• International Area Studies Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.269-286
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• 2009

The aim of the paper is to study environmental impacts of openness and trade in korea, and analyze the relationships between trade, development and environment. This study established endogenous determinants such as inflow FDI, level of environmental pollution and economic growth, and assumed a proposition that each individual variables are in two-way relationships among the three key variables such as the openness, the environment and GDP. To estimate a system of equations, a simultaneous equation model is used because the simultaneity problems are formidable. The results show that the more openness and economic growth increase, the more level of environmental quality improve. This study also found that FDI and openness, and economic growth bring along the level of environmental quality.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.65-90
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• 1988

본고(本稿)는 정책행태(政策行態)에 대한 정치경제학적(政治經濟學的) 접근방법(接近方法)을 이용하여 지금까지 우리나라의 시장개방(市場開放)에 대한 수요(需要) 공급(供給) 및 실제시장개방(實際市場開放)의 결정요인(決定要因)을 실증적으로 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 시장개방정책(市場開放政策)의 행태(行態)를 분석하였다. 로짓분석(分析)에 의한 실증분석결과는 정치경제학적(政治經濟學的) 접근방법(接近方法)의 타당성을 강하게 지지하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이 결과에 의하면 우리나라의 시장개방정책(市場開放政策)은 경제원칙(經濟原則)에 입각하여 추진되었다는 측면을 완전히 배제할 수는 없지만 정치경제학적(政治經濟學的) 요인(要因)들-국내이해관련집단들의 자기비호(自己庇護) 주장(主張)이나 미국(美國)의 개방압력(開放壓力) 등-에 의해 왜곡(歪曲)되었던 것으로 나타났다. 특히 '공정무역(公定貿易)'의 기폭하(旗幅下)에 가해지고 있는 미국(美國)의 개방압력(開放壓力)은 오히려 미국기업(美國企業)들의 이해관계(利害關係)를 대변함으로써, 그리고 국내이해관련집단의 관심을 고조시킴으로써 시장개방(市場開放)의 합리적(合理的) 원칙(原則)의 견지를 더 어렵게 하였던 것으로 관찰되었다. 또한 분석결과(分析結果)에 이하면 금후의 경제민주화(經濟民主化) 추세(趨勢)의 진전(進展)으로 개방정책(開放政策)을 포함하는 일반경제정책(一般經濟政策)의 입안(立案), 추진(推進)에 있어 이해관련집단들의 역할이 증대될 것이기 때문에 이는 자칫하면 정책방향(政策方向) 왜곡(歪曲) 및 집행(執行)의 효율성(效率成) 저하(低下)를 초래할 수도 있다는 시사를 주고 있다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.81-106
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• 2014

This paper compares the monetary policy problem in open economies with that in closed economies. It is found that the monetary policy problems in open and closed economies are isomorphic even in the presence of distortions in a steady state and hence the optimal monetary policies have similar properties. On the other hand, the monetary policy maker in open economies has a distorted incentive to manipulate the terms-of-trade. Because of the additional distortion in open economies, there exist gains from international monetary policy cooperation even in the case of a unit intertemporal elasticity of substitution, in contrast to the literature that abstracts from distortions in a steady state. Also, it is found that in the presence of distortions inflation bias is decreasing in openness, which is line with empirical evidence. In addition, this paper presents a simple transformation so that methods in closed-economy models are easily applicable to open-economy models.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.449-465
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• 2008

This paper aims to analyze the causal relationship between exports and regional economic growth based on the provincial data over the period from 1952 to 2004. To reflect the regional and chronical characteristics, this paper divides China into three regions; Eastern, Central and Western regions, and also the whole period into two sub-periods; before and after 1979 when the Open-door policy(ODP) was initiated and applies Granger causality analysis. The Granger causality tests showed that exports Granger cause economic growth in the Eastern region, but not in the Central and Western regions, as a whole. When the period is divided, in the Eastern region, causal relation between the two variables was not found before the Open-door policy. For the second period, however it turns out that exports cause the region's economic growth. This result is consent with the fact that the region has been a main beneficiary of the policy. For the Central region, the tests showed no causality in the pre-ODP period, but significant bidirectional causality in the post-ODP period. Meanwhile, in the Western region, exports turned out causing economic growth significantly before the ODP, while economic growth appeared to causing trade after the ODP.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.39-51
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• 2009

The misery index is the sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate. The higher the index, the lower the performance of the national economy. Lee and Cheong (2007) propose that the open misery index, defined to be the sum of the misery index and the ratio of current account to GDP, properly measure the economic performance of a national economy when its degree of openness is large. This paper shows that the periods of rising open misery index of the USA coincide with those of economic hardship in the USA. Most recently, the open misery index of the USA has shown a rising trend for a decade prior to the current economic crisis. That is, external and internal imbalances of the USA have accumulated for a decade prior to the current economic crisis. We interpret the recent rising trend of the open misery index of the USA as a precursor of the current economic crisis.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.87-133
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• 2012

