Who Will Provide the Next Financial Model?

Part I Financial Regulation

The EU's approach to improving financial regulation (Iain Begg)

Asia's approach to improve financial regulation (Atsushi Mimura)

Comment paper to chapters "The EU's approach to improving financial regulation" and "Asia's approach to improve financial regulation"(Jun Inoue)

Comment paper to chapters "The EU's approach to improving financial regulation" and "Asia's approach to improve financial regulation" (Satoshi Koibuchi)

Part II Monetary Policy

The European Central Bank and implications of the sovereign debt crisis (Francesco Drudi, Alain Durré and Francesco Paolo Mongelli)

Comment paper to chapter "The European Central Bank and implications of the sovereign debt crisis" (Soko Tanaka)

Evolution of quantitative easing (Shigenori Shiratsuka)

Comment paper to chapter "Evolution of quantitative easing " (Toshiki Jinushi)

Lessons learned, lessons not learned and the lessons to be learned: from the Asian crisis to the European crises (Akira Ariyoshi)

Comment paper to chapter "Lessons learned, lessons not learned and the lessons to be learned: from the Asian crisis to the European crises"(Masao Kumamoto)

Part III The Financial Sector

Is a new financial model necessary for growth? (Carlo Altomonte, Lorenzo Saggiorato)

Comment paper to chapter "Is a new financial model necessary for growth?"(Hideki Hayashi)

European sovereign crisis and its implications for Japan: reducing budget deficits without damaging recovery (Mitsuhiro Fukao)

Comment paper to chapter "European sovereign crisis and its implications for Japan: reducing budget deficits without damaging recovery" (Etsuko Katsu)

An assessment of China's banking system reform (Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Daniel Santabarbara)

Comment paper to chapter "An assessment of China's banking system reform" (Tomoyuki Fukumoto)

Part IV Exchange Rate Systems

Is the European monetary union sustainable? The role of real convergence (Helmut Wagner)

Comment paper to chapter "Is the European monetary union sustainable? The role of real convergence" (Eiji Okano)

Regional monetary cooperation in Asia (Eiji Ogawa)

Comment paper to chapter "Regional monetary cooperation in Asia"(Mei Kudo)

Europe's unresolved crisis (Paola Subacchi, Stephen Pickford)

Comment paper to chapter "Europe's unresolved crisis" (Kentaro Kawasaki)

The exchange rate regime as a tool to advance reform-success or failure? (Sahoko Kaji)

Comment paper to chapter "The exchange rate regime as a tool to advance reform-success or failure?" (Junko Shimizu)

Editors

Sahoko Kaji is a professor of economics and co-ordinator of the Professional Career Programme at Keio University, and deputy director at EUSI. She has a B.A. and an M.A. from Keio, and a Ph.D. in economics from the Johns Hopkins University. Her major field of research is European economies. Details are at http: //k-ris.keio.ac.jp/Profiles/60/0005959/prof_e.html.

Eiji Ogawa is a professor at the Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, and chairman of the Governing Board, EU Studies Institute in Tokyo. He has a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in commerce from Hitotsubashi University. His major field of research is international finance and currencies. Details are at https: //hri.ad.hit-u.ac.jp/html/217_profile_en.html.