Growth Mechanisms and Sustainability

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Introduction

   • Jun Ma

   Pages 1-7

3. The Process of Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. How Does State Policy Shape East Asia’s Steel Industry? A Selective Review

      • Jie Yang

      Pages 11-42

   3. Changes in the Competitive Environment and Division of Labor Structure in Northeast Asia: A Focus on the Iron and Steel Industry

      • Bong-gil Kim

      Pages 43-74

   4. Changes in the Trade Structure of the Metal Products Industry in East Asia from the Perspective of the International Division of Labor

      • Dan Jin

      Pages 75-93

4. The Mechanism of Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Natural Disaster Shocks and Raw Material Prices in the Steel Industry

      • Kaori Tembata

      Pages 97-121

   3. Technology Transfer Management in the Steel Industry: Transfer Speed, Recognition Lag and Learning Lag

      • Sungwoo Byun

      Pages 123-145

   4. Decomposing the Energy Impact of the Steel Industry in the Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from Japan and China

      • Saifun Nahaer Eva, Takashi Sekiyama, Masashi Yamamoto

      Pages 147-174

   5. The Impact of Imports, Technological Progress and Domestic Demand on the Growth of and Structural Changes in China’s Steel Industry

      • Jun Ma, Naoki Kakita

      Pages 175-203

5. The Impact of the Growth of China’s Steel Industry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. Effectiveness and Policy Analysis of International Capacity Cooperation of China’s Steel Industry

      • Zhongyuan Zhang, Guoqing Zhao

      Pages 207-237

   3. Labor Productivity and Surplus Labor in Chinese Iron and Steel Firms

      • Xinxin Ma

      Pages 239-257

   4. On the Electoral Consequences of Increasing Chinese Imports: Insights from the Japanese Lower House General Elections, 2009–2017

      • Gaku Ito

      Pages 259-271

6. Closing Remarks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Closing Remarks: Toward Sustainable Growth of the Steel Industry in East Asia

      • Masashi Yamamoto, Jun Ma

      Pages 275-278

7. Back Matter

   Pages 279-283

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This book provides a broad investigation of various issues in East Asia’s steel industry since the 1980s, including international specialization and trade relations, the sustainable use of resources, technological innovations, and environmental mitigation, alongside a consideration of the rapid growth in Chinese steel industry. Using macro and firm-level data, and case studies based on field research to discuss issues concerning the steel industry in East Asia. In search of an easy understanding, we try to simplify complicated economic models and statistical analyses, and concentrate on policy implications based as much as possible on the results of empirical analyses. We believe that this book will be of interest to policymakers, economists, practitioners and advocates of sustainability.

• Sustainability
• Analysis
• Steel Industry
• Environment
• Growth

• School of Economics, Center for Far Eastern Studies, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

  Jun Ma

• School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Japan

  Masashi Yamamoto

Jun Ma is an expert in the field of labor economics and industrial organization. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Kyoto University (Japan) in 1998. Since that year, he has been working at the University of Toyama, where he became a full professor in 2009.

Masashi Yamamoto earned his Ph.D. in economics from Keio University (Japan) in 2010. He is currently a professor of economics at Tokai University (Japan).  Before joining Tokai University, he was a faculty member at University of Toyama from October 2008 to March 2021.

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