• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.937-953
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• 2013

The theoretical discussion of generation process and development directions of economic fluctuations are actively discussed. This study describes the economic changes applied to empirical research on economic volatility in Korea under the economic theory of network theory [Acemoglu, et al. 2012, 2010]. For the three years in 2000, 2005, and 2010, the network analysis were applied to industry input-output tables. The research results show that the network economic structures in Korea is shifted from a high connectivity among sectors to a lower connectivity. Also, the impact of key industries and the mutual connectivity of input and out among industrial sectors are weaken. Implications for industry and technology policy are derived form the study results.