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Yishay Yafeh

Yishay Yafeh is an Israeli economist and professor of finance at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Business Administration, which he led as dean from 2012 to 2016.

born 1962Research on corporate governanceStudies of Japan's economyDean of Hebrew University business school

Occupation: economist
Education: Harvard University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yishay Yafeh was born in 1962

Yishay Yafeh was born in Israel in 1962. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and East Asian studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1988. He then completed a doctorate in economics at Harvard University in 1993.

He was an associate professor with tenure in the economics department of the University of Montreal and a visiting professor at Oxford University. At the Hebrew University School of Business Administration he served as vice dean from 2010 to 2012 and as dean from 2012 to 2016. He teaches courses in financial economics and in law and finance.

His research covers corporate governance, banking and financial intermediation, the economies of Japan and East Asia, and economic and financial history. In 2006 Oxford University Press published his book Emerging Markets and Financial Globalization, written with Paolo Mauro and Nathan Sussman.

He has advised the Bank of Israel, the Israel Securities Authority and the International Monetary Fund. He is a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London and of the European Corporate Governance Institute in Brussels.

Milestones in Yishay Yafeh's life

1962
Born in Israel.
1988
Completed a bachelor's degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1993
Received a doctorate in economics from Harvard University.
2006
Published a book on emerging markets with Oxford University Press.
2010
Became vice dean of the Hebrew University School of Business Administration.
2012
Became dean of the school.
2016
Ended his term as dean.