Economic Analysis of Industrial Policy (Hardcover)

Intended for upper-level graduate students and professionals interested in industrial policy in general, and particularly in post-war Japan, this book is written by four prominent Japanese economists. A preliminary step for building a general theoretical framework for analyzing industrial policies, it achieves this goal by analyzing industrial policies in terms of economic theory, discussing the various frameworks suitable for evaluating these industrial policies in an objective manner, and by determining which policy measures are appropriate if an industrial policy is to be implemented.