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K. J. Luke Endowed Chair Professor of
International Finance and Banking
Shidler College of Business
University of Hawai'i
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:

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)

Impediments to Cross-Border Investments in Asian Bonds (co-authored with Douglas Arner and Paul Lejot)(Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006)

Retirement Pension and Asset Management: A Korean Perspective,(co-edited with Young Kwon Cho)(Seoul, Korea: Financial News Inc., 2006)

The Feasibility of Creating Mortgage-Backed Securities Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region (Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2000)

Rising to the Challenge in Asia: A Study of Financial Markets Volume 1-12 (Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2000)

Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research Volumes I, II, and III (Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland)

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.