Stock markets play a key role in corporate financing in Asia. However, despite their increasing importance in terms of … theory, as well as accounting literature, we find evidence of greater idiosyncratic influences in the pricing of Asia's stock … stock pricing, which suggests that improvements in the regulation of securities markets in Asia could enhance the role of …

In emerging Asia, banks constitute the dominant source of financing consumption and investment, and bank balance sheets …

integration is limited in Asia. This paper estimates how much Australia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region would gain …