IBEFA seeks paper submissions that contribute to its goals of furthering the study of banking and financial systems around the world. We encourage submission of high-quality papers using theoretical, empirical, as well as experimental methods. Besides contributions to the general field of...

China’s integration into the world economy has passed a watershed – its growth over the past decade has accounted for two-thirds of Asia’s overall reduction of poverty, and its GDP is projected to exceed Germany’s by 2006. China’s deepening trade relationship with Japan, Korea and the...