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Industry policy in Taiwan and Korea in the 1980s : winning with the market Heather Smith

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar 2000Description: 288 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1840642491
  • 9781840642490
  • 9780130303660
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. The Role of Government in the Industrialisation of Taiwan and Korea 1 2. Taiwan's Industry Policy in the 1980s 50 3. Korea's Industry Policy Legacy 92 4. Picking Winners or Sustaining Losers? 131 5. Did Industrial Policy Really Contribute to Industrial Upgrading? 160 6. Determinants of Industrial Competitiveness 182 7. Did Industry Policy Interventions Result in Sustained Productivity and Export Growth? 203 8. Revision of the Revisionists: the 1997-8 Asian Crisis 226 Appendices 236 Bibliography
Summary: Reignites the contentious debate on the role of the state using East Asian economic development in general as an example, with particular emphasis on Taiwan and Korea. Draws on quantitative techniques to analyze the view that industry policy interventions were a necessary factor explaining Taiwan's economic performance in the 1980s. Lessons for other countries are drawn from the comparative industrialization experience of Taiwan and Korea. Smith is research fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University.
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HC430.5 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 53503 Available BK130146

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. The Role of Government in the Industrialisation of Taiwan and Korea 1
2. Taiwan's Industry Policy in the 1980s 50
3. Korea's Industry Policy Legacy 92
4. Picking Winners or Sustaining Losers? 131
5. Did Industrial Policy Really Contribute to Industrial Upgrading? 160
6. Determinants of Industrial Competitiveness 182
7. Did Industry Policy Interventions Result in Sustained Productivity and Export Growth? 203
8. Revision of the Revisionists: the 1997-8 Asian Crisis 226
Appendices 236
Bibliography

Reignites the contentious debate on the role of the state using East Asian economic development in general as an example, with particular emphasis on Taiwan and Korea. Draws on quantitative techniques to analyze the view that industry policy interventions were a necessary factor explaining Taiwan's economic performance in the 1980s. Lessons for other countries are drawn from the comparative industrialization experience of Taiwan and Korea. Smith is research fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University.

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