banks in 2009 in Asia, and in 2010 in Latin America and emerging Europe. State-owned banks instead played a counter … growth. Banks in Latin America and Asia that relied more on retail funding had higher credit growth, in particular during the …

America - one of the most vulnerable regions given its high, and rising, commodity dependence - and emerging Asia - which has …

The paper shows that Asia's degree of financial integration, both with the world and within the region remains low by …

of financial integration or interrelatedness, asking how Asia compares with Europe and Latin America and with the base … more financially integrated than other regions. Asia, more interestingly, already seems to have made more progress on this … sample suggest that one factor holding back investment in foreign bonds in East Asia may be limited geographical …

The paper compares trends in financial integration within Asia with those in industrialized countries and other …

Stock markets play a key role in corporate financing in Asia. However, despite their increasing importance in terms of …€œnoise†in stock pricing, which suggests that improvements in the regulation of securities markets in Asia could enhance the role …