Well designed and comprehensive analyses of identifying determinants for a global financial center (GFC) are limited. This study is conducted to examine and identify the fundamental determinants for the Asia-Pacific region. Current literature provides us with 14 determinants which have been used...

The chapter presents an overview of regional financial arrangements in Asia-Pacific. It represents an attempt to "map" various forms of financial governance mechanisms in the region. In line with the analytical model deployed in this volume, the chapter addresses the relationship between global...

This paper compares spillovers from the US and Chinese financial markets to the rest of Asia-Pacific. Structural VAR analysis points to the growing influence of Chinese equities and currency movements. In normal times China's influence in the equity market has risen to a level close to that of...

Globalisation, agriculture and development : perspectives from the Asia-Pacific / Matthew Tonts and M.A.B. Siddique -- Australian agriculture in the global economic mosaic / Neil Argent -- Market efficiency, agriculture and prosperity in rural Australia / Bill Pritchard and Matthew Tonts --...