• 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디지털정책학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.145-175
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• 2005

In 2001, e-Credit guarantee system was introduced by the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund(KCGF) to extends the credit guarantee services for the purchasing amount on credit in the B2B e-Marketplace. It combines both the merits of bill of exchange and credit card and eliminates the uneasiness related to the unpaid accounts due to the non-facial e-Marketplace. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze both the causal relationship and influences among theoretical variables by the structural equation model(SEM). e-Credit guarantee system can be a good strategy for promoting B2R e-Marketplace. The level of application of e-Credit guarantee system is attributable to both the characteristics of B2B e-Marketplace and products. The cost reduction or saving in purchasing procedures, production and stockpiling will be possible through e-Credit guarantee system. The close linkage of financial institutions with the enterprises based on e-Credit guarantee system will further promote B2B e-Marketplace in Korea.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.45-73
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• 2005

In 2001, e-Credit guarantee system was introduced by the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund(KCGF) to extends the credit guarantee services for the purchasing amount on credit in the B2B e-Marketplace. It combines both the merits of bill of exchange and credit card and eliminates the uneasiness related to the unpaid accounts due to the non-facial e - Marketplace. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze both the causal relationship and influences among theoretical variables by the structural equation model(SEM). e-Credit guarantee system can be a good strategy for promoting B2B e-Marketplace. The level of application of e-Credit guarantee system is attributable to both the characteristics of B2B e-Marketplace and products. The cost reduction or saving in purchasing procedures, production and stockpiling will be possible through e-Credit guarantee system. The close linkage of financial institutions with the enterprises based on e-Credit guarantee system will further promote B2B e-Marketplace in Korea.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제39권
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• pp.87-103
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• 2008

Two kinds of security devices such as independent guarantees and standby letters of credit have been widely used in the international transactions. These devices design to protect one of the parties from a breach by its counter-party. Main uses of these guarantees and standby letters of credit are as follows : bid guarantee, performance guarantee, advance payment guarantee, payment guarantee, retention guarantee, etc. The standby letters of credit were first invented in the U.S.A. and have been widely used in the international and domestic contracts in the U.S.A. But the practical use of these credits is very unsatisfactory in Korea. The purpose of this study is to serve the increase of practical use of the standby letters of credit in Korea through the comparison study on the practical use of the credits between Korea and the U.S.A. Both devices are very similar in function, but they are very different in forms. The one has the form of letter of credits but the other has the form of guarantee. The letter of credit has the stability of governing rule, the legal certainty, and the preference in the field of the trade community comparing to the guarantee. I recommend to use standby letter of credit instead of bank guarantee in international transactions because of the merits of the credit aforesaid.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제39권
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• pp.59-85
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• 2008

An independent bank guarantee(aka an independent guarantee) is provided as an security on a principal obligor's performance of his obligation, and a guarantor should pay the guaranteed amount only upon a beneficiary's written demand. A standby letter of credit has been used in the United States, since it was construed that a bank should not issue a guarantee. There was wide misunderstanding that a standby letter of credit differs from an independent bank guarantee. However, a standby letter of credit is the same security as an independent bank guarantee, and in international business a standby letter of credit is not differentiated from a independent bank guarantee. An independent bank guarantee are independent from the underlying contract, unconditional, and irrevocable. And a guarantor should pay upon written demand without proving a principal obligor breaches the underlying contract. These features of an independent bank guarantee has been abused in international transactions. Thus it has been proposed that some exceptions to the features of an independent bank guarantee should be allowed. United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Standby Letter of Credit(1995) stipulates some exceptions to payment obligation. Export bond insurance, a part of export insurances, operated by the Korea Export Insurance Corporation under the Export Insurance Act, is used as a security for unfair calling by a beneficiary under an independent bank guarantee. Most of the export subsides by the government are prohibited under WTO's Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. However, as export insurance is allowed under the WTO, it operates a significant role in enhancing the export. In the event that export bond insurance is provided for a guarantor, an obligor who is subject to recourse by a guarantor, can be exempt from the recourse in case of unfair calling. The Korea Export Insurance Corporation, an insurer, bears unfair calling risk by a beneficiary. Generally it is understood that a demand shall be made before the expiry of an independent bank guarantee. However this is not absolutely true, it shall be decided by URDG, ISP98, the governing law.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.79-106
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• 2016

