Taiwan's Economic Transformation : Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965

ISBN-13: 9780415665902 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 176 str.

Tai-Chun Kuo; Ramon H. Myers

Opis

This text tells the of Taiwan's economic revolution, how it transformed itself from into a market economy. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to transform into one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Spis treści

1. Posing the Problem  2. Taiwan’s Political Economy in Historical Perspective, 1683-1945  3. Taiwan’s Command Economy and the Tipping Point, 1945-1952  4. The First Debate, 1952-1954: Command Economy or Market Economy?  5. The Second Debate, 1954-1958: How to Restructure the Trade System?  6. The Third Debate, 1959 to 1960: Whether to Promote Foreign Investment?  7. Political Leadership, Institutional Change, and the Rise of a Modern Market Economy  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Tai-Chun Kuo is Research Fellow and Ramon H. Myers is Senior Fellow, bothat the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA.