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Includes bibliographical references.

Part I : An Overview -- Chapter 1: Emerging Market Finance: New Challenges and Opportunities -- Part II : Global Banking Activity, Risk, and Contagion -- Chapter 2: Do Foreign Bank Branches Affect Lending of Foreign- and State-owned Banks? Empirical Evidence from CESEE Countries -- Chapter 3: Nonperforming Loans in Asia: Determinants and Macrofinancial Linkages -- Chapter 4: Corporate Default Risk and Loan Pricing Behavior in China -- Chapter 5: Chinese Banks in Russia: Market Expansion Strategies and New Opportunities -- Chapter 6: Global Shock and Foreign Bank Lending: Choice of Home and Local Currency Loans in Indonesia -- Chapter 7: Spillover Effects of Global MonetaRy Shocks on Foreign Banks: Evidence from an Emerging Economy -- Part III : Stock Market Behavior in Emerging Economies -- Chapter 8: Global Stock Market Prices Response to Uncertainty Changes in US Monetary and Fiscal Policies -- Chapter 9: The Asymmetry Effect and Volatility Persistence in Stock Market Returns: Evidence from Brazil, China, Mexico and Turkey -- Chapter 10: Tests of Multifactor Asset Pricing Models in Asian Stock Markets -- Chapter 11: Tunisian Revolution and Herd Behavior: Empirical Evidence from the Tunisia Stock Exchange -- Part IV : Global financing for firms and financial inclusion -- Chapter 12: A Theory of Domestic and International Trade Finance -- Chapter 13: The Impact of CEO and Firm-Specific Characteristics on Capital Structure: Evidence from Romanian Firms -- Chapter 14: Optimal Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 15: Social Inclusion and Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from EU Economies -- Index.

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