Walter, Andrew.

Governing Finance : East Asia's Adoption of International Standards. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (253 pages) - Cornell Studies in Money Series . - Cornell Studies in Money Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- International Standards and Financial Governance -- The Asian Crisis and the International Financial Standards Project -- A Theory of Compliance with International Standards -- Banking Supervision in Indonesia -- Corporate Governance in Thailand -- Banking Supervision and Corporate Governance in Malaysia -- Banking Supervision, Corporate Governance, and Financial Disclosure in Korea -- Practical and Theoretical Implications -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Walter explains why Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand--key targets and test cases of this international standards project--were placed under intense pressure to transform their domestic financial governance.

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International financial reporting standards.
Financial institutions -- State supervision -- Southeast Asia.
Financial institutions -- State supervision -- Korea (South).
Corporate governance -- Southeast Asia.
Corporate governance -- Korea (South).
Accounting -- Standards -- Southeast Asia.
Accounting -- Standards -- Korea (South).


Electronic books.

HG187.A789 -- W34 2008eb

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