• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.178-186
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• 2024

While in high-income countries the development of digital technology began in the 1970s, in low- and middle-income countries it began in the 1990s and even after 2005, due to the political regime that constrained economic development and innovation. At the same time, there are no studies of the relationship between technological development and structural changes through innovation in low- and middle-income countries. The article aims to quantify the relationship of the introduction of digital technologies on innovation, structural transformation of low- and middle-income economies. The industrial-agrarian economy of Uzbekistan with an authoritarian regime is in a state of transition to a market economy, while in Ukraine, there are active processes of Europeanization and integration into the EU. Ukraine's economy is commodity-based (the export of raw materials of industries and the agricultural sector in developed countries predominates) and industrial-agrarian. Digital technologies and the service sector are little developed in Uzbekistan. On the other hand, Ukraine has a more developed ICT sector. Uzbekistan is gradually undergoing an innovative and structural transformation of the economy: the productivity of the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors is growing, but the ICT sector is virtually undeveloped. In comparison, in Ukraine, there are no significant structural transformations due to a significant drop in productivity of the industrial sector, with stable growth of productivity of the agricultural sector due to technology and a slight increase in productivity of the service sector. It is revealed that Ukraine and Uzbekistan have undergone structural transformations of the economy in favor of the service sector, while the agricultural and industrial sectors produce less and less. If Uzbekistan remains the industrial-agrarian country with an aggregate share of the added value of these sectors 59% in 2019, Ukraine transits to the post-industrial type of economy where the added value of the service sector in GDP grows (55% compared to agrarian and industrial sectors at 42%).

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2022

Purpose - This study empirically investigates the effects of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the economic activities of private actors in recipient countries. As a proxy for the economic activities of private actors, we utilize the job creation activities of foreign subsidiaries in recipient countries. The foreign subsidiaries provide a foundation for economic development by creating paying jobs. That is, if ODA has been successfully transferred to foreign subsidiaries, then these foreign subsidiaries should help economic growth and help create a boom in the local market by providing jobs. These jobs eventually lead to the achievement of the primary aims of foreign aid, including poverty reduction. Thus, this study empirically examines the relationship between ODA and the number of jobs created by foreign subsidiaries in recipient countries. Design/methodology - This is the first study to examine the effects of the ODA on the job creation of foreign subsidiaries because it has been hard to obtain internal information related to the employment status of foreign subsidiaries. Fortunately, we have a unique panel dataset provided by the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) for 2006 to 2013. In terms of the empirical specification, we use the generalized least squares (GLS) method. The panel GLS estimator allows us to have an efficient estimation that overcomes the limitations of the panel data. It employs assumptions about the heteroscedasticity between the panels and makes an autocorrelation of the error term within each panel. Findings - We find that ODA influences job creation in foreign subsidiaries. In particular, we found that ODA creates more jobs in sales than in managerial or production positions. This study also shows that the effect of the ODA on the foreign subsidiaries' job creation activities depend on the purpose of the ODA. By examining ODA effects on the foreign subsidiaries' economic activities (e.g., job creation), this study fills a gap in the current literature. Originality/value - Existing studies that focus on the ODA effect have either a macroeconomic point or a microeconomic point of view. However, both approaches do not explain how well foreign aid has influenced private economic actors of recipient countries. In essence, previous researchers found it difficult to obtain the necessary data for internal employment status from foreign subsidiaries. However, thanks to the Korea Export-Import Bank, this study shows that ODA indeed influences the job creation activities of foreign subsidiaries even after controlling for other factors such as FDI, GDP growth rate, employment rate, household expenditure, mother firms' share, etc. By doing so, we can examine how ODA influences the job creation of foreign subsidiaries, which might help economic development and reduce the amount of poverty in recipient countries.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.5-5
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• 2019

