TY - CHAP AB - Abstract This paper proposes that if a political system is more like to facilitate a unified government, to establish a strong executive body and to respond to the needs of the majority, financial reforms are more likely to emerge from the policymaking process and produce positive results. On the contrary, political systems that discourage those governing features are less likely to produce reforms. This chapter compares financial reform processes in China, Taiwan and New Zealand. All of them performed low level of financial reforms in the early 1980s but resulted in different situations later. In the mid-2000s, New Zealand heralded the most efficient and stable financial system; while Taiwan lagged behind and China performed the worst. Evidence showed that China’s authoritarian system may be the most superior in forming a unified government with a strong executive, but the policy priority often responds more to the interests of a small group of power elites; therefore the result of financial reform can be limited. Taiwan’s presidential system can produce greater financial reform when the ruling party controls both executive and legislative bodies, but legislative obstructions may occur under a divided government. New Zealand's Westminster system produces the most effective and efficient financial reform due to its unified government and a strong executive branch with consistent and stable supports from the New Zealand Parliament. VL - 24 SN - 978-1-78441-883-0, 978-1-78441-884-7/2053-7697 DO - 10.1108/S2053-769720150000024014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2053-769720150000024014 AU - Chen Ian Tsung-yen PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/01/01 TI - Political Systems and Financial Reform Process: A Comparative Study of China, Taiwan, and New Zealand T2 - Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance T3 - Public Policy and Governance PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 345 EP - 375 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -