Joong Shik Kang
Last Updated: May 27, 2016
Joong Shik Kang is a Senior Economist in the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF. His research focuses on international economics, internal devaluation in the Euro area, and Japanese/Chinese economies. He has worked on various counties at the Fund, including Japan, China, Hong Kong SAR, and etc.
Email: JKANG@imf.org
Fluent In: Korean.
Education:
May 2007, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
May 2004, M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Feb. 2002, B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Seoul National University
Professional Activities:
Jan. 05 – May 07, Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin at Madison (Prof. Charles Engel)
May – Aug. 06, Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Board, International Finance Division
Mar. – Apr. 06, Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Jun. – Aug. 05, Ph.D. Intern, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Sep. 01 – Jun. 02, Researcher, Korea Fixed Income Research Institute
Awards and Honors:
Summer 2006, NSF Award to Attend the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics
2002 - 2003, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Fellowship
1997 / 2001, Seoul National University (SNU) Merit-Based Scholarship
1997 / 2001, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) College Student Scholarship
Field of Expertise:
Macro-Financial Issues
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Finance