JAPAN'S ROLE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC COOPERATION

在日本在亚太合作中的作用这一主题下，本研究分为三个分主题：1996年3月，在哥伦比亚大学召开了第一次研究会议，发表了关于日本金融改革、公共事业、政府的新角色、政府1997年2月，第二次会议在墨尔本大学举行，会议主要讨论了电信政策、日本劳动力市场以及澳大利亚和新西兰的去管制化问题。第三次会议在新加坡南洋理工大学举行，会议发表了关于农业发展、宏观经济政策、西加坡住房政策和亚洲区域发展项目的相互依赖性。这项国际科学研究得出的最重要的发现是：1）亚太地区宏观经济政策的协调越来越重要; 2）美国、日本、澳大利亚和东南亚经济体之间的微观经济行为同步化现象和政策设计竞赛也同样重要。

UNDER THE THEME OF JAPAN'S ROLE IN THE ASIA-PACFIC COOPERATION,THIS RESEARCH WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE SUB-THEMES : MICROECONOMIC REFORM AND DEREGULATION,REORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR,AND THE NEW ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN A MARKET ECONOMY.IN MARCH 1996, THE FIRST RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN WHICH PAPERS WERE PRESENTED CONCERNING JAPAN'S FINANCIAL REFORM,PUBLIC UTILITIES,AND THE FISCAL INVESTMENT AND LOAN PROGRAM.IN FEBRUARY 1997, THE SECOND CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY WHERE DISCUSSIONS WERE CENTERED AROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,JAPAN'S LABOR MARKET,AND DEREGULATION IN AUSTRALIA AND NEWZEALAND.THE THIRD CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN NANGYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,SINGAPORE,IN WHICH PAPERS CONCERNING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT,INTERDEPENDENCE OF MACRO ECONOMIC POLICIES,HOUSING POLICY IN SIGAPORE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ASIA.THE MOST IMPORTANT FINDINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WERE 1) COORDINATION OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES ACROSS ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AND 2) NO LESS IMPORTANT IS THE PHENOMENON OF SYNCHRONIZATION OF MICROECONOMIC PEFORMS AND POLICY DESIGN CONTEST AMONG US,JAPAN,AUSTRALATIA,AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIES.