Handbook of frontier markets. Evidence from Asia and international comparative studies - Panagiotis Andrikopoulos

Handbook of Frontier Markets: Evidence from Asia and International Comparative Studies provides novel insights from academic perspectives about the behavior of investors and prices in several frontier markets. It explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets.

Frontier markets have now become a popular investment class among institutional investors internationally, with major financial services providers establishing index-benchmarks for this market-category. The anticipation for frontier markets is optimistic uncertainty, and many people believe that, given their growth rates, these markets will be economic success stories. Irrespective of their degrees of success, The Handbook of Frontier Markets can help ensure that the increasing international investment diverted to them will aid in their greater integration within the global financial system.

"This is a very comprehensive handbook for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in financial aspects of frontier markets. The book documents experiences of countries as diverse as Botswana, Morocco, Vietnam, and Slovenia, among many others. An excellent read!"--Viviana Fernandez, Universidad AdolfoIbez

"A comprehensive collection of high quality articles on a wide range of topics related to frontier financial markets. A solid reference for all those interested in this topic."--Petre Caraiani, Institutul National de Cercetari Economice (INCE), Academia Romana