OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

02s-7
ECONOMY AND ECONOMICS IN JAPAN

Yuzo HONDA (School of Economics)

Objective
This course provides an introductory overview on the Japanese Economy. The course takes the standard economics approach to describe the Japanese economy, but at the same time tries to illuminate characteristics different from those of other advanced countries.

Textbook
Ito Takatoshi, The Japanese Economy, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992.

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
3. Economic Growth
4. Business Cycles and Economic Policies
5. Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
6. Public Finance and Fiscal Policies
7. Industrial Structure and Policy
8. The Labor Market
9. Saving and the Cost of Capital
10. International Trade
11. International Finance

Grading
To be announced at the first meeting of class.