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

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Smith, Heather [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar 2000Description: 288 pagesContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

1840642491
9781840642490
9780130303660

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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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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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