This book will be an important addition to the limited number of books that discuss finance and accounting issues in East Asian countries. While presenting recent empirical studies on finance and accounting in East Asian economies, it also reveals the underlying reasons for remarkable economic...

Capital controls have resulted in the creation of numerous offshore non-deliverable forward (NDF) markets for Asian currencies. The Australian experience in the 1970s and early 1980s indicates that an NDF market may facilitate a smooth transition to a fully convertible currency.

We analyse carry trades involving the Australian dollar, Indonesian rupiah, Indian rupee, New Zealand dollar and Philippine peso as target currencies. We find evidence supporting the view that downside risk is an important feature of such strategies and propose ways of measuring this risk.

The development of Asian foreign exchange markets has progressed appreciably in recent years. Data from the BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey indicate that the turnover of Asian currencies rose sharply between 2004 and 2007, financial institutions became more important customers, and the...

n-deliverable forwards (NDFs) allow investors and borrowers to take positions in currencies that are subject to official controls. Turnover in NDFs has risen in recent years as non-residents use them to hedge increasing investment in local currency bonds. Pricing in deliverable forward and NDF...

Celem artykułu jest analiza międzynarodowego wykorzystania renminbi oraz szans i barier zyskania przez tę walutę statusu waluty międzynarodowej. W artykule przedstawiono warunki internacjonalizacji waluty krajowej i przeanalizowano stopień spełnienia poszczególnych kryteriów przez...

This paper investigates the role of central bank intervention in currency markets. Specifically, the bilateral exchange rates of the dollar versus the British pound, Swiss franc, and the yen are examined. Central banks conduct open market operations in order to regulate exchange rates in...

We extend the model by DeGrauwe and Grimaldi (2006, EER) by currency transaction taxes. This model explains the exchange rate behavior by the interaction of heterogeneous traders who display either trend chasing behavior or rely on a return of the exchange rate back to its arbitrage free...

The paper explores the view that the Asian currency and financial crises in 1997 and 1998 reflects structural and policy distortions in the countries of region, even if market overreaction and herding caused the plunge of exchange rates, asset prices and economic activity to be more severe than...

Alors que l’utilité de l’instauration d’une taxe Tobin fait l’objet de débats intenses, les travaux scientifiques qui y sont consacrés sont globalement méconnus. Le présent article en rend compte en se focalisant sur ceux d’entre eux qui font usage de la théorie des jeux er de...