Japanese Finance: Corporate Finance and Capital Markets in Changing Japan / Edition 1

by J. Jay Choi, T.K. Hiraki

Overview

Japan has always been an "odd man out" from the standpoint of Western norm or Western finance. It is a country that is as developed as any in the West. However, it is also a country that possesses the significant institutional and cultural traits that separate it from the West. An important question in finance is to what extent the basic models of finance, developed with the Western "perfect market" view in mind, can be applied to Japan; or conversely, what critical adjustments must be made to make models amendable to the reality of Japanese finance. This book contains 21 substantive papers that address various aspects of Japanese finance. This is an attempt to bring them together under the same cover so that the commonality and peculiarity of Japanese finance can be more easily discerned across different applications as well as compared across countries. Hence, despite apparent differences in topics, the theme is international and comparative in nature throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762310685
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/02/2003
Series:	International Finance Review , #4
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.02(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviated. List of contributors. Part I: An Overview and Comparative Analysis. Part II: Corporate Finance and Control. Part III: Equity and Derivative Markets. Part IV: Banking and Bond Markets. Part V: International Capital Market Linkages and Transactions. Part VI: Currency Prediction and Exposure.