ANU - STUDYAT - Jap Economy & Eco Policy

Offered By:

School of Economics

Academic Career:

Undergraduate

Course Subject:

Economics

Offered in:

ECON2008 will not be offered in 2010

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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