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Hanson James A

Globalization and National Financial Systems - Washington D C The World Bank 2003 - 282p ix

Contents:
Foreword vii;
Contributors ix;
1. Globalization and National Financial Systems:
Issues of Integration and Size 1 James A. Hanson, Patrick Honohan,and Giovanni Majnoni;
PART I. MACROECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION;
2. Deposit Dollarization and the Financial Sector 35 Patrick Honohan and Anqing Shi;
PART II. BANKING;
3. Bank Efficiency and Financial System Size 67 Biagio Bossone and Jong-Kun Lee;
4. Are Small Countries “Underbanked” 91 James A. Hanson
5. Foreign Banks in Low-Income Countries: Recent Developments and Impacts 109
Stijn Claessens and Jong-Kun Lee
PART III. SECURITIES MARKETS;
6. Securities Market Efficiency 145
Ajay Shah and Susan Thomas
7. The Value of International Portfolio Diversification 175 Joost Driessen and Luc Laeven
PART IV. PENSION ISSUES:
8. Pension Reform and Pension Service Efficiencies 191;
Thomas C. Glaessner and Salvador Valdés-Prieto
9. Promoting Pension Funds 223;
Gregorio Impavido, Alberto R. Musalem, and Dimitri Vittas ;
PART V. REGULATION:
10. Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance 259
Cally Jordan and Giovanni Majnoni;


ISBN: 0821352083

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Finance - Banks & Banking2. International Finance3. Monetary Policy4. Globalization - Economic Aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 332.042000 / HAN