In recent years much attention has been given to the unparalleled economicdevelopment of East Asia. The Changing Capital Markets of East Asia gathers anumber of... » 

In recent years much attention has been given to the unparalleled economicdevelopment of East Asia. The Changing Capital Markets of East Asia gathers anumber of contributors who explore the growing sophistication of capitalmarkets in this area and discuss the possible economic and politicalconsequences.Ky Cao brings together papers that analyze the recent changes in the emergingcapital markets of East Asia and the implications that these changes may havefor the international and regional capital markets in general. The volumeexplores global trends and their impact on the region the changing patterns ofcapital market activity including the emergence of equity markets thedevelopment of new frameworks of taxation and accounting and provides casestudies of South Korea and Taiwan. In challenging conventional thinkingregarding the investigation of East Asian issues which is usually local innature The Changing Capital Markets of East Asia providesa rounded view ofEast Asias markets via the forces of domestic politics and history as well asof external structural changes. «