AEAS 2108 Japan’s Political Economy/ Japan’s Economy between market - Einzelansicht

Topics
1.    Introduction: Societal trends, political continuities, economic foundations
2.    Labour market and society
3.    Monetary policy: The Bank of Japan
4.    Fiscal policy: The bubble’s legacy
5.    Culture and economic explanation
6.    Entrepreneurship and innovation

This course consists of two parts:
(A) “Japan’s Economy between Market, State and Society” (6 Sessions)
(B) “Project Study: Topical Issues of Japan’s Political Economy ” (starts on January 12th, follow-up appointments by arrangement)

Part (A) introduces the main issues connecting economic actors, government and
society at large. The series of lectures is designed to provide an overview and
motivate students to identify a research question of their own to be presented
in Part (B) of the course. The sessions ins the latter part of the course will
come with individual presentations of research topics chosen by the students.

Presentations are set between 15 and 20 mins and are meant to include the students’
current work-in-progress. By means of a 10-15 minutes discussion presenters will
have a chance to collect feedback on their work and may draw important hints as
to the composition of their term paper.

- Presentation (20-30 mins and moderation of a 10-15 minute group discussion)
- Full term paper (around 6500 words)