Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia

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     Acknowledgements

     Introduction
     Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose

I. FISCAL SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

     1. Puzzling Tax Structures in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Two Alternative Explanations
     Roger Gordon and Wei Li
     Comment: Francis T. Lui
     Comment: Michael M. Alba

II. THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY ON PRIVATE BEHAVIOR

     2. The Direct Substitution between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
     Yum K. Kwan
     Comment: Kiyoshi Mitsui
     Comment: Mario B. Lamberte

     3. Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Korea
     Seok-Kyun Hur
     Comment: Wei Li
     Comment: Yum K. Kwan

     4. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
     Raj Chetty and Adam Looney
     Comment: Roger Gordon
     Comment: Mario B. Lamberte

III. INTERNATIONAL LONG-RUN SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

     5. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China
     Hans Fehr, Sabine Jokisch, and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
     Comment: Yasushi Iwamoto
     Comment: Cielito F. Habito

     6. External Debt, Adjustment, and Growth
     Delano P. Villanueva and Robert S. Mariano
     Comment: Francis T. Lui

IV. SUSTAINABILITY: COUNTRY ISSUES

     7. Australian Government Balance Sheet Management
     Wilson Au-Yeung, Jason McDonald, and Amanda Saygh
     Comment: Youngsun Koh
     Comment: Corrine Ho

     8. Dealing with Contingent Liabilities: The Philippines
     Gilberto M. Llanto
     Comment: Jason McDonald
     Comment: Shigeki Kunieda

     9. Reforming the Fiscal Management System in Korea
     Youngsun Koh
     Comment: Gilberto M. Llanto
     Comment: Chong-Hyun Nam

     10. Population Aging, Fiscal Policies, and National Saving: Predictions for the Korean Economy
     Young Jun Chun
     Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff
     Comment: Shigeki Kunieda

     11. Sustainability, Debt Management, and Public Policy in Japan
     Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori, and Kiyoshi Mitsui
     Comment: Dante B. Canlas

     12. Policy Options for Financing Future Health and Long-Term Care Costs in Japan
     Tadashi Fukui and Yasushi Iwamoto
     Comment: Epictetus Patalinghug
     Comment: Raj Chetty

Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index