Race for the money: International financial centres in Asia

Journal of International Relations and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-95

  Jarvis, Darryl S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; financial clustering; financial sector depth; Hong Kong; international financial centres; Shanghai; Singapore

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FIRM SIZE; GLOBAL ECONOMY;

ASIA;

EID: 78651260432     PISSN: 14086980     EISSN: 15811980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jird.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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