Cho, Yoon Je | |
Profile
Dr. Yoon Je Cho has been serving as Korea’s Ambassador to the USA since August 2017. He served as Economic Advisor to the President of the ROK (2003-2005), and Korea’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2008). Before he joined Sogang University in March 1997, Dr. Cho had held various posts at academic, governmental and international institutions, including Vice President of Korea Institute of Public Finance, Senior Economist at the World Bank, Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Senior Counselor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy of ROK . He also taught at Georgetown University as an Adjunct Professor. He was trained at Seoul National University (B.A., Economics) and Stanford University (Ph. D., Economics). He authored many academic journal articles related to macro-financial economics, which is his specialized field, including "Inefficiencies from Financial Liberalization in the Absence of Well-Functioning Equity Markets," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, North-Holland, 1986, “The Effect of Financial Liberalization on the Efficiency of Credit Allocation--Some Evidence from Korea”, Journal of Development Economics, North-Holland, 1988, "Developing Country Strategy for International Trade in Financial Service--Lessons from the Opening of the Korea Insurance Market," The World Bank Economic Review, The World Bank, 1988,. “Finance and Development: The Korean Approach”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford, 1989, “McKinnon-Shaw vs. Neostructuralists' Views on Financial Liberalization: A Conceptual Note”, World Development, North-Holland, March 1990, “The Gains from International Investment Diversification : The Korean Case”, with Changyong Rhee, Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics, 1999, and many others. Education
- B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University 1976 Classes Taught
- International Economic analysis Academic & Professional Post Held
- Member, Monetary Policy Board of the Bank of Korea (4/2020- present) - Korea’s Ambassador to the USA (8/2017-9/2019) - Professor of Economics, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University (3/1997-/2/2017) |