Trade and structural change in Pacific Asia (University of Chicago Press, 1987)
Papers from a symposium entitled "Global implications of the trade patterns of East and Southeast Asia, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 4-6, 1984 sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Malaysian Economic Association
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Trade and Structural Change in Pacific Asia; Contents; Overview; I. Introduction; II. Pacific Asia in Global Trade Patterns; III. Structural Change and Transitional Growth in Pacific Asia; IV. The Gang of Four: The Pacific Asian Newly Industrializing Countries; V. The ASEAN Four: Next-Tier Newly Industrializing Countries?; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
The rapid development of Pacific Asia over the past twenty years offers an excellent opportunity to analyze the dynamics of economic growth. Trade and Structural Change in Pacific Asia explores the nature and causes of changes that have occurred in the economic structure of Pacific Asia, the relationship between these changes and economic growth, and the implications of these changes for trading relationships. Themes in the research reported here includes the sectoral composition of output and trade; rates of structural change in production and exports and their relation to economic growth; th