The Political Economy of Japanese Financial Markets: Myths versus Realities
Author:   R. Beason ,  J. James
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780333579336


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 January 1999
Format:   Hardback
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The Political Economy of Japanese Financial Markets: Myths versus Realities


Overview

This text examines various aspects of Japanese financial markets. The analysis in the book is interspersed with the institutional and historical background on Japanese financial markets necessary for the non-specialist. Principal chapters include: an institutional overview; the comparative cost of capital (both internationally and among Japanese firms); causes and implications of the high degree of financial intermediation in Japan; and an analysis of trends in the Japanese/Asian financial markets.

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Author:   R. Beason ,  J. James
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.561kg
ISBN:  

9780333579336


ISBN 10:   033357933
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 January 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART I: DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATED STRUCTURE Introduction The High Degree of Intermediation: the Financial Structure 1954-1975 Toward a More Liberal Structure PART II: BREAKDOWN AND TOWARD MATURITY End of the Party (But not the End of the World) Japans Financial Crisis PART III: INSTITUTIONS Institutions, Accounting Practices and Incentives in Japanese Equity and Other Financial Markets Political Change and the Financial Markets Public Funds, 'Price-Keeping Operations' Deregulation and 'Big Bang' PART IV: SOME STICKY QUESTIONS The Cost of Capital in Japan and Semantics of the Bubble Japanese Equity Market Valuation Concluding Remarks

Reviews

This is a useful handbook for anyone contemplating investing in Japanese markets. - Foreign Affairs .. .it combines a solid grounding in economic theory with an empirical richness that would require a year's subscription to Euromoney and Institutional Investor to match...I would recommend this book... - Journal of Asian Studies


-This is a useful handbook for anyone contemplating investing in Japanese markets.- - Foreign Affairs -...it combines a solid grounding in economic theory with an empirical richness that would require a year's subscription to Euromoney and Institutional Investor to match...I would recommend this book...- - Journal of Asian Studies


This is a useful handbook for anyone contemplating investing in Japanese markets. - Foreign Affairs ...it combines a solid grounding in economic theory with an empirical richness that would require a year's subscription to Euromoney and Institutional Investor to match...I would recommend this book... - Journal of Asian Studies


Author Information

RICHARD BEASON is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business, the University of Alberta, Canada JASON JAMES is a strategist at James Cabel, Tokyo.

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