• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2017

Purpose - This paper analyzes the effect of the handset subsidy and the Mobile Number Portability subscriber subsidy regulation, which are the main regulation adopted in "Law on the Improvement of the Mobile Terminal Distribution System" (Mobile Terminal Distribution Act), on the social surplus, the consumer surplus and profits of telecommunications carriers. We focus our analysis on whether the service charge competition is stimulated enough so that it can compensate for the loss of subsidies. Research design, data, and methodology - We use simple economic model to assess the impact of the handset subsidy and the Mobile Number Portability subscriber subsidy regulation. Unlike the former researches on this topic, we depart from using Hotelling model, and instead use the switching cost model, which uses switching cost as a parameter of market powers of telecommunications carriers. We also study the effect of the two different regulations when they are adopted both independently and concurrently. Results - If the market powers of telecommunications carriers are over certain threshold, contrary to the regulatory agency's assertion, the service charge competition would not be stimulated enough to compensate for the deduction in the subsidies, and thus the consumer surplus is compromised. Number Portability subsidy, especially, undermines the rival's market power and thus reduces the service charge. On the other hand, the regulations will also increase the profits of telecommunications carriers. However, social surplus is maximized when both of the regulations are present because the regulations reduces the frequency of switching handsets inefficiently. Conclusions - In enacting the Mobile Terminal Distribution Act, the telecommunications regulatory agency asserted that the regulation on subsidies will stimulate service charge competition, and in the long run, enhance the consumer surplus. However, contrary to the regulatory agency's assertion, subsidy regulation, especially the regulation on Number Portability subsidy, reduces consumer surplus. On the other hand, the Mobile Terminal Distribution Act can also increase the profits of telecommunications carriers because it decreases competition among the telecommunications carriers. However, the Mobile Terminal Distribution Act can increase the social surplus because it reduces inefficient switching of handsets.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to estimate the economic value of boat fishing experience marine tourism activity in Jeju Island's Chagwido. The economic value is estimated as consumer surplus using count data models including the truncated Poisson model and the truncated negative binominal distribution model. This study collects the effective 504 questionnaires from boat fishing experience tourists in Jeju Island's Chagwido. The truncated negative binominal distribution model was statistically more suitable and valid than other models. The truncated negative binominal distribution model was applied to estimate consumer surplus as economic value from boat fishing experience tourism activity in Jeju Island's Chagwido. A consumer surplus value per trip was estimated as about 209,900 won. The annual economic value from boat fishing experience tourism activity was estimated as 273,700 won in Jeju Island's Chagwido. Consequently, boat fishing experience marine tourism activity has a very large economic value in Jeju Island.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.398-405
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• 1989

A change in the consumer's surplus was measured in order to evaluate the social benefit to be derived from expanding health insurance to the entire population. The most refined and correct way to measure a project's net benefit to society is to determine a change in the consumer's surplus. Benefits from introducing the health insurance program to the uninsured people can be classified into two elements. The first is the pricing-down effect(E1) which results from applying the insurance price system, which is lower than the actual price, to the uninsured patients. The second effect(E2) is a decrease in actual payment because an insured patient pays only a portion of the total medical bill(copayment). We collected medical price information from the data banks of 93 hospitals, and obtained information of medical utilization by referring to the results of other research and from data published by the Korean Medical Insurance Societies. The total net benefit was estimated as \214 billion, comprising the first effect(E1) of \57 billion and the second effect(E2) of \157 billion. The price elasticity of physician visits is less than that of hospital admissions: however, benefits from the increase in physician visits are greater than those from hospital admissions because there are considerably more of physician visits than hospital admissions. The sensitivity analysis also shows the conclusion that expansion of the health insurance program to the entire population would result in a positive net benefit. Therfore, we conclude that the National Health Insurance Program is socially desirable.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.1057-1066
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• 2006

용수는 인간의 생존과 산업생산에 있어서 필수적인 투입요소이다. 용수공급을 위해서는 많은 비용이 소요되지만 경제적 편익도 발생하며, 이에 대한 정보는 용수공급사업의 평가에서 중요하게 활용된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 서울시 가정용수 공급으로 인해 발생하는 경제적 편익을 추정하고자 한다. 특히 2001년부터 2004년까지의 기간을 대상으로 하여, 서울시 11개 수도사업소별로 연도별 소비자 잉여 및 경제적 가치를 추정한다. 소비자 잉여의 계산 과정에서 필요한 가격탄력성에 대한 정보는 서울시 가정용수 수요함수를 직접 추정하여 구했으며, 소비자 잉여의 계산은 최근에 개발된 산식을 이용한다. 서울시 가정용수 수요의 가격탄력성은 -0.810 및 -1.011이였으며, 이를 이용하여 계산된 소비자 잉여와 경제적 가치는 2003년의 경우 각각 1,319억원에서 1,646억원 및 3,986억원에서 4,313억원에 달한다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.616-623
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• 2003

Competition among electric generation companies is a major goal of restructuring in the electricity industry, The trading system in an electricity market has been one of the most important issues in deregulated electricity market. This paper deals with comparisons of the major two types of the trading system: compulsory pool market and bilateral contract market. The two trading systems are compared quantitatively from the viewpoint of consumer's surplus and social welfare, This paper, also, proposes a unified model of Cournot and Bertrand for analyzing the mixed trading system of pool market and bilateral contract market. Nash equilibrium of the unified model is derived by criteria for participating in bilateral contract market. Numerical results from a sample case show that a mixed trading system of pool market and price-competitive bilateral market is beneficial to consumer from the view points of consumer's surplus.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.109-122
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• 2016

