Open Access in the Economic Sphere or the Political Sphere: Evidence from Japan

Yu Guanghua ()
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Yu Guanghua: Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

The Law and Development Review, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 173-208

Abstract: The article uses the case of Japan to argue that the theory of open access order advocated by North and his colleagues goes beyond what is necessary. Although their theory of open access order explains the West relatively well, it does not always apply to contemporary non-Western countries. Similar to the case of India examined elsewhere, the case of Japan reveals that what is more important to economic and human development is the open access in the economic sphere and the interconnected institutions in the areas of property rights protection and contract enforcement, financial market, rule of law, and human resource accumulation. In other words, countries without open access in the political sphere may also be able to achieve a great deal of success in terms of economic and human development if they ensure open access in the economic sphere and devote adequate resources to establishing the necessary interconnected institutions examined in this article. Further research elsewhere on Singapore and China will shed more light on this debate.

Keywords: open access order; interconnected institutions; competitive democracy; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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