Yoon S.
Park

Professor of International Finance
International Banking, International Financial Markets
Phone: (202)994-8215
Fax: (202)994-7422
Email: yspark@gwu.edu
WWW: http://home.gwu.edu/~yspark

Dr. Y. S. Park is currently Professor of International Finance at the School of Business of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  Before coming to George Washington University he also taugth at Georgetown University and Columbia University.  In addition to his MBA in finance and MA in economics, Prof. Park has received two doctorate degrees: Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in International Finance from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and PhD in Economics from George Washington University. 

Among his many publications are The Changes in North-East Asian Economic and Political Order and Korea’s Preparations for the 21st Century (Editor, 2004), The Korean Bond Market: Post Asian Crisis and Beyond (2003), Project Financing and International Financial Markets (1999), International Banking and Financial Centers (1989), International Banking in Theory and Practice (1984), Oil Money and the World Economy (1976), and The Eurobond Market: Function and Structure (1974), as well as many articles and reports in the fields of international banking and finance.

Before joining the academia, he had worked for the World Bank as a Senior Economist and then served as the Financial Advisor at the Samsung Group in Korea.  Currently, he is a member of the boards of directors of Samsung Corporation, a large Korean chaebol company, and the Korea Economic Institute of America, Inc.  Dr. Park has been a consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Inter-American Development Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department, U.S. Export-Import Bank, New York State Banking Department, Korea Institute of Economics and Technology, Kuwait Institute of Banking Studies, and other private and public institutions around the world.

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