Emerging Markets and Financial Resilience

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Emerging Markets and Financial Resilience; HooyChee-Wooi, Ruhani Ali and S. Ghon Rhee PART II: FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CYCLE 2. Social Capital and Financial Market Development; Siong-Hook Law and Mansor Ibrahim 3. Resource Curses Finance: Can Human Stop It?; Tamat Sarmidi, Siong-Hook Law and Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh 4. Forecasting Malaysian Business Cycle Movement; Shirly Siew-Ling Wong, Shazali Abu Mansor, Chin-Hong Puah and Venus Khim-Sen Liew PART III: REGIONAL FINANCIAL MARKET INTEGRATION 5. Financial Integration between China and Asia Pacific; Tze-Haw Chan and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah 6. Budget Deficits and Current Account Balances; Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Siew-Voon Soon and Hamizun bin Ismail 7. Asia-Pacific Currency Excess Returns; Yuen-Meng Wong PART IV: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS 8. Openness, Market Size and Foreign Direct Investments; Catherine Soke-Fun Ho, Khairunnisa Amir, Linda Nasaruddin Sia and NurainFarahana Zainal Abidin 9. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies on ASEAN markets; Shangkari V.Anusakumar, Ruhani Ali and Chee-Wooi Hooy 10. Socially Responsible Investing Funds in Asia Pacific; Wei-Rong Ang and Hooi-Hooi Lean PART V: CORPORATE FINANCE AND BANKING 11. Capital Structure of Southeast Asian Firms; Razali Haron, Khairunisah Ibrahim, Fauzias Mat Nor and Izani Ibrahim 12. Determinants Of Bank Profits and Net Interest Margins; Rubi Ahmad and Bola Matemilola