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Papers by Michael Smitka
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1996
World War II and the Transformation of Business Systems: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference. Edit... more World War II and the Transformation of Business Systems: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference. Edited by Jun Sakudo and Takao Shiba. The International Conference on Business History, Vol. 20 (January 1993 Fuji Conference). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1994. ...
The American Historical Review, Jan 1, 2011
Journal of Comparative Economics, Jan 1, 1991
Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building. Trumpington St... more Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building. Trumpington Street. Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street. New York. NY 10011-421 1 , USA 10 Stamford Road. Oakleigh, Victoria 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1990 First ...
Journal of economic literature, Jan 1, 1995
wlu.edu
Japan's post-WWII baby boom and the subsequent drop in fertility resulted in a series of sharp de... more Japan's post-WWII baby boom and the subsequent drop in fertility resulted in a series of sharp demographic transitions. The macroeconomic impact is large. Due to labor force changes, growth in the 1990s would in any event have been in the range of 1-2%, little better than actual performance; poor monetary and fiscal policy are secondary in importance. Demographic changes also led to swings in domestic savings and investment balances and in the flow-of-funds among sectors. With hindsight it should not be surprising that policymakers made major blunders or that financial institutions incurred large losses attempting to adapt to swings in the structure of their balance sheets. Finally, Japan now faces the demographic transition to an old-age society, from a starting point of large fiscal deficits and with a large stock of government debt. Restoring fiscal sustainability on top of the need to increase revenues to cover age-related transfers will require net taxes to increase by 19% of GDP. Accomplishing that will be a major political and administrative challenge and will inevitably hold growth below its 1% potential level during the coming decade.
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1995
... The Japanese iron and steel industry, 1850-1990: Continuity and discontinuity. Post a Comment... more ... The Japanese iron and steel industry, 1850-1990: Continuity and discontinuity. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Yonekura, Seiichiråo. PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1994. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0312106734 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
Asian Politics & Policy, Jan 1, 2010
Journal of economic literature, Jan 1, 1989
Business History Review, Jan 1, 1994
Page 1. Book Reviews I 321 enterprises are potentially useful for broadening the perspective, but... more Page 1. Book Reviews I 321 enterprises are potentially useful for broadening the perspective, but at present they remain undeveloped and unconvincing. This book, then, admirably breaks with the old notion of rural society as ...
Journal of …, Jan 1, 1995
... Robert J. Flanagan Isaiah Frank Jacob A. Frenkel Gottfried Haberler David D. Hale Mahbub ul H... more ... Robert J. Flanagan Isaiah Frank Jacob A. Frenkel Gottfried Haberler David D. Hale Mahbub ul Haq Dale E. Hathaway Nurul Islam Peter B ... of the security blanket that required previous leaders in both countries, in the interest of maintaining their anticommunist alliance, to resolve ...
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1997
... It therefore stands in sharp contrast to cooperative-functional theories of Japanese industri... more ... It therefore stands in sharp contrast to cooperative-functional theories of Japanese industrial policy, a broad body of work that includes among its sharpest advocates "revisionists" like Chalmers Johnson, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, and Karel van Wol-feren,1 and that argues that ...
tnimeo, Japan Economic Seminar, Jan 1, 1987
Abstract This paper makes two points. The first is an empirical one, that the employees of a Japa... more Abstract This paper makes two points. The first is an empirical one, that the employees of a Japanese firm are very homogeneous; firms are observed to pull their employees from only one segment of the labor market. The second is a theoretical one, that the consideration of ...
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1996
World War II and the Transformation of Business Systems: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference. Edit... more World War II and the Transformation of Business Systems: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference. Edited by Jun Sakudo and Takao Shiba. The International Conference on Business History, Vol. 20 (January 1993 Fuji Conference). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1994. ...
The American Historical Review, Jan 1, 2011
Journal of Comparative Economics, Jan 1, 1991
Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building. Trumpington St... more Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building. Trumpington Street. Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street. New York. NY 10011-421 1 , USA 10 Stamford Road. Oakleigh, Victoria 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1990 First ...
Journal of economic literature, Jan 1, 1995
wlu.edu
Japan's post-WWII baby boom and the subsequent drop in fertility resulted in a series of sharp de... more Japan's post-WWII baby boom and the subsequent drop in fertility resulted in a series of sharp demographic transitions. The macroeconomic impact is large. Due to labor force changes, growth in the 1990s would in any event have been in the range of 1-2%, little better than actual performance; poor monetary and fiscal policy are secondary in importance. Demographic changes also led to swings in domestic savings and investment balances and in the flow-of-funds among sectors. With hindsight it should not be surprising that policymakers made major blunders or that financial institutions incurred large losses attempting to adapt to swings in the structure of their balance sheets. Finally, Japan now faces the demographic transition to an old-age society, from a starting point of large fiscal deficits and with a large stock of government debt. Restoring fiscal sustainability on top of the need to increase revenues to cover age-related transfers will require net taxes to increase by 19% of GDP. Accomplishing that will be a major political and administrative challenge and will inevitably hold growth below its 1% potential level during the coming decade.
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1995
... The Japanese iron and steel industry, 1850-1990: Continuity and discontinuity. Post a Comment... more ... The Japanese iron and steel industry, 1850-1990: Continuity and discontinuity. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Yonekura, Seiichiråo. PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1994. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0312106734 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
Asian Politics & Policy, Jan 1, 2010
Journal of economic literature, Jan 1, 1989
Business History Review, Jan 1, 1994
Page 1. Book Reviews I 321 enterprises are potentially useful for broadening the perspective, but... more Page 1. Book Reviews I 321 enterprises are potentially useful for broadening the perspective, but at present they remain undeveloped and unconvincing. This book, then, admirably breaks with the old notion of rural society as ...
Journal of …, Jan 1, 1995
... Robert J. Flanagan Isaiah Frank Jacob A. Frenkel Gottfried Haberler David D. Hale Mahbub ul H... more ... Robert J. Flanagan Isaiah Frank Jacob A. Frenkel Gottfried Haberler David D. Hale Mahbub ul Haq Dale E. Hathaway Nurul Islam Peter B ... of the security blanket that required previous leaders in both countries, in the interest of maintaining their anticommunist alliance, to resolve ...
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 1997
... It therefore stands in sharp contrast to cooperative-functional theories of Japanese industri... more ... It therefore stands in sharp contrast to cooperative-functional theories of Japanese industrial policy, a broad body of work that includes among its sharpest advocates "revisionists" like Chalmers Johnson, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, and Karel van Wol-feren,1 and that argues that ...
tnimeo, Japan Economic Seminar, Jan 1, 1987
Abstract This paper makes two points. The first is an empirical one, that the employees of a Japa... more Abstract This paper makes two points. The first is an empirical one, that the employees of a Japanese firm are very homogeneous; firms are observed to pull their employees from only one segment of the labor market. The second is a theoretical one, that the consideration of ...