Handbook of Asian Finance

Introductory Chapter

Asia Finance: The Emergence of Asia Economy and New Development in Finance

David Lee Kuo Chuen^a and Greg N. Gregoriou^b, ^aSingapore Management University, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 50 Stamford Road, Singapore 178899, Singapore, ^bState University of New York (Plattsburgh), 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 129 01, USA

This Handbook of Asian Finance provides an overview of the diverse financial developments in Asia that are of interest to both practitioners and academics. The Asian economies and related financial sectors have both shown great resilience and have undergone significant transformation over the last two decades. These economies have recovered miraculously from the 1997 Asian Crisis. In the decade spanning ...