Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre: Emergence and Development, 1945-1965 / Edition 1

by Dr Catherine Schenk

Overview

Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book studies the origins of Hong Kong's post war rise to global prominence. It explores the expansion of the gold market, stock market, banking system, foreign exchange market, and insurance in the years 1945-1965.
This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the development of Hong Kong, the impact of financial regulation and, more broadly, the role of financial centres in the international economy in the post war period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415205832
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/15/2001
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia , #31
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Hong Kong in the International Economy
2. Hong Kong and China, 1945-51
3. The Banking System
4. Foreign Exchange Markets
5. The Gold Market, the Stock Exchange, and Insurance
6. Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre
7. Epilogue and Summary