U.S.-Japan Economic Relations

Course Outline and Reading List

Session No. 2, September 6, 2000

• "The Japanese Economy in the 20th Century"

Session No. 3 & 4, September 13 & 20, 2000

• "The Japanese Economy in Transition"
• "What Happened to Japan's Economy in the 1990s?"

Session No. 6, October 4, 2000

• "Japan's Sogo Shosha: Old Dogs And New Tricks"

Session No. 10, November 1, 2000

• "Zooming in on Japan's Capital Flows"
• "The Long-Run Behavior of the Yen and the Dollar"

Session No. 11, November 8, 2000

• "U.S. Direct Investment in Japan"
• "Japanese Direct Investment in the United States: Revising and Updating Perceptions"

Session No. 13, November 22, 2000

• "Is Japan Really an Outlier?"
• "Structural Change and Adaptation"
• "Revisionism Revisited"

Session No. 14, November 29, 2000

• "Basic Research and Science in the Japanese Economy"

Session No. 15, December 6, 2000

• "Japan's Economic Future"