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K. J. Luke
Endowed Chair Professor of
International Finance and Banking
Shidler College of Business
University of Hawai'i
2404 Maile Way, C-304
Honolulu, HI 96822-2282
USA
Email: rheesg@hawaii.edu
Tel:
(808) 956-2535
Fax: (808) 956-2532
Dr. Rhee received his
BA from Seoul National University Law School, MBA from Rutgers University,
and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He is the K. J. Luke Distinguished
Professor of International Finance and Banking and serves as Executive
Director of the Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (FIMA) Research Center at
the University of Hawai’i. The overall objective of the FIMA Research
Center is to spearhead both academic and policy research on financial
markets in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating academic and practitioner
viewpoints. The FIMA Research Center is globally recognized as a leading
research institute in the area of Asian financial markets and banking
systems and it is the home of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, a
premier academic journal focusing on Asia-Pacific capital markets and
financial systems. Dr. Rhee is managing editor of the Journal.
He is a member of the
U.S. National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. He served as
the chairman of the Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ASFRC) in
2004-2007. The ASFRC is a part of the Global Shadow Financial Regulatory
Committees which include the committees of United States, Europe, Japan,
Latin America, and Asia. The ASFRC is charged to identify and analyze
developing trends and ongoing events in Asia that may affect the
efficiency and safe operation of financial markets and the financial
services industry; to explore the spectrum of short- and long-term
implications of emerging problems and policy changes; to help develop
private, regulatory and legislative responses to problems that hinder
efficiency; and to assess and respond to proposed and actual public policy
initiatives with respect to the impact on the public interest.
He is a founding member
and board member of the Ohana Pacific Bank, which is a state-chartered
bank and serves ethnic minority business communities (Korean, Chinese,
Philippine, Viet Nam, and Indonesian) in Hawaii. The Bank has been in
business since June 2006.
Before he joined the
University of Hawai’i in August 1999, he was Resident Scholar (1997-1999)
of the Asian Development Bank. As Resident Scholar of the Bank, he
spearheaded research programs on Asian financial crisis, mortgage-backed
securities markets, and government bond markets. He was also involved
with financial sector reform programs for Thailand, Indonesia, and Korea
as part of the International Monetary Fund’s support packages. He was a
key member of the Bank team which created a regional economic monitoring
program and this program eventually led to the creation of the Office of
Economic Integration. He was a Professor of Finance and Director of the
Sandra Ann Morsilli Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research Center of the
University of Rhode Island. He also taught at University of Pittsburgh as
an assistant professor of finance. He did short-term teaching at
Carnegie-Mellon University, Ohio State University, University of Zagreb,
and Hanoi School of Business. He also served as a visiting research
professor at the Hitotsubashi University (Japan) and was the Tun Ismail
Mohamed Ali Distinguished Chair in Investment and Finance of Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia). He was a
distinguished visiting research professor for the Korea Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology in October-November 2007.
He serves as Managing
Editor of Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. His research has been
published in numerous academic journals, including: Journal of Finance,
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International
Money and Finance, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Risk
and Insurance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical
Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of International
Business Studies, Decision Sciences, Managerial and Decision Economics,
Journal of
International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Financial
Management, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Pacific-Basin
Finance Journal,
etc. He has published over 80 academic papers and edited or authored 18
books on Asian financial markets, including:
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Emerging Challenges for
the Korean Financial Sector: Development of Pension Markets and
Functional Consolidation of Financial Institutions (co-edited with Young
Kwon Cho)(Seoul,
Korea: Financial News Daily Inc., 2007)
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Impediments to
Cross-Border Investments in Asian Bonds (co-authored with Douglas Arner
and Paul Lejot)(Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006)
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Retirement Pension and
Asset Management: A Korean Perspective,(co-edited with Young Kwon
Cho)(Seoul, Korea: Financial News Inc., 2006)
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The Feasibility of
Creating Mortgage-Backed Securities Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region
(Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2000)
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Rising to the Challenge
in Asia: A Study of Financial Markets Volume 1-12 (Manila, Philippines:
Asian Development Bank, 2000)
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Pacific-Basin Capital
Markets Research Volumes I, II, and III (Amsterdam, Netherlands:
North-Holland)
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Dynamic Asian Securities
Markets and Systemic Risks (Paris, France: Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, 1992).
He is a board member of
the Asian Finance Association, an association of academic researchers with
research interests in Asian finance. He was the founding president of the
Pacific-Basin Financial Management Society, an academic association
created to promote academic research on the region’s financial and capital
markets. He also served as a board member of the U.S. Financial
Management Association. He served as Program Chair of the Annual
Pacific-Basin Finance Conferences, 1989-1997.
Dr. Rhee consulted for a
number of international institutions such as Asian Development Bank, Asian
Development Bank Institute, International Chamber of Commerce,
International Monetary Fund, Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public
Credits, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Securities
and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, United Nations Industrial
Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kuala Lumpur
Stock Exchange, Jakarta Stock Exchange and a number of financial
institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. He received the 2001
Archimedes Award from University of Catania (Sicily) and Erasmus
University (Netherlands) for his contribution to academic research on
Asian capital markets.
Contact Details
S. Ghon
Rhee, Ph.D.
K. J. Luke Endowed Chair Professor of International Finance and Banking
Shidler College of Business
University of Hawai'i
2404 Maile Way, C-304
Honolulu, HI 96822-2282
U.S.A.
Tel No.:
(808) 956 2535
Fax No.: (808) 956 2532
E-Mail:
rheesg@hawaii.edu
Web Site:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rheesg |