The Political Economy of Capital Market Reforms in Southeast Asia

1. Front Matter

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2. Politics and Capital Market Reforms

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   Pages 1-25

3. Political Parties and Reform Processes

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   Pages 26-60

4. Variations in Political Party Structures

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   Pages 61-95

5. Singapore: Market Reform Success

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   Pages 96-131

6. Thailand: Reform Failures amidst Political Changes

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   Pages 132-167

7. Malaysia: Mixed Record on Reforms

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   Pages 168-203

8. Conclusions and Implications

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   Pages 204-216

9. Back Matter

   Pages 217-273

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In this book, Xiaoke Zhang addresses two fundamental political and policy questions: why do politicians have heterogeneous incentives to pursue public-regarding policies through capital market reforms and why do they differ in their abilities to initiate and implement market reform policies decisively and resolutely?

• capital market
• economy
• Policy
• political economy
• Political Parties
• politics
• reforms

• University of Nottingham, UK

  Xiaoke Zhang

XIAOKE ZHANG is Associate Professor in Political Economy and Asian Studies in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK. His major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on East Asia. He is the author of The Changing Politics of Finance in Korea and Thailand and the co-editor of International Financial Governance under Stress (with Geoffrey R.D. Underhill).

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