Cranes and Kiwis: Postal system privatization and institutional realignment

Anthony John Duggan

Japanese Economy, 2015, vol. 41, issue 3-4, 53-79

Abstract: Postal reform is a major issue in Japan. Although the Koizumi administration strove to implement many changes, opposition forces both during and following his term diluted the process and the institutional environment has been only marginally realigned. New Zealand’s experience of postal reform, however, shows a marked shift in the institutional environment. This article offers a comparative analysis of the two countries through the lens of institutional economics and suggests that the relative lack of change in Japan might have been due to a failure to disentangle social and commercial concerns.

Date: 2015
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