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Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
JST4190
Advanced studies in Japanese economics
Takamichi Mito
12 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: A
Japanese studies sequence or economics or management or prior permission of the
instructor
Synopsis This subject introduces the students to the contemporary
Japanese political economy. The major objective is to understand its
fundamental characteristics and major issues including contending perspectives
on the Japanese `economic miracle', industrial policy, international finance,
investment and trade. Students who have not studied this subject at the
undergraduate level are required to attend two additional hours of
undergraduate lectures per week.
Assessment Written (4500 words): 50% + Test (3 hours): 40% + Seminar
participation (1500 words): 10%
Preliminary reading
- Allen G C The Japanese economy St Martins, 1981
Recommended texts
- Ito T The Japanese economy MIT Press, 1992
- Mito T Contending perspectives on the Japanese `Economic miracle'
(Working Papers in Japanese Studies No. 2) Japanese Studies Centre, Monash U,
1992
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