Japan since 1980 /
Thomas F. Cargill, Takayuki Sakamoto.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xiv, 314 p. : ill., forms.; 23 cm.
- The World Since 1980 Series .
Includes bibliographical references: (p. 299-306) and index
Introduction and overview-- Economic and political institutions in the 1970s-- The "High-water mark" od the japanese economy- a model of financial liberalization: 1980 to 1985-- Am accident waiting to happen- the bubble economy from 1985 to 1990-- Economic and financial distress from 1990 to 2001 and the Turning Point-- Why Did the economic and financial distress last so long?-- The transition of political institutions in the 1990s and the New Century-- Political economy of Japan's fiscal program-- Koizumi administration's reform in broad perspective: fiscal consolidation and Market reform.