...Ajay Samant; Alireza Tourani Rad; Chun Yi Wang Notes rapid growth in the number of depositary receipt (DR) listings on US exchanges and presents a study of those from East Asia. Explains how they allow US investors to trade in the equity or debt of non‐US companies through US institutions...

..., Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. JEL Classification: F31, F34, G15, G18 Keywords: East Asia, Financial Crisis 1. Introduction In this article we provide an overview of the East Asian financial crisis and, by so doing, highlight a number of causal factors at the heart of the crisis. In the subsequent sections...