"The Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC) convened, in collaboration with the Korea Securities Research Institute (KSRI), an International Conference on Competition among Financial Centers in the Asia-Pacific: Prospects, Benefits, and Costs--Stumbling Blocks or Building Blocks towards a Regional Financial Community in Seoul, Korea, on 15-16 October 2007 as part of its contribution to the work of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) .... The present book consists of papers and commentaries presented at the conference as well as a synthesis paper on the findings"--P. [xv]