Globalization of capital markets has received new momentum and it will continue to be of major importance for the years to come. Partly, the increasing integration of financial markets and the rise of foreign direct investment is a consequence of world trade expansion. But in addition to this underlying trend, the worldwide collapse of socialist systems and the opening up of big economies like India and China have fuelled the development of globalized capital markets. This book takes stock of recent developments with emphasis on emerging capital markets.

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ANDREAS BLEY Economist, German Association of Co-operative Banks, Germany SEBASTIAN DULLIEN Economics Correspondent, Financial Times Deutschland, Germany HENRIK ENDERLEIN Junior-Professor, Department of Economics, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany GIUSEPPE FONTANA Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Leeds, UK STEPHEN FROWEN Senior Research Associate, Von Hügel Institute, University of Cambridge, UK JOHN GRAHL Professor of Economics, London Metropolitan University, UK CHARLES A. E. GOODHART Member, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK WALTER W. HEERING Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, UK MICHAEL HÜTHER Managing Director, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Germany ELIAS KARAKITSOS Chairman, Global Economic Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK EVAN KRAFT Director, Research Department, Croatian National Bank, Croatia TADEUSZ KOWALSKI Department of Economic Policy, Poznan University of Economics, Poland ELKE MUCHLINSKI Lecturer in Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany ANDREW MULLINEUX Professor of Global Finance and Director, Global Finance Research Group, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK VOLKER NITSCH Junior Professor of Economic Policy, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany ÉVA KATALIN POLGÁR Lecturer, Corvinus University ofBudapest, Hungary WALTRAUD SCHELKLE Lecturer in Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ALBRECHT SOMMER Head of Staff to the President, Regional Office, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany JOHANNES STEPHAN Research Fellow, Institute für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, Germany V. VENSEL Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia NORBERT WALTER Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Group, Germany CLAS WIHLBORG Professor of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

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List of Boxes, Figures, Tables and Appendices Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; H.Tomann PART I: ISSUES OF STABILITY IN A GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM Some Reflections on Financial Stability; C.A.E.Goodhart Bankruptcy Procedures, Corporate Governance and Banks' Credit Policy in Croatia, Estonia and Poland; T.Kowalski, E.Kraft, A.Mullineux, V.Vensel & C.Wihlborg The Globalization of Securities Markets; N.Walter Scale and the Political Economy of Financial Change; J.Grahl Comment; M.Hüther Dollar Volatility and its Impact on World Financial Markets; S.F.Frowen & E.Karakitsos PART II: MONETARY POLICY STRATEGIES On the Theoretical Foundation of Monetary Policy; W.Heering Comment; W.W.Schelkle Fraternal Twins: Why the Fed and the ECB are More Similar than Often Suggested; H.Enderlein Comment; G.Fontana Central Bank Transparency: Reasons for 'Creative Ambiguity'; E.Muchlinski PART III: MONETARY POLICY IN EMERGING ECONOMIES Money and Credit Market Integration in the Run Up to EU Eastern Enlargement; J.Hölscher Acceding Countries on the Road to EMU: Introducing the Euro in Two Waves?; A.Bley Comment; J.Stephan Currency Union Entries and Trade; V.Nitsch Comment; É.K.Polgár China's Under-Valuation of the Currency; A.Sommer Comment; S.Dullien Index