Democracy and the Korean economy / edited by Jongryn Mo and Chung-in Moon.

Based on a symposium held at the Hoover Institution on July 2, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Democratization and globalization as ideological and political foundations of economic policy / Chung-in Moon -- The Confucian tradition and economic reform / Chaibong Hahm -- Elections and macroeconomic policy: an examination of political business cycle theory / Chae-Han Kim -- Democratization and macroeconomic policy -- Jun Il Kim and Jongryn Mo -- Democratization, labor policy, and economic performance / Jongryn Mo -- Democratization and government intervention in the economy: insights on the decision-making process from the automobile industrial policies / Seok-Jin Lew -- Epilogue: democracy and the origins of the 1997 Korean economic crisis / Jongryn Mo and Chung-in Moon.