Department of Economics
Economics 410/510:
East Asian Economic Development (Fall 2009)
The Second
midterm exam is now available.
It
is due December 2 (Wednesday).
Course Time and Place: MWF
12:45 – 13:50 & Neuberger Hall 350
Instructor: Hiro
Ito, Associate Professor of Economics
Office: Cramer Hall 241-F
Email: ito@pdx.edu
Phone: x5 – 3930
Office Hours: MW
10:30 – 11:30, or by appointment
There
is no required textbook for this course.
However,
there is a required reading packet
that is available at Clean Copy, 1704 SW Broadway (across the street from
Cramer Hall), (503) 221-1876.
The course syllabus is available here.
The information about the
presentation/term paper assignment is available here.
Lecture Notes
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Japan’s economy in the immediate aftermath
of WWII
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Japan’s steady economic
growth
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Taiwan’s Economic Development
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Korea’s Economic Development
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China’s Economic Development
Important dates
November 27 (Fri.) No
class: Happy Thanksgiving!!
December 2 (Wed.) Second take-home exam due
December 7 (Mon.) Term
paper due
Class schedule and reading
assignments
(“RP” means the
articles/papers can be found in the reading packet)
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Week 8 |
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Chinese
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Chow, p. 9 –
86, p.281 – 319. Naughton Chp. 4 R(P) |
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Week
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First half (before the
empirical analysis), p. 294-301, of Ito (2008) |
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November 25, Wednesday: Student Presentations |
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Hsiao-Fan’s presentation on the impact
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Michael’s presentation on the impact of
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November 27: Happy Thanksgiving!! |
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Week 10 |
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November 30, Monday |
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Keith on |
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Jo on “ |
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December 2, Wednesday: The second midterm exam
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Jeremy on “The social impact of centralized economy in |
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Term Paper Due
at 4 pm on December 7 (Monday) |
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November 14, 2009 |