruo Mayekawa; 4. The limits of monetary coordination as exchange rate policy William H. Branson; Part II. Commercial Policy Issues: 5. A giant among Lilliputians: Japan's long-run trade problem Jagdish Bhagwati; 6. What do VERs do? Kala Krishna; 7. Domestic and international mergers: competition or cooperation Ryuzo Sato and Richard Zeckhauser; Part III. Financial Integration Issues: 8. Competitive performance and strategic positioning in international financial services Ingo Walter; 9. Capital transfers from Japan to the United States: a means of avoiding trade friction Toshio Shishido; 10. The efficiency of US and Japanese stock markets Toshiyuki Otsuki and Noriyoshi Shiraishi; Index.