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JST4910

Advanced studies in Australia-Japan economic relations

Proposed to be offered next in 1998

12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: A Japanese studies sequence, politics, economics, finance or management or the permission of the instructor

Synopsis This subject reviews the economic relationship between Japan and Australia. It examines major issues in Australian exports and imports, marketing and distribution, Japanese investment in Australia, the transfer of Japanese management and technology into Australia, Japanese tourism and the implications of Australia-Japan economic relations for Pacific economic cooperation. 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 and assignments (1500 words): 10%

Preliminary reading

Allen G C The Japanese economy St Martins, 1981

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

Recommended texts

Drysdale P International economic pluralism Allen and Unwin, 1988

Drysdale P and others The Australia-Japan relationship: Towards 2000 Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU, 1989

Edgington Japanese business downunder: Pattern of Japanese investment in Australia Routledge, 1989


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