, and the future of cash in various monetary systems, contrasting case studies from China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore with … also of considerable relevance in Asia. Singapore and South Korea, for example, are relatively advanced in the use of …Introduction: On the Role of Cash in East Asia -- The Use of Cash in Europe and East Asia -- New Estimates for the …

Preface -- Chapter 1. A Preliminary Introduction -- Chapter 2. Puzzles of the Monetary Regime in Premodern China … -- Chapter 3. The Divergence between China and Japan -- Chapter 4. The Worst Currency or The Best Arrangement? -- Chapter 5. An …This is the first book to focus comparatively on the development processes of finance in China and Japan during the …