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ADVANCES IN PACIFIC BASIN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

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ADVANCES IN PACIFIC BASIN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

Series Editors: Cheng Few Lee and Min-Teh Yu

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ADVANCES IN PACIFIC BASIN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE VOLUME 5

ADVANCES IN PACIFIC BASIN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

EDITED BY

CHENG FEW LEE

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

MIN-TEH YU

China University of Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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ISSN: 2514-4650 (Series)

List of Contributors

Editorial Board

• Mike J. Alderson

  University of St. Louis, USA

• James S. Ang

  Florida State University, USA

• Hong-Yi Chen

  National Chengchi University, Taiwan

• Sheng-Syan Chen

  National Chengchi University, Taiwan

• Anna Chernobai

  Syracuse University, USA

• Thomas C. Chiang

  Drexel University, USA

• Thomas J. Frecka

  University of Notre Dame, USA

• Robert R. Grauer

  Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Puneet Handa

  University of Iowa, USA

• Cheng Hsiao

  University of Southern California, USA

• Der-An Hsu

  University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

• Prem C. Jain

  Georgetown University, USA

• Sung S. Kwon

  York University, USA

• Jevons C. Lee

  Tulane University, USA

• Wayne Y. Lee

  University of Arkansas, USA

• Scott C. Linn

  University of Oklahoma, USA

• Yaw Mensah

  Rutgers University, USA

• Thomas H. Noe

  University of Oxford, UK

• Thomas Noland

  University of Houston, USA

• Michael Pagano

  Villanova University, USA

• Oded Palmon

  Rutgers University, USA

• Kwangwoo Park

  KAIST, Korea

• Fotios Pasiouras

  University of Bath, UK

• Andrew J. Senchak

  University of Texas, Austin, USA

• David Smith

  University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA

• K. C. John Wei

  Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

• William W. S. Wei

  Temple University, USA

• James P. Winder

  Rutgers University, USA

• Tong Yu

  University of Cincinnati, USA

• David A. Ziebart

  University of Kentucky, USA