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James Mak |
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Developing a Dream Destination is an interpretive history of tourism and tourism policy development in Hawaiëi from the 1960s to the twenty-first century. Part 1 looks at the many changes in tourism since statehood (1959) and tourismís imprint on Hawaiëi. Part 2 reviews the development of public policy toward tourism, beginning with a story of the planning process that started around 1970óa full decade before the first comprehensive State Tourism Plan was crafted and implemented. It also examines state government policies and actions taken relative to the taxation of tourism, tourism promotion, convention center development and financing, the environment, Honolulu Countyís efforts to improve Waikiki, and how the Neighbor Islands have coped with explosive tourism growth. Along the way, author James Mak offers interpretations of what has worked, what has not, and why. He concludes with a chapter on the lessons learned while developing a dream destination over the past half century.
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Sumner La Croix and Price Fishback, et al. |
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The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. The volume chronicles the significance of Americaís open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story.
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Sumner La Croix and Peter A. Petri |
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Challenges to the Global Trading System: Adjustment to Globalization in the Asia-Pacific Region
2007 - Routledge |
In this volume La Croix and Petri collect essays debating the state of globalization. Participants of the 30th Pacific Trade and Development Conference discuss globalization's prospects in East Asia and the effects that that region's localized trade has had on world-wide globalization.
International trade within the East Asian region has strengthened, but globalization is flagging. Participants of the 30th Pacific Trade and Development Conference discuss globalization's prospects, asking whether globalization has terminally weakened or if a resurgence is possible. The essays collected in this volume also examine the global and local effects of globalization with new data, touching on the location of pollution-intensive industries, outsourcing, and international security.
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Andrew Mason and Mitoshi Yamaguchi, eds. |
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Population Change, Labor Markets and Sustainable Growth: Towards a New Economic Paradigm
March 2007 - Elsevier |
The most rapidly growing demographic groups in many countries are those in their 70s, 80s, and older. The contributions to this volume are concerned primarily with the economic implications of and the policy responses to these demographic changes, highlighting the economic and social adjustments being pursued by Japan, but treating also a variety of other industrialized nations facing the same demographic crisis. Intended primarily for professionals and graduate students, the volume is number 281 in the Elsevier series "Contributions to Economic Analysis."
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PingSun Leung, ed. |
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Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market, & Trade
August 2006 - Blackwell |
Shrimp is the most important commodity, by value, in the international seafood trade. This volume brings together recent findings of researchers from around the world working in various aspects of the economics, trade, and markets for shrimp worldwide, with chapters written by experts from major consuming countries such as the U.S.A. and major providers such as China, Thailand, and Brazil.
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Magnus Blomstrom and Sumner La Croix, eds. |
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Institutional Change in Japan
June 2006 - Routledge |
This volume examines the effect Japan's prolonged economic stagnation has had on its financial and cultural institutions. The contributors argue that, contrary to popular belief, these institutions have undergone significant change during this period.
Topics include the origin, development, and adaptations of these core institutions--financial institutions, as well as the systems of corporate governance, lifetime employment and amakudari. Discussion also includes international comparisons between Japan's institutional changes and the reforms that have recently taken place in Korea, Scandinavia, Switzerland, and New Zealand, as well as a historical comparison with Meiji Japan.
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Chung Lee, ed. |
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Financial Liberalization and the Economic Crisis in Asia
December 2003 - Routledge |
In a series of case studies dealing with the "miracle economies" of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand, Professor Lee examines the process of financial liberalization and tackles the question of what went wrong.
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James Mak |
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How can the undeniable economic power of tourism be reconciled with its social and cultural repercussions, in order to best meet the needs of the host community? Professor Mak deals with this issue in this accessibly written, but highly scholastic, work.
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Andrew Mason, ed. |
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Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized
January 2002 - Stanford University Press |
In this book, Professor Mason argues for a reexamination of the role changing demographics played in the stunning economic development of East Asia during the latter half of the last century and, therefore, the role that demographics play in the decline East Asia is currently experiencing.
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Magnus Blomstrom, Byron Gangnes, and Sumner La Croix, eds. |
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Taking a unique approach to the problem of Japan's economy, this volume examines the institutions and policies that have already affected Japan and also forecasts the future changes that will affect Japan over the next decade.
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Seiji F. Naya, Michael G. Plummer, eds. |
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The Economics of the Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative |
The Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative (EAI), as envisaged in 2002 by the Bush administration, is set to be a landmark in U.S.-ASEAN trade relations. This study provides detailed background, an analytical overview, and a map to the unfolding negotiations. It includes: a qualitative and quantitative review of the U.S.-ASEAN economic relationship, in-depth analysis of policy considerations and stakes in the EAI from both the U.S. and ASEAN member-state perspectives, a survey of the modern theories of free trade areas (FTAs) and empirical testing of the economics of the EAI itself.
Using the U.S.-Singapore FTA as a reference point, this study identifies and highlights the special bilateral issues that will likely be involoved in the ongoing EAI FTA negotiations. The EAI is considered in the context of a changing global, Asia-Pacific and sub-regional environment. Finally, the book makes a case for the EAI, focusing on policy motivations - that is, as a defensive strategy for ASEAN and a proactive commercial policy approach for the United States - as well as being a strategic imperative for both.
The Economics of the Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative is intended to inform governmental, and nongovernmental policy-makers, trade analysts, economists, and researchers who need to have a comprehensive guide to this major trade initiative. |
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James Mak, et al., eds. |
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This volume provides an approachable summary of the economic situation in Japan, in mundane cultural terms (e.g., "Why don't Japanese use personal checking accounts?"). Covering the substance of much recent scholarship in the field, the book is a useful resource for those new to the study of the Japanese economy.
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