Informality and Monetary Policy in Japan: The Political Economy of Bank Performance - Hardcover

Van Rixtel, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521781795 ISBN 13: 9780521781794

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

The success (and misfortunes) of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in modern economics. Many explanations focus on cultural and institutional factors, and in particular the role of 'Informality' (networks organizing business activity and government policy). Adrian van Rixtel, an economist at the European Central Bank, provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. Having been based in Japan for three years, two years of which were spent at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, he is able to bring a unique 'insider-outsider' perspective to the subject.

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Book Description

Provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. The author, having spent two years at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, offers a unique 'insider-outsider' perspective.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521781795
• ISBN 13: 9780521781794
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 420