Liberalizing the Leviathans
Andreas Moerke, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo; Mark Tilton, Purdue University and Woodrow Wilson Center; Jay Tate, University of California at Berkeley
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Andreas Moerke, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo; Mark Tilton, Purdue University and Woodrow Wilson Center; Jay Tate, University of California at Berkeley
After years of economic sluggishness, Japan and Germany are confronting the question of how much to liberalize their economies. How free should markets be? How fast and how far should deregulation go? In what ways are relations among firms changing to adapt to increased competition? This panel will compare the impact of international trade in the two countries, paying particular attention to competition policy in the key industry of telecommunications.
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Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
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