This paper investigates the effectiveness of public credit guarantee programs and interest-support programs for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). First, assuming that there is an imperfect information structure in the SME loan market, we analyze how SME support financial programs affect the corporate decisions made by SMEs with regard to default or loan sizes. In addition, this paper theoretically computes the optimal levels of credit guarantee amounts and the interest-support spread under equilibrium with imperfect information in a competitive loan market. Second, the paper empirically analyzes the continuous policy-treatment effect with the GPS (generalized propensity score) method. In particular, we consider the ratio of guaranteed debt to the total debt as a continuous policy treatment. The empirical results show that marginal effects of a credit guarantee on SMEs' productivity, profitability, and growth potential decrease with the ratio of guaranteed debt to the total debt. In addition, the average effect of a credit guarantee is maximized when this ratio is at 50% to 60%.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.25-47
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• 2013

중국 중소형 기업들에게 상업은행을 통한 자금 조달은 매우 중요한 자금 조달의 원천이 되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 기업들의 신용보증 부족으로 중국 상업은행은 중소형 기업들에 대한 자금 공여를 꺼리고 있는 실정이며 이러한 현실은 이들 기업의 무역활동에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 중국 중소형 기업들에 대한 신용 보증기관의 위험에 관해 VAR 모델을 적용하여 중국 보증기관의 위험에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고 자 한다. 분석 결과, 기업 규모는 그다지 통계적으로 유의한 요인이 되지 못하였으나 기업의 고정자산 비율 등 담보 관련 정보는 신용보증기관의 VAR를 감소시키는 요인으로 분석되었다. 또한 기업 관련 제품의 독창성 여부 및 중소형 중국기업의 운영위험은 신용보증기관의 VAR와 양의 관계를 보여주고 있다고 분석되었다.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제58권
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• pp.179-213
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• 2013

While a performance type guarantee is required as a security for non-performance risk by a seller, a payment guarantee is used as a security for non-payment risk by a buyer(or a borrower in a loan agreement). A payment guarantee is a type of independent bank guarantee, bank guarantee, bond, demand guarantee, or standby letter of credit. A guarantor accepts a credit risk of a principal which is normally a buyer in a contract for sale of goods. A payment guarantee is independent of the underlying relationship between the applicant and the beneficiary. The guarantor is only empowered to examine the beneficiary's demand and determine the payment on its face to the terms of the guarantee. A payment guarantee is thus different from a suretyship. The principle of independence carries a significant advantages for a guarantor as well as for a beneficiary. While a documentary credit requires B/L, commercial invoice, packing list, inspection certificate, etc., a typical payment guarantee does not require any evidence for a seller's performance of the underlying contract other than written demand. In this respect payment guarnatee can be a more secured facility than a documentary credit. A payment guarantee normally comes into force from the issuing date and shall remain in effect until all sums guaranteed shall be paid in full by a buyer(or a borrower) or by a guarantor. Although a guarantor shall pay a demand made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the payment guarantee, a payment demand may be denied when it is determined to be abusive or unfair.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제12권
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• pp.495-518
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• 1999

Since the end of World War II, the standby letters of credit have been used as a surety device, serving as a performance bond and guarantee in the world. In Korea, the standby letters of credit have been also being used in international transactions. But there have been a few studies on the standby letters of credit. This study is carrying out to reveal the characteristics of the standby letters of credit and the documentary letters of credit and also between the standby letters of credit and guarantees. Secondly, this study is carrying out to indicate types of practical use of standby letters of credit in international transactions, i.e. bid bonds, performance bonds, advanced payment guarantees etc.. Finally, this study is carrying out to indicate governig rules regarding standby letters of credit, i.e. URCG, URDG, UCP, UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit, ISP etc..

