In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2008, this book offers a systematic overview of recent developments in regulatory frameworks in advanced and emerging-market countries, outlining challenges to improving regulation, markets, and access in developing economies. - Provided...

Examines Asia's emerging markets, which survived the financial debacle of 2008-09 with only modest declines in growth; discusses activities that could dampen continuing development in these markets including inflation, surging capital inflows, asset and credit bubbles, and rapid currency...

This paper uses micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to document that the wage structure in West Germany has been remarkably stable over the period 1984-97, with little variation over time in wage or earnings inequality between and within different skill groups. The paper investigates...