Redesign or demise of old Developmental States? East Asia in the post-financial crisis of 2008

Roberta Rodrigues Marques da Silva () and Rafael Shoenmann de Moura ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2020, vol. 40, issue 4, 689-711

Abstract: This article investigates comparatively the recent developmental dynamics of four East Asian political economies: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China. We analyze how the critical juncture engendered by the systemic crisis of the US subprime impacted on its State capabilities, particularly regarding industrial policy, being mediated by the respective regulatory and institutional frameworks. Additionally, we compare the impacts of the 2008 crisis and the previous Asian regional crisis of 1997. Our findings indicate that State capabilities, associated to the historical construction of a Developmental State, were a central feature to understand the resilience of each political economy. JEL Classification: O1; O5.

Keywords: East asia; State capabilities; financial crisis; critical juncture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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