• 무역상무연구
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• 제42권
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• pp.133-160
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• 2009

In International trade the buyer and seller are normally separated from on another not only by distance but also by differences in language and culture. It is rarely possible for the performance of obligations to be simultaneous and the performance of contracts therefore calls for trust in a situation in which the parties are unlikely to feel able to trust each other unless they have a longstanding and successful relationship. Thus the seller under an international contract of sale will not wish to surrender documents of title to goods to the buyer until he has at least an assurance of payment, and no buyer will wish to pay for goods until he has received them. A gap of distrust thus exists which is often bridged by the undertaking of an intermediary known and trusted by both parties who will undertake on his own liability to pay the seller the contract price in return for the documents of title and then pass the documents to the buyer in return for the reimbursement. This is a common explanation of the theory behind the documentary letter of credit in which the undertaking of a bank of international repute serves as a "guarantee" to each party that the other will perform his obligations. The independence principle, also referred to as the "autonomy principle", is at the core of letter of credit or bank guarantee law. This principle provides that the letter of credit or bank guarantee is independent of the underlying contractual commitment - that is, the transaction that the credit is intented to secure - between the applicant and the beneficiary ; the credit is also independent of the relationship between the bank and its customer, the applicant. The most important exception to the independence principle is the doctrine of fraud in the transaction. A strict interpretation of the rule that the guarantee is independent of the underlying transaction would lead to the conclusion that neither fraud nor manifest abuse of rights by the beneficiary would constitute an objection to payment. There is one major problem related to "Independent guarantees", namely abusive or unfair callings. The beneficiary may make an unfair calling under the guarantee. The countermeasure of beneficiary's unfair calling divided three cases. First, advance countermeasure namely by contract. In other words, when the formation of the contract, the parties must insert the Force Majeure Clause, Arbitration Clause to Contract, and clear statement to the condition for demand calling. Second, post countermeasure namely by court. Many countries, including the United States, authorize the courts to grant an order enjoining the issuer from paying or enjoining the beneficiary from receiving payment under the guaranty letter. Third, Export Insurance. For example, the Export Credit Guarantees Department is prepared, subject to certain conditions, to cover the risk of unfair calling. Of course, KEIC in Korea is cover the risk of the all things for guarantees. On international projects, contractor performance is usually guaranteed by either a standby letters of credit or Independent guarantee. These instruments will be care the parties.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.61-91
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• 2018

본 연구는 신용보증제도가 효과성 높은 중소기업지원 수단의 하나로서, 그 성과를 업무성격이 다른 국내 공공기관들과 비교하는 것보다 매우 유사한 형태로 운영되고 있는 일본, 대만 신용보증기관과의 글로벌 효율성 비교가 훨씬 유용할 수 있다는 측면에서 3개국 70개 기관의 2016년도 효율성을 DEA모형과 초효율성 모형을 통해 분석하였다. 분석결과, 우리나라 신용보증기관들의 효율성이 일본에 비해 다소 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 효율적으로 운영되고 있는 DMU의 숫자도 비교적 적정한 것으로 분석되었다. 초효율성점수는 히로시마, 대만SMEG, 부산, 지바, 시즈오카, 울산, 기보 순으로 나타났다. 또한, 대부분의 신용보증기관들은 규모수익상태가 체증규모수익상태에 있는 것으로 분석되어 적정수준의 투입 증가전략을 추진하는 것이 효율적일 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 우리나라와 일본간 효율성 격차는 통계적으로도 유의한 차이를 보였다. 정책적 시사점으로는 첫째, 일본 신용보증제도의 동향에 대한 주기적 분석이 필요하며, 둘째, 신용보증규모가 국가경제 및 중소기업정책에 미치는 영향을 파악하여야 하고, 셋째, 효율성 결정요인에 관한 분석이 필요하며, 넷째, 비효율의 원인을 고려하여 효율성 개선전략의 방향성을 정립하여야 하고, 다섯째, 다각적인 측면에서 효율성 측정이 이루어질 필요가 있음을 제시하였다.