Financial markets and development : the crisis in emerging markets / Alison Harwood, Robert E. Litan, and Michael Pomerleano, editors.

Contributor(s): Harwood, Alison | Litan, Robert E, 1950- | Pomerleano, Michael Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1999. Description: viii, 421 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0815734972 (alk. paper); 9780815734970Subject(s): Financial crises -- Asia -- Congresses | Capital market -- Asia -- Congresses | Banks and banking -- Asia -- Congresses | Financial crises -- Developing countries -- Congresses | Capital market -- Developing countries -- Congresses | Banks and banking -- Developing countries -- CongressesDDC classification: 332.095 LOC classification: HB3722 | .F564 1999Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC The Asian crises : causes and consequences / Richard N. Cooper -- The Asian bet / Campbell R. Harvey and Andrew H. Roper -- Corporate fundamentals and the behavior of capital markets in Asia / Michael Pomerleano and Xin Zhang -- Corporate ownership and valuation : evidence from East Asia / Stijn Claessens , Simeon Djankov, and Larry H.P. Lang -- Foreign equity flows and the Asian financial crisis / Michael Barth and Xin Zhang -- Global capital markets : what do they mean? / Ian H. Giddy -- An investor's perspective on the Asian crisis / Jarrod Wilcox -- On crisis prevention : lessons from Mexico and East Asia / Sebastian Edwards -- Corporate governance and East Asia : Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand / Kenneth E. Scott -- Emerging market investing : problems and prospects / Michael Adler -- Roundtable : prospects for the future / William Cline, David Folkerts-Landau, and Manuel Medina-Mora -- Conclusion : an Asian perspective on the Asian crisis / Andrew Sheng.

Summary: Summary: "This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the causes of the crisis in emerging markets and explore measures to prevent future crises. The papers address emerging market policy issues, and offer some solutions, on topics such as the growth of Asian emerging markets, corporate governance and the treatment of minority shareholders, and prospects for foreign investment in emerging markets."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	332.095 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		13774

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Based on a conference held on March 26-27, 1999, in Palisades, New York.

Online version:
Financial markets and development.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 1999
(OCoLC)648272368

Includes bibliographical references.

TOC The Asian crises : causes and consequences / Richard N. Cooper --
The Asian bet / Campbell R. Harvey and Andrew H. Roper --
Corporate fundamentals and the behavior of capital markets in Asia / Michael Pomerleano and Xin Zhang --
Corporate ownership and valuation : evidence from East Asia / Stijn Claessens , Simeon Djankov, and Larry H.P. Lang --
Foreign equity flows and the Asian financial crisis / Michael Barth and Xin Zhang --
Global capital markets : what do they mean? / Ian H. Giddy --
An investor's perspective on the Asian crisis / Jarrod Wilcox --
On crisis prevention : lessons from Mexico and East Asia / Sebastian Edwards --
Corporate governance and East Asia : Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand / Kenneth E. Scott --
Emerging market investing : problems and prospects / Michael Adler --
Roundtable : prospects for the future / William Cline, David Folkerts-Landau, and Manuel Medina-Mora --
Conclusion : an Asian perspective on the Asian crisis / Andrew Sheng.

Summary:
"This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the causes of the crisis in emerging markets and explore measures to prevent future crises. The papers address emerging market policy issues, and offer some solutions, on topics such as the growth of Asian emerging markets, corporate governance and the treatment of minority shareholders, and prospects for foreign investment in emerging markets."--BOOK JACKET.

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