This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the consequent policy challenges.The expert contributors illustrate that the rise of China and its integration with the rest of the world is one of the most important developments in the global economy. Over the past thirty years or so, China's economy has grown at nearly ten percent per annum with the expansion of the modern, export-oriented industrial sector, to become the third largest economy in the world and the second largest in trade. This book reviews the economic growth of East Asian countries since the 1990s and the various impacts that the rise of China has had on these countries. In particular, it addresses policy challenges faced in coping with the rise of China and maintaining economic growth.This timely book will strongly appeal to academics and researchers focusing on East Asia and China as well as those interested in international trade, development and economic growth.
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This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China’s rise and the consequent policy challenges.
Contents: Introduction Takatoshi Ito and Chin Hee Hahn PART I: CHINA AS A GROWTH ENGINE OF ASIA AND THE WORLD 1. Post-1990s’ East Asian Economic Growth Danny Quah 2. China’s Economic Rise and its Impact Zhang Yunling 3. China’s Rise and East Asian Economies: Towards a Sino-Centric Regional Grouping? John Wong PART Ⅱ: IMPACTS ON KOREA’S ECONOMY 4. Understanding the Post-Crisis Growth of the Korean Economy: Growth Accounting and Cross-Country Regessions Chin Hee Hahn and Sukha Shin 5. The Economic Growth of Korea Since the 1990s: Identifying Contributing Factors from Demand and Supply Sides Seok-Kyun Hur PART Ⅲ: IMPACTS ON KOREAN FIRMS AND WORKERS 6. China’s Rise and Production and Investment Growth in Korean Manufacturing Industries: Channels and the Effects Chin Hee Hahn and Yong-Seok Choi 7. The Impact of Outward FDI on Export Activities: Evidence from the Korean Case Siwook Lee 8. The Rise of the Chinese Economy and Korea’s Job Growth Dae Il Kim PART Ⅳ: IMPACTS ON OTHER COUNTRIES 9. The Rise of China and the Sustained Recovery of Japan Shin-ichi Fukuda 10. East Asian Production Networks and the Rise of China Fukunari Kimura 11. The Rise of China and Structural Change in Thailand Kanit Sangsubhan Index
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ISBN
9781848448551
Publisert
2010-05-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
352

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Edited by Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, US, Senior Professor, National Graduate Institute for Public Studies and RIETI and Chin Hee Hahn, Associate Professor of Economics, Gachon University, Seoul, Korea