Currency Appreciation and Structural Economic Change. A Comparison of Experiences with Yen and Deutschmark Appreciation

How do Countries and Firms cope with structural change caused by currency revaluation? - This was the question asked of the participants of a joint Waseda-WHU-Conference held in Tokyo in 1996. This volume contains the papers presented, the statements by the discussants, and a summary of results.

Albach, H. and Carus, H. G.: Forword and Acknowledgements Albach, H.: Introduction Titzrath, A.: Deutschmark Appreciation and Economic Policy Schmidt, K.-D.: Deutschmark Appreciation and Structural Economic Change - An Overview of Economic Structural Reports Frenkel, M.: European Monetary Union and Economic Change Streib, F.: European Monetary Union and Economic Change - A Practitioner's View Tateishi, N.: The Appreciation of the Yen and Its Impact on Omron Management Furukawa, A.: Impact of endaka on the Japanese Economy - Introduction of Analyses in the Economic Whitepapers Waragai, T.: Farming Out of Japanese Industry - A Statistical Analysis of Structural changes Suzuki, T. A.: The Impact of High Yen Appreciation on the Labour Market in Japan Hosoya, Y.: Currency Fluctuation and International Trade Policy (Comment: G. Hinterhäuser) Taya, T.: Appreciation and International Capital Flow - Case Study: Japan Stechow, A. v.: The Impact of Yen Appreciation on German Firms in Japan (Comment: W. Haas) Nagaoka, S.: Currency Appreciation and Trade and Industrial Performance of Japan - A Note from a Comparative Perspective Lee, E. H.: The Impact of Yen Appreciation on Siemens Medical in Japan (Comment: L. Bonacker) Yamaguchi, K.: Short-term and Long-term Effects of Currency Appreciation to Japanese Institutional Investors (Comment: K.- D. Schmidt)