Abstract: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Emerging Markets and Financial Resilience HooyChee-Wooi, Ruhani Ali and S. Ghon Rhee PART II: FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CYCLE 2. Social Capital and Financial Market Development Siong-Hook Law and Mansor Ibrahim 3. Resource Curses Finance: Can Human Stop It? Tamat Sarmidi, Siong-Hook Law and Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh 4. Forecasting Malaysian Business Cycle Movement Shirly Siew-Ling Wong, Shazali Abu Mansor, Chin-Hong Puah and Venus Khim-Sen Liew PART III: REGIONAL FINANCIAL MARKET INTEGRATION 5. Financial Integration between China and Asia Pacific Tze-Haw Chan and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah 6. Budget Deficits and Current Account Balances Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Siew-Voon Soon and Hamizun bin Ismail 7. Asia-Pacific Currency Excess Returns Yuen-Meng Wong PART IV: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS 8. Openness, Market Size and Foreign Direct Investments Catherine Soke-Fun Ho, Khairunnisa Amir, Linda Nasaruddin Sia and Nurain Farahana Zainal Abidin 9. Momentum and Contrarian Strategies on ASEAN markets Shangkari V.Anusakumar, Ruhani Ali and Chee-Wooi Hooy 10. Socially Responsible Investing Funds in Asia Pacific Wei-Rong Ang and Hooi-Hooi Lean PART V: CORPORATE FINANCE AND BANKING 11. Capital Structure of Southeast Asian Firms Razali Haron, Khairunisah Ibrahim, Fauzias Mat Nor and Izani Ibrahim 12. Determinants Of Bank Profits and Net Interest Margins Rubi Ahmad and Bola Matemilola