Front matter, acknowledgments: Takatoshi Ito, Andrew K. Rose (p. -12 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction to "Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim, East Asia Seminar on Economics Volume 18": Takatoshi Ito, Andrew K. Rose (p. 1 - 9) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Hong Kong and Shanghai: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Robert N. McCauley, Eric Chan (p. 13 - 37) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: David Cook (p. 37 - 42) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Peter Nicholas Kriz (p. 42 - 50) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Listing Policy and Development of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Pre-War Period: Yasushi Hamao, Takeo Hoshi, Tetsuji Okazaki (p. 51 - 87) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Youngjae Lim (p. 88 - 89) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Masaya Sakuragawa (p. 90 - 92) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Misaligned Incentives and Mortgage Lending in Asia: Richard Green, Roberto Mariano, Andrey Pavlov, Susan Wachter (p. 95 - 111) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Michael Davies (p. 112 - 114) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Mario B. Lamberte (p. 114 - 116) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. East Asia and Global Imbalances: Saving, Investment, and Financial Development: Hiro Ito, Menzie Chinn (p. 117 - 150) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Edwin Lai (p. 150 - 155) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Edward Robinson, Liew Yin Sze (p. 156 - 160) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Consumer Credit Market in Korea since the Economic Crisis: Chang-Gyun Park (p. 161 - 196) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Winston T. H. Koh (p. 196 - 200) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. The Determinants of Cross-Border Merger and Acquisition Activity in the Financial Sector in Asia: Did the Asian Financial Crisis Change Them?: Chung-Hua Shen, Mei-Rong Lin (p. 203 - 234) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Mario B. Lamberte (p. 234 - 236) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Wimboh Santoso (p. 236 - 240) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Merger Activities and Stock Market Valuation in China: Ho-Mou Wu (p. 241 - 260) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Kaoru Hosono (p. 260 - 262) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Julian Wright (p. 262 - 264) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Consolidation of Banks in Japan: Causes and Consequences: Kaoru Hosono, Koji Sakai, Kotaro Tsuru (p. 265 - 309) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Hiro Ito (p. 309 - 312) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Barry Williams (p. 312 - 314) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Did the Japanese Stock Market Appropriately Price the Takenaka Financial Reform?: Masaya Sakuragawa, Yoshitsugu Watanabe (p. 317 - 340) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Takatoshi Ito (p. 341 - 345) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Randall Morck (p. 345 - 348) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Big Business Stability and Social Welfare: Kathy Fogel, Randall Morck, Bernard Yeung (p. 349 - 370) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Partha Chatterjee (p. 371 - 372) (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Pushan Dutt (p. 372 - 376) (bibliographic info) (download)