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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826870703321

Autore

Purfield Catriona

Titolo

Asian equity markets : growth, opportunities, and challenges / / prepared by Catriona Purfield ...[et. al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2006

ISBN

1-4623-8409-9

1-4527-9755-2

1-283-51325-0

9786613825704

1-4519-0979-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/266

Soggetti

Stock exchanges - Asia

Securities - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. THE EMERGENCE OF ASIAN STOCK MARKETS""; ""II. PERFORMANCE OF ASIAN EMERGING STOCK MARKETS""; ""III. ARE ASIAN MARKETS OVERHEATING?""; ""IV. EQUITY PRICES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY""; ""V. POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""APPENDIX I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITY DERIVATIVES MARKETS IN ASIA""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Asian equity markets have grown significantly in size since the early 1990s, driven by strong international investor inflows, growing regional financial integration, capital account liberalization, and structural improvements to markets. The development of equity markets provides a more diversified set of channels for financial intermediation to support growth, thus bolstering medium-term financial stability. At the same time, as highlighted by the May-June 2006 market corrections, the increasing role of stock markets potentially changes the nature of macroeconomic and financial stability risks, as well as the policy requirements for dealing with these risks.