The objectives of this paper are (i) to analyze past trends and future directions of rice production, consumption and trade across the world and (ii) to discuss emerging challenges and future directions in the global rice industry. Rice is a staple food of over half of the world's 7.7 billion people. It is an important economic, social, political, and cultural commodity in most Asian countries. Rice is the $1^{st}$ most widely consumed, $2^{nd}$ largely produced, and $3^{rd}$ most widely grown food crop in the world. It was cultivated by 144 million farms in over 100 countries with harvested area of over 163 million ha producing about 745 million tons paddy in 2018. About 90% of the total rice is produced in Asia. China and India, the biggest rice producers, account for over half of the world's rice production. Between 1960 and 2018, world rice production increased over threefold from 221 to 745 million tons (2.1% per year) due to area expansion from 120 to 163 million ha (0.5% per year) and paddy yield increase from 1.8 to 4.6 t/ha (1.6% per year). The Green Revolution led massive increase in rice production prevented famines, provided food for millions of people, reduced poverty and hunger, and improved livelihoods of millions of Asians. The future increase in rice production must come from yield increase as the scope for area expansion is limited. Rice is the most widely consumed food crop. The world's average per capita milled rice consumption is 64 kilograms providing 19% of daily calories. Asia accounted for 84% of global consumption followed by Africa (7%), South America (3%), and the Middle East (2%). Asia's per capita rice consumption is 100 kilograms per year providing 28% of daily calories. The global and Asian per capita consumption increased from the 1960s to the 1990s but stable afterward. The per capita rice consumption is expected to decline in Asia but increase outside Asia especially in Africa in the future. The total milled rice consumption was about 490 million tons in 2018 and projected to reach 550 million tons by 2030 and 590 million tons by 2040. Rice is thinly traded in international market because it is a highly protected commodity. Only about 9% of the total production is traded in global rice market. However, the volume of global rice trade has increased over six-fold from 7.5 to 46.5 million tons between the 1960s and 2018. A relatively small number of exporting countries interact with a large number of importing countries. The top five rice exporting countries are India, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, and China accounting for 74% of the global rice export. The top five rice importing countries are China, Philippines, Nigeria, European Union and Saudi Arabia accounting for 26% of the global rice import. Within rice varieties, Japonica rice accounts for the highest share of the global rice trade (about 12%) followed by Basmati rice (about 10%). The high concentration of exports to a few countries makes international rice market vulnerable to supply disruptions in exporting countries, leading to higher world prices of rice. The export price of Thai 5% broken rice increased from 198 US$/ton in 2000 to 421 US$/ton in 2018. The volumes of trade and rice prices in the global market are expected to increase in the future. The major future challenges of the rice industry are increasing demand due to population growth, rising demand in Africa, economic growth and diet diversification, competition for natural resources (land and water), labor scarcity, climate change and natural hazards, poverty and inequality, hunger and malnutrition, urbanization, low income in rice farming, yield saturation, aging of farmers, feminization of agriculture, health and environmental concerns, improving value chains, and shifting donor priorities away from agriculture. At the same time, new opportunities are available due to access to new technologies, increased investment by the private sector, and increased global partnership. More investment in rice research and development is needed to develop and disseminate innovative technologies and practices to overcome problems and ensure food and nutrition security of the future population.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 영상보안산업의 현황과 실태를 조사하고, 이에 따른 문제점과 그 개선방안을 제시했다. 연구방법으로 12인의 전문가에게 인터뷰 방식으로 진행했으며, 시장동향, 영상보안산업의 문제점, 개선방안 및 정부추진전략에 대해 조사하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 국내 영상보안산업의 문제점으로 해외 수출 규모 감소 및 중국 수출 둔화 추세 지속, 국가별 인증제도 강화정책으로 인한 인증장벽 극복 방안 미흡, 국내 내수시장 수요 증가율 둔화, 중국 제품의 국내 시장 점유 확대 추세 지속, 국내 제품의 첨단기술 개발부족, 기술개발 및 운영 전문인력 부족, 영상보안산업 활성화를 위한 법제도 미비 등을 제시하였다. 이를 개선 방안으로 수출 확대 지원 정책 추진 필요, 국가별 맞춤형 대응체계구축 필요, 보안 관련 수요 창출 제도 개선 필요, 자국 산업보호 정책, 인증장벽, 관세 장벽 등의 대처 방안 강구, 고부가 가치 창출을 위한 미래 핵심 원천기술 개발 유도, 정부의 적극적인 인력 육성 지원 대책 필요, 관련 법과 제도 안정화 유도를 제시하였다. 본 연구는 영상보안산업 관련 정책수립에 기여 할 것이다.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 각 항만들이 다루고 있는 31개의 수출입화물품목에 대하여 품목간 항만간 경쟁을 규명하고, 실제 항만간 전이량을 파악한 후, 가장 큰 폭의 물동량 하락을 경험하고 있는 항만의 향후 정책에 대한 제언을 하는 것을 연구 목적으로 하였다. 2005년~2014년 서해안 권역의 물동량 집중도는 점차 분산화되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 2009년을 기점으로 급격히 분산화가 진행되었으며 2014년에는 0.448으로 나타나 권역별 경쟁이 치열해지고 있었다. BCG Matrix를 이용해 인천항, 평택 당진항, 군산항의 정적포지셔닝과 동적포지셔닝을 분석한 결과, 정적포지셔닝분석에서는 인천항은 3사분면(Cash Cows),평택 당진항은 2사분면(Question Marks), 군산항은 (Dogs)군에 위치하고 있는 것으로 나타나 인천항은 비록 성장률은 낮지만 상대 항만군에 대한 높은 점유율로써 그 위치를 유지하고 있었다. 그러나 동적포지셔닝 분석에서는 시간이 흐름에 따라 인천항의 시장점유율과 성장률은 하락하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 전이할당 분석결과, 인천항과 군산항의 물동량은 평택항으로 전이되고 있으며, 인천항과 군산항은 잠재성장치 대비 절대성장치가 평택 당진항보다 크게 못 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. LQ지수 분석결과, 타 항만과 중복되지 않는 인천항의 특화품목은 육류, 어패류 갑각류 등, 유연탄, 원유 및 석유, 석유정제품, 플라스틱 고무 및 그 제품, 방직용 섬유 및 그 제품, 비철금속 및 그 제품, 전기기기 및 그 제품, 항공기, 선박 및 그 부품으로 10개 품목으로 분석되었다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.191-204
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• 2010

