International financial systems and stock volatility : issues and remedies / edited by Nidal Rashid Sabri.

Includes bibliographical references.

Roots of stock market volatility and crises : a synthesis and suggested solutions / Nidal Rashid Sabri -- International bank lending and the Asian crisis / Jonathan Batten, Kym Brown and Thomas A. Fetherston -- Price linkages and integration of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] stock markets / Simon Neaime and Sam Hakim -- Share prices' reaction to the release of financial statements in emerging stock markets : the case of Saudia [sic] Arabia / Kamal Naser -- Consequences of the Asian financial crisis on global asset allocation strategies : evidence from the Asian block / Eric Girard, Hamid Rahman and Tarek Zaher -- Liberalization of capital flows, banking system and trade : focus on crisis situations / J.D. Agarwal and Aman Agarwal -- The crisis of financial intermediation : understanding Japan's lingering financial stagnation / Yasushi Suzuki.

Designing monetary relations between the EU and the U.S. : is the degree of exchange rate volatility relevant? / Ansgar Belke and Daniel Gros -- On volatility smiles and the valuation of equity and index options in the Paris Bourse : theory and empirical tests / Mondher Bellalah -- Are the premia in foreign exchange markets affected by the length of the contract horizon? / Yousef S. Daoud and Terrence Kinal -- Economic and financial instability : lessons from the Asian crisis / Gianni Vaggi -- International portfolio choices and the effect of information costs / Mondher Bellalah and Makram Bellalah -- The determinants of cross-border bank takeover premiums / Alan Gart, Krish Krishnan and Ibrahim Affaneh.