Although emerging market economies consist of 50% of the global population, they are relatively unknown. Filling this knowledge gap, Emerging Markets: Performance, Analysis and Innovation compiles the latest research by noteworthy academics and money managers from around the world. With a focus on both traditional emerging markets and new areas, su

The Growth Prospects of New and Old Emerging Markets. Are Emerging Stock Markets Less Efficient?: A Survey of Empirical Literature. How "Normal" Are Emerging Market Returns?. Emerging Markets Exposure: Equities or Hedge Funds?. Equity Returns in Emerging Markets: Prospects for the BRICs. Indices and Price Book, Price Earnings, and Dividend Yield Ratios in Emerging Financial Markets. The World Price of Covariance Risk with Respect to Emerging Markets. Do Jumps Matter in Emerging Market Portfolio Strategies?. Overreaction Hypothesis in Emerging Balkan Stock Markets. Does Currency Risk Depress the Flow of Trade?: Evidence from the European Union and Transition Countries. Stock Market Volatility of European Emerging Markets as Signals to Macroeconomic Activities. The Profitability of the Contrarian Strategy and the Overreaction Effect on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. What Determines Going Public in Latin America?. Preholiday Effect and Stock Returns in Mexican Financial Markets. Business-Cycle and Exchange-R ate Fluctuations in Emerging Market Economies in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Institutional Factors behind Capital Structure: Evidence from Chilean Firms. Private Equity in the MENA Region: An Exploratory Analysis. Examining the Implications of Linear and Nonlinear Dependencies on Efficiency and Conditional Volatility of MENA Markets: The Case of Egypt and Tunisia. A Study of Market Integration, Share Price Responses, and Global Portfolio Investments in the MENA Region. Empirical Analysis of Herding Behavior in Asian Stock Markets. Institutions and Investment Activities in the Venture Capital Industry: Evidence from China, Hong Kong, and India. Rating Skewness Spillovers in Equity and Currency Markets: Evidence from the Pacific Rim. Dealing with East Asian Equity Market Contagion: Some Policy Implications. The Response of Indian Equities to U.S. Stock Market Movements of the Prior Trading Day. Asset Pricing with Higher-Order Co-Moments and