ECON2008 Japanese Economy and Economic Policy

Later Year Course

Offered By	School of Economics
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Economics
Offered in	Second Semester, 2011
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course is designed to introduce students to the operation and management of the Japanese economy and its impact on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Stress will be given to the analytic and policy interest in the operation and management of an economic system built on different social and institutional foundations from that of our own and the interaction between the Japanese economy and other economies, particularly the Australian economy.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the course the students will have a good understanding of the operation of the Japanese economy and of how to apply economic analysis to current issues facing Japan. They will learn about the nature of public policy choices in Japan and they will also understand current issues in the Australia-Japan relationship. They will have had the experience of producing two pieces of written work, one of which is a research-based essay.
Indicative Assessment	Assignments are prescribed as well as an examination at the end of the semester.
Workload	Three contact hours per week throughout the semester.
Areas of Interest	Economics
Requisite Statement	Completion of or concurrent enrolment in ECON2101/2111 Microeconomics 2 (P or H).
Incompatibility	with ASIA2023 Japanese Economic Development Since World War II
Prescribed Texts	See course website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON2008/
Preliminary Reading	Drysdale, P. and Gower, L. (eds), Japanese Economy and Economic Policy, vols I-VIII, Routledge, 1998 Flath, D., The Japanese Economy, Oxford University Press, 2000 Drysdale, P., International Economic Pluralism: Economic Policy in East Asia and the Pacific, AllenU or Columbia UP, 1988 Garnaut, R. and Drysdale, P. (eds), Asia Pacific Regionalis: Readings in International Economic Relations, Harper, Educational in association with Australia-Japan Research Centre, 1994
Indicative Reading List	See course website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON2008/
Majors/Specialisations	Cognitive Major (Contemporary Asian Societies)
Other Information	For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON2008
Academic Contact	See: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON2008/

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