Finance, governance and economic performance in Pacific and South East Asia / edited by David G. Dickinson [and others].

Includes index.

Papers presented in a conference held Dec. 16-17, 1997 in Bangkok which was jointly sponsored by the Central Bank of Thailand and by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Finance, development and growth: an overview -- Economic development, financial development and liberalization: Taiwan, 1960-95 -- Financial market opening the developing countries -- Japanese financial markets in turmoil: liberalization and consequences -- Bank-firm relationships and corporate governance in Japan: evidence for the 1960s to the 1990s -- The performance of Taiwan's financial sector -- Financial reform and Asian turmoil: Taiwan's experience -- Thailand's financial evolution and the 1997 crisis -- Currency hedging in Asian equity markets -- Lessons from the financial crisis in Pacific and South East Asia -- Good governance and financial sector reform -- Governance, human capital, labour and endogenous growth in Asia-Pacific: a comparative study -- Productivity growth analysis in the dynamic production function for selected Asian countries -- The impact of FDI on the economic growth of the ASEAN-5 economics, 1970-94: a comparative dynamic multiplier analysis from a small model, with emphasis on liberalization -- Investment, finance and firms' objectives: implications for the recent experience of South East Asian economies -- Index.

Papers presented in a conference held Dec. 16-17, 1997 in Bangkok which was jointly sponsored by the Central Bank of Thailand and by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

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