its relevance for developing and transforming economies /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Masahiko Aoki and Hugh Patrick.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxii, 651 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword / Michael Bruno -- Introduction / Masahiko Aoki and Hugh Patrick -- 1. The Japanese Main Bank System: An Introductory Overview / Masahiko Aoki, Hugh Patrick and Paul Sheard -- 2. Loan Syndication in War-Time Japan and the Origins of the Main Bank System / Juro Teranishi -- 3. Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks for the Main Bank System / Kazuo Ueda -- 4. Monitoring Characteristics of the Main Bank System: An Analytical and Developmental View / Masahiko Aoki -- 5. The Role of Long-Term Credit Banks within the Main Bank System / Frank Packer -- 6. Main Banks and the Governance of Financial Distress / Paul Sheard -- 7. Explicit Reasons for Implicit Contracts: The Legal Logic to the Japanese Main Bank System / J. Mark Ramseyer -- 8. The Effect of Firm Status on Banking Relationships and Loan Syndication / Toshihiro Horiuchi -- 9. The Development of Main Bank Managerial Capacity / Satoshi Sunamura.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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One conclusion that emerges is that banking-based systems are in most cases the most appropriate for industrial financing until a rather late stage of a country's economic and financial development. The volume aims to identify the conditions under which banks are better able than securities market institutions to evaluate the creditworthiness of borrowers and the viability of new projects, to monitor the ongoing performance of firms, and to rescue or liquidate firms in distress. This is the result of a major Economic Development Institute of the World Bank research project, in cooperation with the Center for Economic Policy at Stanford University and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia University, that brought together some of the best scholars in the field, and will be of interest to Japan specialists and those with a general interest in systems of finance.
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This definitive description and analysis of the Japanese main bank system describes a form of relationship banking of significant theoretical and policy interest. As well as being important in its own right, the system also has relevance for developing market economies and transforming socialist economies; the extent of this relevance is another aspect of this thorough empirical and theoretical analysis based on both Japanese and non-Japanese expertise. The basic characteristics of the main bank system are examined here - its roots, development, and role in the heyday of Japan's post-war rapid growth - and its performance, strengths, and weaknesses are observed. The volume goes on to examine how the system has changed and what its appropriate role is as deregulation, liberalization, and internationalization of Japan's financial markets have proceeded over the past two decades and a new issue securities market has blossomed.