finds that Asia''s remarkable output growth over the past 40 years reflected both high investment, and rapid productivity …

with the yen carry-trade; and that China is key to understanding Asia''s demographic impact on the world. It also finds … that Asia offers the greatest arbitrage opportunities worldwide during the demographic transition and has the greatest …

We document Hong Kong SAR''s evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of … growth. Hong Kong SAR has a long established track record as Asia''s premier center for cross-border financial transactions …. Further financial opening of China is likely to consolidate Hong Kong SAR''s leading position as Asia''s international …

be a special case. Much of the reserve increase in Asia can be explained by an optimal insurance model under which … observed growth in reserves since 1997-98. Using threshold estimation techniques, the paper shows that most of Asia can still …

"The quality of its business leadership is a key issue for the future development of Asia's economies. Although Asia … current state of business leaders and leadership in Asia. It demonstrates that there is no single model of Asian business … different types of business leadership challenges at present. The book concludes by assessing how business leadership in Asia is …

A reduction in the U.S. current account deficit vis-à-vis emerging Asia involves a shift in demand from U.S. to … emerging Asia tradable goods and a change in international relative prices. This paper quantifies the required adjustment in … Asia. We compare scenarios where both Chinese and other emerging Asian export prices change by the same proportion to the …