CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Tom Oskar Martin Kronsjo: A Profile -- Biography of Contributors -- About the Editor -- Part 1. Growth and Development -- 1. The Sustained Growth and Its Relation to the Initial Conditions Makoto Takashima -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Recent Discussions about "Asian Miracle" -- 1.3. A Theoretical Model and Growth Paths -- 1.4. Initial Conditions and Policy Efforts -- 1.5. Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2. Population and Poverty: A General Equilibrium Approach Mats Lundahl -- 2.1. Diminishing Returns and Technological Pessimism -- 2.2. Overpopulation -- 2.3. Trade and Emigration -- 2.4. Towards the Optimum Population -- 2.5. A Formalization of theWicksellian System -- 2.6. The Effects of Population Growth in the OldWorld -- 2.7. Technological Progress -- 2.8. Problems of Foreign Trade -- 2.9. Migration from the Old to the NewWorld -- 2.10. Conclusions -- References -- 3. Immigration, Output, andWelfare in a Growth Model Partha Sen -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The Model -- 3.3. Population Growth -- 3.4. Conclusions -- References -- Part 2. Labor Market and Economic Policy -- 4. Inter-Governmental Monetary Cooperation and International Migration of Labor Akira Shimada -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Model -- 4.3. The Economy Under Certainty -- 4.4. The Economy Under Supply Shocks -- 4.5. The Economy Under Demand Shocks -- 4.6. Conclusions -- References -- 5. Getting Tough withWorkers: More on the Strategic Role of Debt Gerald Garvey and Noel Gaston -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The Model -- 5.2.1. Permanent Assumptions -- 5.2.2. Firms Unilaterally SetWages -- 5.2.3. The Case of NegotiatedWages -- 5.2.4. Summary -- 5.3. Empirical Evidence -- 5.3.1. Data Description -- 5.3.1.1. Measures of debt policy -- 5.3.1.2. Measures of employee compensation -- 5.3.1.3. Other variables -- 5.3.2. The Empirical Model and Results.

5.3.3. Further Results on the Measurement ofWages and Capital Structure -- 5.3.3.1. Alternative measures of debt -- 5.3.3.2. The endogeneity of wages -- 5.4. Conclusion -- Appendix -- A.1. Solutions for the Uniform Distribution Case -- A.2. Comparison of wu and we -- References -- Part 3. Resource Allocation, Conflicts, and Resolutions -- 6. Equitable and Decentralized Solutions for the Allocation of Indivisible Objects Somdeb Lahiri -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Model -- 6.2.1. The Descending Demand Procedure (DDP) -- 6.2.2. The Housing Market -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Planning, Competition, and Cooperation: The Scope for Negotiated Settlements Stephen Littlechild -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Planning and Competition -- 7.3. Limitations of Present Regulation -- 7.4. Negotiated Settlements -- 7.5. Experience in Canada -- 7.6. Application in the UK and Elsewhere -- References -- 8. The Role of Relationship Banking on the Performance of Firms in Bangladesh Shigeru Uchida and Sarwar Uddin Ahmed -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Relationship Banking -- 8.2.1. Definition -- 8.2.2. Merits and Demerits of Relationship Banking -- 8.3. Contemporary Status of Banking Sector and Relationship Banking in Japan -- 8.3.1. Present State of Banking Sector in Japan -- 8.3.2. Relationship Banking in Japan -- 8.3.2.1. Stockholding of firms -- 8.3.2.2. Supply of management resources -- 8.3.2.3. Loan syndication -- 8.4. Literature Review on the Effect of Relationship Banking in Japan -- 8.4.1. Availability of Credit -- 8.4.2. Rescuing in Financial Distress -- 8.4.3. Reduction of Risk -- 8.4.4. Performance of Borrowing Firms -- 8.5. Contemporary Status of Banking Sector and Relationship Banking in Bangladesh -- 8.5.1. Present State of Banking Sector in Bangladesh -- 8.5.1.1. Banking problems in Bangladesh -- 8.5.1.1.1. Absence of close bank-firm relationship.

8.5.1.1.2. Concentration on retail nature of transactions -- 8.5.1.1.3. Presence of extensive credit rationing -- 8.5.1.1.4. Higher interest margin -- 8.5.1.1.5. High transaction cost and delay in loan decisions -- 8.5.1.2. Comparative characteristics of the banking system of Bangladesh with that of Japan -- 8.5.2. Relationship Banking in Bangladesh -- 8.6. Empirical Analysis on the Impact of Relationship Banking -- 8.6.1. Impact of Relationship Banking on Corporate Firms of Bangladesh -- 8.6.1.1. Findings of t-tests -- 8.6.1.2. Findings of multivariate analysis -- 8.6.2. Impact of Relationship Banking on Corporate Firms of Japan -- 8.7. Summary -- 8.8. Lessons for Bangladeshi Banking System -- References -- Part 4. Policy Modeling -- 9. Structural Adjustment Program and Public Fiscal Policy in India, 1990-1995 Dipak R. Basu -- 9.1. Fiscal Policy in India -- 9.2. The Method of Adaptive Optimization -- 9.2.1. Updating Method of Reduced-Form Coefficients and Their Covariance Matrices -- 9.3. Dynamic Analysis of the Model and Comparative Performances of the Economy -- 9.3.1. Dynamics of Response Multipliers -- 9.3.2. Fiscal Dynamics -- 9.3.2.1. Comparative performances of the planned solution and the recent history -- 9.4. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Part 5. Policy Analysis -- 10. Openness to Trade and the Poverty of Female-Headed Households in Turkey Oner Guncavdi and Raziye Selim -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Adjustment, Poverty, andWomen -- 10.3. Issues in Measuring Poverty -- 10.3.1. Choice of Equivalent Scale -- 10.3.2. Construction of a Poverty Line -- 10.3.3. Choice of Poverty Measures -- 10.4. Data and Empirical Results -- 10.4.1. General Summary Measures of Samples -- 10.4.2. Openness and Poverty -- 10.4.3. Occupational Difference Between Households and Poverty -- 10.5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References.

11. China's Economic Performance and Transition in Relation to Globalization: From Isolation to Center-Stage Clem Tisdell -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. What is Economic Globalization? What Factors Have Favored it in Recent Decades? -- 11.3. Is Economic Globalization a New Phenomenon? -- 11.4. Political Change and Transition of Former Communist Planned Systems, Especially China's, and Their Impact on Globalization -- 11.5. Measuring the Recent Pace of Economic Globalization and China's Involvement -- 11.6. Positive and Negative Socioeconomic Impacts of Economic Globalization -- 11.7. The Catching-up Phenomena and the Evolutionary Dynamics of Economic Growth -- 11.8. Could Globalization Result in Economic Growth that is Unsustainable Because of Adverse Environmental Impacts Generated by it? -- 11.9. Concluding Comments -- References -- Part 6. Globalization and International Business -- 12. Globalization and Creation of Organizational Citizenship in the Developing Countries: A Case Study of Toyota in India Victoria Miroshnik -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Multinational Companies and Global Culture -- 12.3. Global Citizenship (Global Managerial Culture) Vs. National Managerial Culture -- 12.4. National Managerial Culture Vs. Organizational Citizenship -- 12.4.1. Organizational Citizenship -- 12.4.2. Organizational Commitment as the Outcome of Organizational Culture -- 12.4.3. Organizational Culture as a Source of Competitive Advantage -- 12.4.4. Organizational Commitment as Competitive Advantages: Resource-Based Views -- 12.4.5. Toyota's Organizational Citizenship as a Competitive Advantage -- 12.4.5.1. Results of the survey -- 12.5. Conclusion -- References -- Index.