List of contributors. Switching arch models of stock market volatility in Taiwan (S-W. Chen, J-L. Lin). The determinants of capital structure for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan (H-C. Kuo, L-H. Wang and S-S. Wu). On the predictive power of the Black-Scholes formula: evidence from Taiwan (G. Yen, E-C. Yen). How do monetary variation and nonneutrality relate to credit availability? (Y. Wu). A cautionary note on extracting priced factors in the conventional arbitrage pricing model (L-H. Wang et al.). Incentive-based financing contract for small and medium business: design and survey (Y-H. Yeh, C-E. Ko and T-S. Lee). Equity style classification and investing strategy: the application of artificial neural networks (C-H. Shen et al.). Dynamic index option trading strategies: direct forecasting versus option pricing (A-S. Chen, C. Yeuh-Chung). Asia's new form of industrial organization: The town and village enterprises in China (K.A. Tourk). "hot-issue" markets: Taiwan experience (C. Chen, T-H. Lin). Strategic financing for international business expansion (C-M. Chuang, T-L. Chang and P.P. Li). The monthly effect in Taiwan: a robustness examination (C-P. Lin). Market structure and performance in Taiwan's banking industry (S-L. Jang, C-H. Peng). Alternative conditional volatility models of Taiwan's stock market with applications to covered warrants (C-S Lee, H. Chung). Financial markets integration and segmentation under regional economic blocs: a dynamic conditional correlation approach (B-N. Huang, C-W. Yang). Valuation of cross-currency two-way equity swaps without currency risks (Y-C. Chiang, L-K. Hu and S-L. Liao). Risk-adjusted deposit insurance premiums for new banks in Taiwan (Y-F. Yao).