<DIV>The rapid emergence of East Asia as an important geopolitical-economic entity has been one of the most visible and striking changes in the international economy in recent years. With that emergence has come an increased need for understanding the problems of interdependence. As a step toward...</div>

<DIV>The international flow of long-term private capital has increased dramatically in the 1990s. In fact, many policymakers now consider private foreign capital to be an essential resource for the acceleration of economic growth. This volume focuses attention on the microeconomic determinants and...</div>

<DIV>Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an acceleration in the move from government regulation towards privatization. <I>Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region</I> is the first thoroughgoing account of the relative success of the different approaches to...</i></div>

<DIV>Recently, real and artificial barriers to international transactions have fallen sharply, causing a rise in the overall volume of international trade. East Asia has been particularly affected by the economic stresses and gains derived from deregulation. <I>Deregulation and Interdependence in the...</i></div>

<DIV>The increased mobility and volume of international capital flows is a striking trend in international finance. While countries worldwide have engaged in financial deregulation, nowhere is this pattern more pronounced than in East Asia, where it has affected in unanticipated ways the behavior of...</div>