The Japanese Main Bank System: Its Relevance for Developing and Transforming Economies

xxxii, 651 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents: Foreword / Michael Bruno -- Introduction / Masahiko Aoki and Hugh Patrick -- 1. The Japanese Main Bank System: An Introductory Overview / Masahiko Aoki, Hugh Patrick and Paul Sheard -- 2. Loan Syndication in War-Time Japan and the Origins of the Main Bank System / Juro Teranishi -- 3. Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks for the Main Bank System / Kazuo Ueda -- 4. Monitoring Characteristics of the Main Bank System: An Analytical and Developmental View / Masahiko Aoki -- 5. The Role of Long-Term Credit Banks within the Main Bank System / Frank Packer -- 6. Main Banks and the Governance of Financial Distress / Paul Sheard -- 7. Explicit Reasons for Implicit Contracts: The Legal Logic to the Japanese Main Bank System / J. Mark Ramseyer -- 8. The Effect of Firm Status on Banking Relationships and Loan Syndication / Toshihiro Horiuchi -- 9. The Development of Main Bank Managerial Capacity / Satoshi Sunamura.