J. JAY CHOI is Professor of Finance and International Business at Temple University. Choi was previously on the faculty at Columbia University and was an international treasury economist at Chase Manhattan Bank. He is co-editor of the Journal of Economics and Business and is on the editorial boards of four global finance journals and President of the Korea-America Finance Association.JOHN A. DOUKAS is Professor of Old Dominion University. He has published numerous articles in journals and is the founding editor of the European Financial Management Journal and founder of the European Financial Management Association.

• An Overview of Emerging Market Finance Financial and Investment Issues in Emerging Capital Markets by J. Jay Choi and John A. Doukas Choices of Financial Development for Transition Economies by Quaiza Hussain Reexamination of Sovereign Debt Service Capacity Volatility by Using Standardized Sovereign Debt Volatility Coeffecient by Weiping Liu International Market Linkages Volatility and Openness of Emerging Markets: Some Empirical Evidence by Vince J. Hooper Intertemporal Stability of Stock Returns and Relationship with Stock Index Future by Gordon Y. N. Tang International Diversification of U.S. Portofolios with Segmented Markets by Philip Fanara, Jr., Sandip Mukherji, and Yong H. Kim Foreign Exchange and International Investments Parity Relationships and Investment Risks in Emerging Markets by Arvind K. Jain Cointegration Analysis of Official and Free Market Exchange Rates in an Emerging Market: The Turkish Case by Ayce Yuce and Can Simga-Mugan Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Gravity-Model Approach by Bang Nam Jeon and Susan F. Stone Corporate Finance and Banking Executive Views on Dividends and Capital Structure Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region by George W. Kester, Rosita P. Chang, Erlinda S. Echanis, Mansor Md. Isa, Michael T. Skully, Susatio Soedigno, and Kai-Chong Tsui Dividend Policy, Management Compensation, and Ownership Structure: Empirical Evidence from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by Shmuel Hauser and June Dilevsky Asymmetric Information, Collateral and Interest Rate--The Case of Taiwan by Hai-Chin Yu An Analysis of the Capital Guaranteed Trust and Its Innovation in Taiwan by Paul W. K. Chen, Ming-Chong Chiang, and Edward H. Chow Market Structure and Performance in the Greek Banking System by George Hondroyiannis, Sanrantis Lolos, and Evangelia Papapetrou Financial Issues in Transitional Economies Commercial Bank Development in Asian Transitional Economies by Paul M. Dickie Conditional Variance and Nonlinearity in the Polish Emerging Market by Sunil Poshakwale and Douglas Wood Developing Financial Markets in Russia: The Russian Securities Industry in Comparative Perspective by Val Samonis and Oleg Bondar Asian Emerging Stock Markets Stock Returns and Conditional Variance-Covariance: Evidence from Asian Stock Markets by Thomas C. Chiang The Behavior of Chinese Stock Markets by Dongwei Su Launching Markets for Stock Index Futures and Options: The Case of Korea by Yu-Kyung Kim Emerging Stock Markets in Latin America and Europe The Emerging Markets in Latin America: Prospects and Problems for an Investor by Dilip K. Ghosh and Edgar Ortiz Potential Gains from International Diversification Across Latin American Stock Markets by Yochanan Shachmurove The Behavior of the Colombian Emerging Capital Market by Harvey Arbelaez and Jorge L. Urrutia Modeling the Volatility of Share Prices of Stocks Traded on the Athens Stock Exchange by Michael G. Papaioannou and George G. Neofositos About the Editors and Contributors Index