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9780415205832

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415205832

  • ISBN10:

    0415205832

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-04-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the development of Hong Kong as one of the worlds premier international financial centres.

Author Biography

Catherine R. Schenk is Senior Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

Figures
xi
Tables
xii
Acknowledgements xiv
Hong Kong in the international economy
1(17)
Evolution of Hong Kong's economy 1945--65
3(5)
Hong Kong in the international monetary system
8(2)
Hong Kong and China 1949--65
10(4)
Government policy and the `laissez-faire' myth
14(1)
Outline of the book
15(1)
Appendix
16(2)
Hong Kong and China 1945--51
18(26)
Nationalist chaos and Hong Kong's recovery
19(6)
The Hong Kong dollar in China
25(5)
The Nationalist blockade
30(4)
The US dollar freezing order
34(1)
Development of embargo policies in the USA and UK
35(4)
Impact of the embargo on Hong Kong
39(3)
Conclusion
42(2)
The banking system
44(28)
Structure of the banking system
44(14)
Domestic banking: Expansion, crisis and new regulation
58(12)
Conclusion
70(2)
Foreign exchange markets
72(23)
Structure and operation of the dollar market
72(6)
Regulating the free dollar market
78(2)
Implications of the free market for trade and manufacturing
80(2)
The free market and global capital transactions
82(6)
Switch sterling activities of the Hongkong Bank
88(3)
Illegal transactions
91(2)
Conclusion
93(2)
The gold market, the stock exchange and insurance
95(25)
The gold market
95(12)
The stock exchange
107(8)
Insurance market
115(2)
Conclusion
117(2)
Appendix
119(1)
Hong Kong as an international financial centre
120(33)
Competitive advantage of Hong Kong
133(8)
The international financial centre and industrialisation
141(12)
Epilogue and summary
153(8)
Epilogue
153(3)
Summary
156(5)
Notes 161(30)
Bibliography 191

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