The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development / Edition 1

by Joel D. Aberdach

Overview

These essays are a product of a co-operative research project between American and Taiwanese social scientists. Of particular interest is the chapter discussing a comparative study of industrial policy, productivity growth and structural change in manufacturing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563243264
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/1994
Series:	Taiwan in the Modern World Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joel D. Aberdach

Table of Contents

I: Sources of Economic Growth; A: Technology, Growth, and International Trade; 1: Industrial Policy, Productivity Growth, and Structural Change in the Manufacturing Industries: A Comparison of Taiwan and South Korea; 2: Reconsidering Export-Led Growth: Evidence from Firm Performance, Taiwan, 1983–1987; 3: The Transition to Export-Led Growth in Taiwan; 4: Taiwan's Persistent Trade Surpluses: The Role of Underdeveloped Financial Markets; 5: Foreign Trade and Economic Growth in Taiwan; B: Government Policy and the Development of Economic Institutions and Endowments; 6: The State and the Development of the Automobile Industry in South Korea and Taiwan; 7: State Policy and the Development of Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry; 8: Taiwan's Financial System and the Allocation of Investment Funds; 9: Monetary Policy in Taiwan: Third Quarter 1961 to Fourth Quarter 1988; 10: Fiscal Policy and Economic Development in Taiwan: A Digression on the Effects of Taxation on Income Distribution; 11: Income Levels and Occupations of Public vs. Private University Graduates and the Efficiency of Government Investment in Higher Education; II: Social and Political Aspects of Economic Development; 12: Ideological Reflections and the Inception of Economic Development in Taiwan; 13: Women, Export-Oriented Growth, and the State: The Case of Taiwan; 14: Attitudinal Changes of Farmers in Taiwan; Afterword