1st Edition

Designing Financial Systems for East Asia and Japan

Edited By Joseph Fan, Masaharu Hanazaki, Juro Teranishi Copyright 2004

    This book deliberates on some urgent issues that face the new architecture of the financial systems in Japan and East Asia. The book is broken into three sections:
    *The role of financial institutions and markets in economic development in Japan and East Asia
    *Issues in corporate governance and new technologies
    *The designing of efficient financial systems
    With contributions from leading Asian economics experts based around the world, this book will be useful to both scholars and professionals with an interest in financial systems, corporate financing and governance.

    Part 1: Financial Institutions and Financial Markets in Japan and East Asia
    Part 2: Issues in Governance of Corporate Sector and New Technology
    Part 3: Toward a New Design of Financial System

    Biography

    Joseph P. H. Fan is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Masaharu Hanazaki is Associate Professor at the Center for Economic Institutions (CEI), Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. Juro Teranishi is Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan.