Asia pacific financial markets in comparative perspective : issues and implications for the 21st century / Jonathan A. Batten, Thomas A. Fetherston -- Financial links and contagion in the 1997 Asian currency crisis : an empirical examination / Bang Nam Jeon -- Tangible and intangible non-current assets : evidence of information content during economic crisis period / Zaleha Abdul Shukor, Hamezah Md Nor, Muhd Kamil Ibrahim, Jagjit Kaur -- Return and volatility spillovers from developed to emerging capital markets : the case of South Asia / Yun Wang, Abeyratna Gunasekarage, David M. Power -- A note on the equilibrium relationships between issuers in the Asia pacific region / jonathan A. Batten, Thomas A. Fetherston, Pongsak Hoontrakul -- Country and sector effects in Asia pacific markets / Jianguo Chen, Yang Zhang, Ben R. Marshall -- US, European and Asian investors in the Japanese stock market / Akiko Kamesaka -- The options holding concentration problem : evidence from Australian listed corporations / Tyrone M. Carlin, Guy Ford -- Loss aversion asset pricing model performance : empirical evidence from five pacific-basin countries / David Ng, Mehdi Sadeghi -- A special and undervalued stock market in Taiwan / Yao-Chun Tsao, Wen-Kuei Chen -- The role of the Japanese yen in Asian exchange rate determination / Colm Kearney, Cal Muckley -- The derivation, development, and effects of financial reform in 10 countries of Eastern Asia : comparisons between pre- and post-Asia financial crisis / Shu-Ling Lin -- Developing a financial derivatives market in China / Jing Chi, Martin Young -- Encouraging growth in Asia with multi-pillar financial systems / Mukund Narayanamurti, Jonathan A. Batten -- A perspective on Japan's corporate bond market / Peter G. Szilagyi -- Corporate governance and social responsibility : combating money laundering in the Asia pacific region / Bonnie Buchanan -- A test of the response to a monetary policy regime change in New Zealand / David Tripe, John McDermott, Ben Petro -- The prospects of a regional monetary institution for the Asia Pacific / Justin W. Iu -- Does statistical dependence matter? Evidence from the USD/AUD / Craig A. Ellis -- International financial integration : an empirical investigation into Asian equity markets pre- and post-1997 Asian financial crisis / Xuan Vinh Vo, Kevin James Daly