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1. Japan's Financial Crisis : Institutional Rigidity and Reluctant Change

At the beginning of the 1990s, a massive speculative asset bubble burst in Japan, leaving the nation's banks with an enormous burden of nonperforming loans. Banking crises have become increasingly common across the globe, but what was distinctive about the Japanese case was the unusually long delay before the government intervened to aggressively address the bad debt problem. The postponed response by Japanese authorities to the nation's banking crisis has had enormous political and economic consequences for Japan as well as for the rest of the world. This book helps us understand the nature

2. Japan's financial crisis : institutional rigidity and reluctant change

Networks and state performance -- Pt. 1. Contours of Japan's financial policy networks. Finance ministry ties with the political arena -- Finance ministry ties with private and quasi-governmental financial institutions -- Finance ministry ties with other government agencies and the central bank -- Pt. 2. Evolution of network-based regulation. Institutional "fit" for rapid growth -- Slowed growth, institutional rigidity, and reforms postponed -- Network-managed forbearance after the "bubble" bursts -- Policy paralysis amid deepening crisis -- Pt. 3. Institutional change and system transition. A new regulatory and policymaking paradigm -- Why can't Japan get back on track? -- Conclusion

3. "Assessing Asia's efforts toward a regional monetary fund"

4. The political economy of the Japanese financial big bang : institutional change in finance and public policymaking

5. Reforming government-backed financial institutions : the battle for postal savings reform in Japan

6. A regional bond market for East Asia? : The evolving political dynamics of regional financial cooperation

7. A regional bond market for East Asia? : The evolving political dynamics of regional financial cooperation

8. Political dynamics of regional financial cooperation in East Asia : a comparative perspective

9. Japanese governance : beyond Japan Inc.

10. Moving beyond bilateralism? : Japan and the Asian Monetary Fund