국내 컨테이너 물동량 증가로 이를 처리하는 하역산업 증가하였다. 하지만 1999년 이후 하역요율의 신고제 전환과 시설 공급 과잉으로 인해 하역사간의 과도한 요율경쟁이 발생하여 2015년 기준 컨테이너 하역 요율이 2000년에 비해 절반 이하로 하락하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 하역 요율의 하락이 항만 물동량 수요에 영향을 미쳐 항만 하역산업의 시장을 확대 시켰는지? 아니면 과도한 요율 경쟁으로 인해 소비자잉여가 오히려 축소되었는지를 경제학적으로 분석해 보았다. 이를 위해, 본 연구에서는 기존에 항만부문의 경제적 가치를 추정한 연구에서 사용한 직접추정방식이 아닌 수요함수를 이용한 추정방식을 제시하였으며 소비자잉여 추정을 위해 타분야에서 주로 사용된 알렉산더방식 외에 힉스의 수요함수를 이용한 하우스만방식을 이용하여 추정의 신뢰성을 높였다. 그 결과 컨테이너 수출입 수요에 비해 하역 요율이 과다하게 하락하여 소비자잉여를 포함한 하역산업의 경제적 가치는 오히려 하락하는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 향후 환적 컨테이너 물동량을 포함한 경제적 가치추정에 관한 연구가 진행되어야하며 나아가 항만산업 전체로 확대하여 현재 항만부문 예비타당성 조사 표준지침에서 이용되고 있는 경제적 편익 방식을 보완할 수 있어야 하겠다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.761-769
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• 2022

The Livestock Raw Material Purchase Fund is a policy to increase the export of livestock products by providing loans to exporters of livestock products (including byproducts). The policy started in 2015 and the annual budget is about 26 billion won. However, a quantitative evaluation of policy effects has not yet been made. Therefore, in this study, the economic surplus of the policy was analyzed using the equilibrium displacement model (EDM). From the results of the welfare analysis, from 2016 to 2019, producer surplus in the chicken and duck market increased by KRW 70.9 billion, while consumer surplus decreased by KRW 70 billion. In other words, the total economic surplus of the chicken and duck market increased by about one billion won during the same period due to the increase in export demand according to the policy. Therefore, the Livestock Raw Material Purchase Fund can be viewed as a policy to maintain and increase export demand for export livestock products and to improve the economic surplus of the livestock product market. Also, since the policy is based on loans, it does not place a burden on the government's finances. Therefore, this policy should continue in the future.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.291-302
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• 2013

The aim of this study is to assess the social value of Ham-Pyung Butterfly Festival in the year of 2011. The tool for the assesment is the zonal travel cost method. The result of the study can be summed up as follows; First, the average individual consumer's surplus measures approximately from 29,700 to 30,100 Won. Second, the total consumer's surplus, that is the social value of the festival, ranges approximately from 7.6 to 7.7 billion Won. The most beneficiary of the event is turned up to be the people who are living in the outside of Ham-Pyung and go on a tour there. For that reason, the central government looks to have the obligation to support and to sponsor the festival.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.39-62
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• 2010

As an engineered product, a software package has multiple dimensions that must be designed judiciously to enhance its competitive viability. Functionality, reliability and price are three such common dimensions. However, many software products are sold as bundles of individual components and the competitive impact of bundling has received less attention in the research literature. In this paper, we examine the implications of software vendors using bundling as an element of competitive strategy. A game theoretic model of the actions of an incumbent and a new entrant is developed and the impact on vendor and consumer welfare is analyzed. Numerical experiments with the model show that (i) increasing bundle size is an effective strategy for the incumbent to increase its payoff at the cost of the entrant's payoff and consumer surplus, especially when the entrant's quality is low (ii) in the presence of bundling, the entrant can still increase its own payoff and consumer surplus at the cost of the incumbent's payoff, by increasing product quality up to the level that best segments market demand with the incumbent and (iii) an increase in bundle size by the incumbent, or an increase in quality by the entrant, can both result in an increase of total surplus. Similar results are observed in a related case where the entrant offers free software bundles. Our results provide insights into how software vendors may strategically use bundling and quality as additional product dimensions in order to stay competitive in the market. These results also inform the competing vendors of the impact of bundling related public policy actions on their respective payoffs.

• 에너지공학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2015

전력은 인간의 생존과 산업생산에 있어서 필수적인 투입요소이다. 전력의 소비로부터 경제적 편익이 발생하며, 특히 전력소비의 경제적 편익은 전력과 관련된 정책의 다양한 분야에서 중요한 정보로 활용된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 전력소비로 인해 발생하는 경제적 편익을 평가하고자 한다. 전력소비의 경제적 편익은 소비자 지출과 소비자 잉여의 합으로 구성되는 전력 수요함수 아랫면적이다. 이때 소비자 지출은 쉽게 관측되는 반면에 소비자 잉여를 계산하기 위해서는 수요의 가격탄력성에 대한 정보가 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 주택용, 산업용, 일반용 전력을 대상으로 하며, 문헌 조사를 통해 전력의 용도별 가격탄력성에 대한 정보를 유추한다. 용도별 전력 수요의 가격탄력성은 각각 -0.332, -0.351, -0.263으로 추정되었다. 2013년을 기준으로 추정된 전력 1kWh 소비의 소비자 잉여는 각각 191.54원, 143.44원, 231.91원이며, 2013년 기준 전력의 용도별 평균가격은 각각 127.02원, 100.70원, 121.98원이므로, 전력소비자의 경제적 편익은 각각 318.56원, 244.14원, 353.89원이다. 소비자 물가지수를 이용하여 이 값을 2014년 기준으로 환산하면 주택용, 산업용, 일반용 순으로 각각 321.96원, 246.75원, 357.67원이다. 이 값은 전력공급사업의 경제성 분석에서 중요한 정보로 활용될 수 있다.