Inflation and Deflation in East Asia: 54 (Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, 54) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031279484 ISBN 13: 9783031279485

Publisher: Springer, 2023

Synopsis

In light of the deflationary trends following the 2008/2009 financial crisis, as well as the return of inflation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, this book offers insights into price stability issues in various East Asian countries.

Leading scholars from the fields of economics and law as well as central bank practitioners present case studies on Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. The contributors address topics such as quantitative monetary easing, the role of global and domestic shocks on inflation dynamics, and other monetary policy issues. In doing so, the book goes into detail about the individual forces and effects of deflation and inflation and compares the Asian experience with that of the Eurozone.

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About the Author

Frank Rövekamp is a professor for Asian Studies with a focus on Japan and director of the East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Germany. Formerly he worked for over 15 years in industry and held senior management positions in Germany, Japan and Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD in Business Studies from the University of Cologne. His current research interests include international monetary policy, trade policy and regional integration. 

Moritz Bälz, LL.M. (Harvard) is a professor of Japanese Law and its Cultural Foundations at the Faculty of Law of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, where he currently also serves as deputy director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO). Prior to assuming his current position in 2008, he for several years worked as an attorney with international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York and Frankfurt. His research focuses on Japanese business law from a comparative perspective and dispute resolution in Japan.

Hanns Günther Hilpert is Senior Fellow at the Asia Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (“Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik”, SWP), Berlin, Germany. Formerly he worked for the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich. He has written and published many books and articles on the Japanese economy and on Asian trade and economic integration. His current research focuses on various policy oriented economic issues of East Asia.

Wook Sohn is a professor of banking and finance and Associate Dean of the Office of Development Research and International Cooperation at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Rep. of Korea. He published many articles in academic journals and participated in consultation projects of the Korean, Hungarian, Cambodian, Omani and Mongolian governments. He was a visiting professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, and most recently, Executive Director of Economic Research Institute of Bank of Korea. He was awarded his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

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In light of the deflationary trends following the 2008/2009 financial crisis, as well as the return of inflation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, this book offers insights into price stability issues in various East Asian countries.

Leading scholars from the fields of economics and law as well as central bank practitioners present case studies on Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. The contributors address topics such as quantitative monetary easing, the role of global and domestic shocks on inflation dynamics, and other monetary policy issues. In doing so, the book goes into detail about the individual forces and effects of deflation and inflation and compares the Asian experience with that of the Eurozone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031279484
• ISBN 13: 9783031279485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 185
• Editor: Rövekamp Frank, Bälz Moritz, Hilpert Hanns Günther, Sohn Wook