Abstract:

Stock markets, Asia, Stock prices, Foreign investment, Securities regulations, Pricing policy, Developed countries, Emerging markets, Cross country analysis, Economic models, arbitrage pricing theory, Asian financial crisis, fundamentals, global financial crisis, idiosyncratic factors, integration, IOSCO, stock pricing, term structure of interest rates., stock exchange, stock returns, financial markets, financial sector, stock index, bond, stock market capitalization, local stock markets, government bond, stock market index, financial economics, stock market volatility, stock market development, stock market integration, government bond yield, national stock exchange, financial system, equit