This paper consists of two parts. The first part introduces a simple endogenous growth model. It is based on Romer(1990), but extends the original model by incorporating individual workers skill heterogeneity. Based on the heterogeneity, the model has a labor allocation mechanism between skilled (research) and unskilled (production) sectors. Different from Romer(1990), the labor allocation is determined by both demand and supply conditions of the economy. The endogenous growth model presented in this paper shows how the shape of the distribution of human capital affects on the labor allocation, hence on the employment structure, wage profile and economic growth. The model can be extended to an open economy. With the heterogeneity, the extended model explains distributional effect as well as growth effect of the economic openness. The second part provides empirical evidence in support of the extension part of the model presented in the first part. Based on the endogenous growth framework as proposed by Romer(1990) and Rivera-Batiz and Romer(1991), the model explains how economic openness affects labor allocation between skilled and unskilled sectors. According to the model, economic openness can affect labor allocation through two channels; knowledge spillover and specialization. First, the openness promotes knowledge spillover and hence increases the productivity of workers in the skilled sectors. This makes the economy employs more workers in the skilled sector. On the other hand, the openness causes global specialization which leads more employment in the skilled sector for the developed countries but at the same time, leads less employment in the skilled sector for the developing countries since the developing countries have comparative advantages in the unskilled sector. The empirical results obtained using cross country panel data in this paper support these two effects of knowledge spillover and specialization.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.123-155
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• 1994

자본시장개방(資本市場開放)의 장기계획(長期計劃) 아래 추진된 증권시장의 개방은 국내경제를 한단계 높은 수준의 개방경제(開放經濟) 체제(體制)로 전환시키는 계기를 제공하는 혜택(惠澤)이 있는 반면에, 개방으로 유입되는 해외투자자금이 주식시장은 물론 거시경제지표(巨視經濟指標)에 부정적 영향을 미치는 경우를 배제할 수 없다. 부정적 현상으로 단기투기성(短期投機性) 자금에 의한 주가의 단기급등(短期急騰)이나 거품현상, 실물경제의 기반없는 해외부문통화(海外部門通貨) 증발(蒸發)에 따른 물가와 금리불안(金利不安), 그리고 원화의 수요증가(需要增加)로 인한 평가절상(評價切上) 압력으로 국제수지의 악화 등이다. 증시개방 이후 유입된 해외주식투자(海外株式投資) 자본(資本)이 거시경제 변수인 통화(通貨), 환율(換率), 그리고 주식시장(株式市場)에 미친 영향을 일반회귀분석, ARCH, VAR등의 모형을 통하여 연동적(連動的)인 유기관계(有機關係)를 실증적으로 분석한다. 분석 결과 통화량(通貨量)과 환율(換率)이 해외유입 자본으로 인하여 예상했던 부정적 효과를 나타냈다는 것을 입증(立證)할 근거(根據)는 찾을 수 없었다. 주가와 거래량은 해외주식 투자자금이 유인된 후 약 2주이내에 상승하였지만, 해외주식 투자자금의 유입원인(流入原因)은 주가(株價)와 거래량(去來量)의 상승세(上昇勢)로 인한 것이 아니라 주식시장의 위험도(危險度)와 잠재성(潛在性)에 비하여 주가(株價)가 저평가되어 향후 고수익율이 보장된다는 기대가 주요한 요인이라고 결론내릴 수 있다.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.14
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• pp.251-279
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• 1991

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.21 no.3_4
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• pp.147-213
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• 1999

본고의 성장회계 분석결과 동아시아의 경이적 경제성장과정에서 자본축적의 중요성이 재확인되었다. 총요소생산성 증가율 측면에서는 동아시아는 선진국과 비슷한 수준이었다. 그러나 개발도상국 지역들과 비교해서 동아시아의 총요소생산성은 훨씬 빨리 증가하였을 뿐 아니라 매우 지속적으로 이루어졌는데, 이 점은 기존 문헌에서 그다지 주목하지 못한 것이었다. 성장회계를 통한 성장요인 분해결과 대외개방도 및 제도의 질 변수가 동아시아와 중남미 및 아프리카 등 다른 개도국 지역의 성장률 차이를 가장 잘 설명하였다. 그러나 동아시아가 선진국보다 빨리 성장한 것은 수렴효과에 기인하였으며, 선진국에 비해 열등한 제도 및 경제정책으로 인하여 동아시아는 이러한 수렴효과조차 충분히 활용하지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 한편 대외개방이 경제성장에 미치는 직접효과뿐 아니라 제도를 개선함으로써 성장에 미치는 간접효과도 고려할 경우 경제성장에서 대외개방도의 양적 중요성은 훨씬 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 대외개방이 동아시아의 성장에 있어서 가장 중요한 요인이었음을 시사하는 것으로 판단되며, 또한 "대외지향적 무역전략이 추가적인 자유화 조치의 모멘텀을 제공하여 개방의 이익을 추가적으로 실현하는 데 기여한다"는 Krueger(1990)의 주장과 일맥상통하는 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.122-142
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• 2016

This paper examines the implications of North Korea's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) strategy since the early 1990s in terms of the shifts in both North Korea's economic system and geopolitical order on the Korean peninsula. Specifically, it analyzes the shifts in North Korea's SEZ policy in three different aspects-North Korea's unique territorial logic, stress on decentralization, and comparison with Chinese reform and opening-up. Based upon this analysis, this paper criticizes a linear approach to understand North Korea's economic transformation from isolation to opening-up, and explores the dynamics of North Korea SEZ strategy in various dimensions. It contends that North Korea's SEZ strategy is neither an inevitable choice from economic difficulty nor an adoption of Chinese model of reform and opening up. Rather this paper focuses on the geopolitical logic and local development imperatives underlying SEZ strategy.