Interest Rate and Exchange Rate Exposures of Korean Financial Institutions: Implications for the Propagation of Financial Crisis by Joon-Ho Hahm * Graduate School of International Studies Yonsei University March 2001 JEL Classification No: F3, G1, G2 Key Words: Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Bank, Korea, Financial Crisis ___________________________________________________________ * The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Yonsei University. Address for Correspondence: 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-ku, Seoul, 120-749, Korea, Tel: 82-2-2123-4210, Fax: 82-2-392-3321, Email: jhahm@yonsei.ac.kr