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Explores the politics and economics of the Abe government and evaluates major policies, such as Abenomics policy reforms.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. The political economy of the Abe government Takeo Hoshi and Phillip Y. Lipscy; Part II. Political Context: 2. Expansion of the Japanese Prime Minister's power and transformation of Japanese politics Harukata Takenaka; 3. Why does the Abe government's approval rating always recover? Masaru Kohno; 4. The LDP under Abe Yukio Maeda and Steven R. Reed; 5. The third arrow of Abenomics: est. in 2013 - or 2007? Takatoshi Ito; Part III. Macroeconomic Policy: 6. Abenomics, monetary policy, and consumption Joshua K. Hausman, Takashi Unayama and Johannes F. Wieland; 7. The great disconnect: the decoupling of wage and price inflation in Japan Takeo Hoshi and Anil K. Kashyap; 8. Abenomics, the exchange rate, and markup dynamics in Japanese industries Kyoji Fukao and Shuichiro Nishioka; 9. The crisis that wasn't: How Japan has avoided a bond market panic Mark Bamba and David E. Weinstein; Part IV. Third Arrow of Abenomics: 10. Abe's slight left turn: how a labor shortage transformed politics and policy Steven K. Vogel; 11. Abe's Womenomics policy: did it reduce the gender gap in management? Nobuko Nagase; 12. Corporate governance reforms under Abenomics: the economic consequences of two codes Hideaki Miyajima and Takuji Saito; 13. Abenomics and Japan's entrepreneurship and innovation: is the third arrow pointed in the right direction for global competition in the silicon valley era? Kenji E. Kushida; 14. Japanese agricultural reform under Abenomics Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu; 15. The politics of energy and climate change in Japan under the Abe government Trevor Incerti and Phillip Y. Lipscy; Part V. Foreign Policy: 16. Japan's defense reforms under Abe: assessing institutional and policy change Adam P. Liff; 17. The enduring challenges of history issues Mary M. McCarthy.
Summary
This volume examines the political economy of the Abe government and 'Abenomics' reforms. The Abe government represents a major turning point in postwar Japan. How did Abe remain in power for so long? How successful was Abenomics? What are the implications for broader debates in political science and economics?
