economic organization and international trade in South Korea and Taiwan /
Robert C. Feenstra, Gary G. Hamilton.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) :
illustrations
Structural analysis in the social sciences ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-454) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Business Groups and Economic Organization; Part II Emergence and Divergence of the Economies; Conclusions; Appendix A Mathematical Model of Business Groups; Appendix B Examples of Differential Pricing Practices of Korean Groups; Appendix C Hypothesis Tests of the Model; Appendix D The Role of Debt in the Korean Financial Crisis, 1997; References; Index.
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The economies of South Korea and Taiwan in the second half of the 20th century are to scholars of economic development what the economy of Britain in the late 18th and early 19th century is to economic historians. This book offers an original explanation of these development paths.