1. Asia before and after the financial crisis of 1997-98 : a retrospective essay / Lawrence R. Klein and Tayyeb Shabbir -- 2. Indicators and analysis of vulnerability to currency crisis : Thailand / Pranee Tinakorn -- 3. next financial crisis / Barry Eichengreen -- 4. Capital controls, financial crises and cures : simulations with an econometric model for Malaysia / Lawrence R. Klein, Roberto S. Mariano and Suleyman Ozmucur -- 5. case of the missing market : the bond market and why it matters for financial development / Richard J. Herring and Nathporn Chatusripitak -- 6. Investment, growth and productivity during the East Asian financial crisis / F. Gerard Adams and Tayyeb Shabbir -- 7. What really happened to Thai wage rates during the East Asian financial crisis? / Jere R. Behrman, Anil B. Deolalikar and Pranee Tinakorn -- 8. Exchange rate or wage changes in international adjustment? : Japan and China versus the United States / Ronald I. McKinnon -- 9. Adjustment to China's CPI-based inflation rate to account for 'true' cost of living, 1993-2004 / Lawrence R. Klein, Huiqing Gao and Liping Tao -- 10. Estimating China's core inflation rate / Deming Wu.