Taiwan's Financial Markets and Institutions: The Legal and Financial Issues of Deregulation and Internationalization [Hardcover]

Brian Wallace Semkow (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0899307426 | ISBN-13: 978-0899307428 | Publication Date: October 30, 1992

Taiwan, the Republic of China, has been striving to reform its financial system, and in the process, become a financial power, both regionally within the Pacific Rim of Asia, and, globally, given the rapidly increasing economic and financial significance of this area. In a unique book written from an interdisciplinary and well-balanced legal, financial and economics perspective that is both theoretical and practical, Semkow comprehensively analyzes and discusses the scope and direction financial and capital market reform has taken in Taiwan, and its implications for existing and newly emerging financial institutions in Taiwan and elsewhere. Having introduced the problems underlying and the significance of Taiwanese financial reform, the author provides a thorough overview of the entire spectrum of existing and newly-emerging domestic and international financial institutions within Taiwan, and the various financial regulators, including the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of China, and the regulatory framework through which both financial institutions and regulators operate. The author examines in detail the various financial markets, including the financial, money, offshore banking, foreign exchange and securities (equity, debt and derivative) markets, and the major recent and imminent legislative and regulatory initiatives undertaken to reform these markets and elevate Taiwan's status as a regional, and by implication, a global financial center. This book will provide both foreign and Taiwanese financial, legal, business, and public policy and academic communities interested in Asian and Taiwanese business and finance an invaluable legal and financial guide to the rapidly emerging and increasing significance of Taiwanese banking and finance in this decade and into the next century.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Consequently, the volume, despite its quality, would be of only limited interest to undergraduates. Graduate through professional collections.”–Choice

“. . . an invaluable legal and financial guide. It also clues the reader into the increasing significance of Taiwan-based banking and finance.”–Business Taiwan

About the Author

BRIAN WALLACE SEMKOW was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Ministry of Finance, Tokyo, Japan, and a Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo. Dr. Semkow holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an LL.B., and is a member of the bars of California and New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Quorum Books (October 30, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899307426
• ISBN-13: 978-0899307428
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,415,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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