Description
This book provides an authoritative assessment of the 20th century performance of these countries, and in particular the factors contributing to the acceleration of Asian growth in the latter part of the century. The contributors look at Asia within a global perspective and detailed comparisons are drawn with Australia and the USA. Contributions from leading experts offer a comprehensive review of the procedures necessary to establish valid international comparisons for countries with very different economic histories and levels of development. These include methods of growth performance measurement and techniques of growth accounting.
The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century will be an indispensable new tool for policy analysts, international agencies and academic researchers.
About the Author
Edited by the late Angus Maddison, formerly of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, D.S. Prasada Rao, Professor and Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and William Shepherd, Emeritus Professor, Griffith University, Australia
Reviews
'. . . this book should be on the shelf of economists and economic historians interested in Asia.' -- J. Thomas Lindblad, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
'. . . this is a valuable collection of papers, which students of long-term economic growth in Asia will certainly need to read and ponder. Sceptics of historical national accounting may not be completely won over, but they will be forced to acknowledge that we can learn much from careful quantitative studies of the kind presented here.' -- Anne Booth, The World Economy
'It would be a useful addition to faculty libraries in social science and business faculties. . . A book with a strong focus like this one and a wide regional range makes it a strong candidate for library purchase.' -- Malcolm Warner, Asia Pacific Business Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781840640458
Author Angus Maddison
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
