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Working Papers

2021

1. Anticipating financial crisis in the 1960s and 1980s: using the past to plan for the ‘Apocalypse’
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
2. “Unusual, Unstable, Complicated, Unreliable and Temporary” Reinterpreting the Ebb and Flow of Globalization
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

3. Central bank swaps then and now: swaps and dollar liquidity in the 1960s
   BIS Working Papers, Bank for International Settlements View citations (25)

2018

4. The big bang and the City of London
   IBF Paper Series, IBF – Institut für Bank- und Finanzgeschichte / Institute for Banking and Financial History, Frankfurt am Main

2016

5. Monetary Policy Cooperation and Coordination: An Historical Perspective on the Importance of Rules
   Economics Working Papers, Hoover Institution, Stanford University View citations (10)

2014

6. Reforming the international monetary system in the 1970s and 2000s: would an SDR substitution account have worked?
   BIS Working Papers, Bank for International Settlements View citations (6)

2009

7. The Evolution of the Hong Kong Currency Board During Global Exchange Rate Instability: Evidence from the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee 1967-1973
   Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research View citations (1)
   Also in WEF Working Papers, ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London (2009) View citations (1)

2007

8. Disentangling from Sterling: Malaysia and the end of the Bretton Woods system 1965-72
   WEF Working Papers, ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London
9. Economic and Financial Integration between Hong Kong and Mainland China before the Open Door Policy 1965-75
   WEF Working Papers, ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London
10. New Zealand’s Exchange Rate Regime, the Collapse of Bretton Woods,and the Twilight of the Sterling Area
    WEF Working Papers, ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London View citations (3)

2006

11. The Operation of the Moratorium on New Bank Licenses on the Hong Kong banking system 1965-81
    Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
12. The Origins of Anti-Competitive Regulation: Was Hong Kong 'over-banked' in the 1960s?
    Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. One country, two currencies: The adoption of the Hong Kong currency board, 1983
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (2), 477-497

2020

2. European Banks and the Rise of International Finance: the post-Bretton Woods era
   Business History, 2020, 62, (5), 885-886
3. Regulatory foundations of financialisation: May Day, Big Bang and international banking, 1975–1990
   Financial History Review, 2020, 27, (3), 397-417 View citations (2)
4. The origins of the Asia dollar market 1968–1986: regulatory competition and complementarity in Singapore and Hong Kong
   Financial History Review, 2020, 27, (1), 17-44 View citations (2)

2017

5. Rogue Trading at Lloyds Bank International, 1974: Operational Risk in Volatile Markets
   Business History Review, 2017, 91, (1), 105-128 View citations (2)

2015

6. Reforming the International Monetary System in the 1970s and 2000s: Would a Special Drawing Right Substitution Account Have Worked?
   International Finance, 2015, 18, (2), 187-206 View citations (11)
7. The shift from sterling to the dollar, 1965–76: evidence from Australia and New Zealand
   Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (4), 1154-1176 View citations (11)

2011

8. BASKET PEGS AND EXCHANGE RATE REGIME CHANGE: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN THE MID‐SEVENTIES
   Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51, (2), 120-149 View citations (6)

2009

9. 'Parasitic invasions' or sources of good governance: Constraining foreign competition in Hong Kong banking, 1965-81
   Business History, 2009, 51, (2), 157-180 View citations (1)
10. The evolution of the Hong Kong currency board during global exchange rate instability, 1967–19731
    Financial History Review, 2009, 16, (2), 129-156 View citations (5)

2004

11. Finance of Industry in Hong Kong 1950-70: A Case of Market Failure?
    Business History, 2004, 46, (4), 583-608
12. The empire strikes back: Hong Kong and the decline of sterling in the 1960s
    Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (3), 551-580 View citations (1)

2003

13. Banking crises and the evolution of the regulatory framework in Hong Kong 1945–1970
    Australian Economic History Review, 2003, 43, (2), 140-154 View citations (1)

2002

14. Banks and the emergence of Hong Kong as an international financial center
    Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2002, 12, (4-5), 321-340 View citations (11)

2000

15. Banking Groups in Hong Kong, 1945-65
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 2000, 7, (2), 129-154 View citations (1)

1999

16. Le passe d’une region: les relations monetaires entre Hong Kong et la Chine dans les annees quarante
    Economie Internationale, 1999, (78), 155-178

1998

17. The Origins of the Eurodollar Market in London: 1955-1963
    Explorations in Economic History, 1998, 35, (2), 221-238 View citations (16)

1997

18. Monetary institutions in newly independent countries: the experience of Malaya, Ghana and Nigeria in the 1950s1
    Financial History Review, 1997, 4, (2), 181-198 View citations (6)

1994

19. Closing the Hong Kong Gap: the Hong Kong free dollar market in the 1950s
    Economic History Review, 1994, 47, (2), 335-353 View citations (6)

Books

2013

1. The Decline of Sterling
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (1)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2010) View citations (51)

Edited books

2016

1. The Oxford Handbook of Banking and Financial History
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (9)

2009

2. Hong Kong SAR’s Monetary and Exchange Rate Challenges
   Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan

Chapters

2023

1. Telegraph to Tether: Challenges in the Global Payments System and the Struggle between Private and Public Interests
   Springer
2. Timely, Sustained and Effective Macroprudential Policy: Exploring the Political Economy of Hong Kong’s Prudential Standards in the 1990s
   Chapter 16 in MACRO-FINANCIAL STABILITY POLICY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD: LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Selected Papers from the Asian Monetary Policy Forum 2021 Special Edition and MAS-BIS Conference, 2023, pp 318-361

2015

3. China and the International Monetary Fund 1945–1985
   Springer

2013

4. The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. The Hong Kong Gold Market during the 1960s: Local and Global Effects
   Palgrave Macmillan

2009

6. Banking and Exchange Rate Relations between Hong Kong and Mainland China in Historical Perspective: 1965–75
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. Hong Kong’s Monetary Challenges in Historical Perspective
   Palgrave Macmillan