The seventh in a series of annual volumes on the financial sector from the Brookings Institution and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on public policy issues confronting the insurance industry....

In the wake of the Asian financial crisis, many of the region\'s once-prosperous nations find themselves struggling to recover from crippling financial debt. In this volume, the second in Brookings\' Emerging Markets Finance series, leading specialists focus on the debt workout process stemming from the crisis....

This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the underlying causes of the Asian financial crisis and ways of preventing future crises in emerging markets....

American consumers have become accustomed to obtaining instant credit. The process requires that credit bureaus have easy access to sensitive financial information about individuals, compiled largely without their consent....

The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing Countries addresses the challenges that countries face as they develop and strengthen capital markets. Based on input from the world?s most prominent capital market experts and leading policymakers in developing countries, this volume represents the latest thinking in capital market development....

The historic European Union Directive on Data Protection will take effect in October 1998. A key provision will prohibit transfer of personal information from Europe to other countries if they lack \"adequate\" protection of privacy....

In just a few years, the Internet has had a visible impact on the daily lives of many Americans. But the recent demise of many of the \"dot coms\" that symbolized the Internet revolution has raised warning flags about its future. Until now, discussionof the impact of the Internet on the economy has been mostly speculation. In Beyond the Dot....

When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations....

In this book three of the nation\'s most noted economists look at the primary reasons for these trends and assess which of the many suggestions for change in policy-whether for increased tax incentives for investment, education reform, or accelerated research and development-are likely to work and which may not work and could even hinder economic d...

A few years ago, Americans held out their systems of corporate governance and financial disclosure as models to be emulated by the rest of the world. But in late 2001 U.S. policymakers and corporate leaders found themselves facing the largest corporate accounting scandals in American history. The spectacular collapses of Enron and Worldcom?...

This volume contains detailed analyses of how the Internet revolution could bring economic benefits-primarily improved productivity and higher quality-in the eight sectors of the U.S....