Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia
376 pages
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76 line drawings, 99 tables
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6 x 9
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© 2007
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- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose
I. FISCAL SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Puzzling Tax Structures in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Two Alternative Explanations
Roger Gordon and Wei Li
Comment: Francis T. Lui
Comment: Michael M. Alba
II. THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY ON PRIVATE BEHAVIOR
2. The Direct Substitution between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
Yum K. Kwan
Comment: Kiyoshi Mitsui
Comment: Mario B. Lamberte
3. Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Korea
Seok-Kyun Hur
Comment: Wei Li
Comment: Yum K. Kwan
4. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
Raj Chetty and Adam Looney
Comment: Roger Gordon
Comment: Mario B. Lamberte
III. INTERNATIONAL LONG-RUN SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
5. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China
Hans Fehr, Sabine Jokisch, and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: Yasushi Iwamoto
Comment: Cielito F. Habito
6. External Debt, Adjustment, and Growth
Delano P. Villanueva and Robert S. Mariano
Comment: Francis T. Lui
IV. SUSTAINABILITY: COUNTRY ISSUES
7. Australian Government Balance Sheet Management
Wilson Au-Yeung, Jason McDonald, and Amanda Saygh
Comment: Youngsun Koh
Comment: Corrine Ho
8. Dealing with Contingent Liabilities: The Philippines
Gilberto M. Llanto
Comment: Jason McDonald
Comment: Shigeki Kunieda
9. Reforming the Fiscal Management System in Korea
Youngsun Koh
Comment: Gilberto M. Llanto
Comment: Chong-Hyun Nam
10. Population Aging, Fiscal Policies, and National Saving: Predictions for the Korean Economy
Young Jun Chun
Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: Shigeki Kunieda
11. Sustainability, Debt Management, and Public Policy in Japan
Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori, and Kiyoshi Mitsui
Comment: Dante B. Canlas
12. Policy Options for Financing Future Health and Long-Term Care Costs in Japan
Tadashi Fukui and Yasushi Iwamoto
Comment: Epictetus Patalinghug
Comment: Raj Chetty
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Introduction
Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose
I. FISCAL SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Puzzling Tax Structures in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Two Alternative Explanations
Roger Gordon and Wei Li
Comment: Francis T. Lui
Comment: Michael M. Alba
II. THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY ON PRIVATE BEHAVIOR
2. The Direct Substitution between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
Yum K. Kwan
Comment: Kiyoshi Mitsui
Comment: Mario B. Lamberte
3. Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Korea
Seok-Kyun Hur
Comment: Wei Li
Comment: Yum K. Kwan
4. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
Raj Chetty and Adam Looney
Comment: Roger Gordon
Comment: Mario B. Lamberte
III. INTERNATIONAL LONG-RUN SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
5. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China
Hans Fehr, Sabine Jokisch, and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: Yasushi Iwamoto
Comment: Cielito F. Habito
6. External Debt, Adjustment, and Growth
Delano P. Villanueva and Robert S. Mariano
Comment: Francis T. Lui
IV. SUSTAINABILITY: COUNTRY ISSUES
7. Australian Government Balance Sheet Management
Wilson Au-Yeung, Jason McDonald, and Amanda Saygh
Comment: Youngsun Koh
Comment: Corrine Ho
8. Dealing with Contingent Liabilities: The Philippines
Gilberto M. Llanto
Comment: Jason McDonald
Comment: Shigeki Kunieda
9. Reforming the Fiscal Management System in Korea
Youngsun Koh
Comment: Gilberto M. Llanto
Comment: Chong-Hyun Nam
10. Population Aging, Fiscal Policies, and National Saving: Predictions for the Korean Economy
Young Jun Chun
Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: Shigeki Kunieda
11. Sustainability, Debt Management, and Public Policy in Japan
Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori, and Kiyoshi Mitsui
Comment: Dante B. Canlas
12. Policy Options for Financing Future Health and Long-Term Care Costs in Japan
Tadashi Fukui and Yasushi Iwamoto
Comment: Epictetus Patalinghug
Comment: Raj Chetty
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Review Quotes
Peter S. Heller | Asian Pacific Economic Literature
"A welcome addition to the existing literature, providing not only a fascinating set of studies relating to Asian and Pacific countries but also focusing on issues such as fiscal sustainability, which receive only passing mention in public finance textbooks. . . . This is not only a book of interest to academicians, but one that provides important messages for policy makers struggling to address the looming problems of ageing populations and pension and medical care reform."
Satoshi Shimizutani | Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
"This book offers many new empirical results and useful insights into important aspects of fiscal management in an international perspective. . . . I am particularly taken with the new household-level studies which are producing useful policy implications for fiscal management."
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