A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and German Economic Success

This major study is a joint undertaking of the two economic research institutes: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, München, which is one of the six best economic research institutes in Germany, and Sakura Institute of Research, which is the think-tank affiliates of Sakura Bank, a major city bank in Japan.

Inhalt
I Background of Japanese and German Economies.- 1. Historical and Cultural Background.- 2. Immediate Post-war Situation.- II Economic Development after World War II.- 3. Phases of Economic Development.- 4. Political and Social Systems.- 5. Factors of Production: Capital.- 6. Factors of Production: Labour.- 7. Factors of Production: Technology.- III Economic and Social Policies and Corporate Systems.- 8. Fiscal and Monetary Policies.- 9. Competition Policy.- 10. Trade and Capital Transaction Policies.- 11. Industrial Policy.- 12. Social Policy.- 13. Corporate Systems.- IV Challenges and Responses towards Important External Shocks.- 14. Oil Shocks.- 15. Exchange Rate Changes.- 16. Environmental Problems.- V Development in Selected Industrial Sectors.- 17. Chemical Industry.- 18. Steel Industry.- 19. Machine Tool Industry.- 20. Automobile Industry.- 21. Consumer Electronics Industry.- Epilogue.