The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy

by Thomas F. Cargill, Takatoshi Ito, Michael M. Hutchison

Investigates the formulation and execution of monetary and financial policies in Japan within a broad technical, political, and institutional context. The text focuses on the period since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in the early 1970s, and on the effects of policies and institutions in shaping the modern Japanese economy. The authors present basic themes and recent developments, as well as their own research findings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262032473
• ISBN13: 9780262032476
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"