The Role of the Modern Silver Market under the International Gold Standard in Asia

本研究的目的是分析现代白银市场对1913年以前亚洲经济发展的贡献。在三年的项目中，我分析了1913年以前香港的银本位制，以及横滨铸币银行的活动对英属印度和日本经济发展的贡献。这些主题，亚洲传统金融商人和经纪人的活动，英格兰银行和印度办事处在伦敦白银市场的作用，以及亚洲当地白银市场的制度，还没有结束。项目结束后，我继续研究这些课题。

The purpose of this research project is to analyze how the modern silver market contributed the economic development in Asia before 1913.During the three years of the project, I have analyzed that the silver standard in Hong Kong before 1913 and how the activities of the Yokohama Specie Bank contributed the economic development of the British India and Japan. These topics, the activities of the traditional financial merchants and brokers in Asia, the role of the Bank of England and the Indian Office in London silver market and the systems of the local silver markets in Asia, were not still finished. After ending the project, I continue to research these topics.