Recently, the CO2 emission and energy consumption have become critical global issues to decide the future of nations. Especially, the spread of IT products and the increased use of internet and web applications result in the energy consumption and CO2 emission of IT industry though information technologies drive global economic growth. EU, the United States, Japan and other developed countries are using IT related environmental regulations such as WEEE(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), RoHS(Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substance), REACH(Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals) and EuP(Energy using Product), and have established systematic green business/IT strategies to enhance the competitiveness of IT industry. For example, the Japan government proposed the "Green IT initiative" for being compatible with economic growth and environmental protection. Not only energy saving technologies but energy saving systems have been developed for accomplishing sustainable development. Korea's CO2 emission and energy consumption continuously have grown at comparatively high rates. They are related to its industrial structure depending on high energy-consuming industries such as iron and steel Industry, automotive industry, shipbuilding industry, semiconductor industry, and so on. In particular, export proportion of IT manufacturing is quite high in Korea. For example, the global market share of the semiconductor such as DRAM was about 80% in 2008. Accordingly, Korea needs to establish a systematic strategy to respond to the global environmental regulations and to maintain competitiveness in the IT industry. However, green competitiveness of Korea ranked 11th among 15 major countries and R&D budget for green technology is not large enough to develop energy-saving technologies for infrastructure and value chain of low-carbon society though that grows at high rates. Moreover, there are no concrete action plans in Korea. This research aims to deduce the priorities of the Korean green business/IT strategies to use multi attribute weighted average method. We selected a panel of 19 experts who work at the green business related firms such as HP, IBM, Fujitsu and so on, and selected six assessment indices such as the urgency of the technology development, the technology gap between Korea and the developed countries, the effect of import substitution, the spillover effect of technology, the market growth, and the export potential of the package or stand-alone products by existing literature review. We submitted questionnaires at approximately weekly intervals to them for priorities of the green business/IT strategies. The strategies broadly classify as follows. The first strategy which consists of the green business/IT policy and standardization, process and performance management and IT industry and legislative alignment relates to government's role in the green economy. The second strategy relates to IT to support environment sustainability such as the travel and ways of working management, printer output and recycling, intelligent building, printer rationalization and collaboration and connectivity. The last strategy relates to green IT systems, services and usage such as the data center consolidation and energy management, hardware recycle decommission, server and storage virtualization, device power management, and service supplier management. All the questionnaires were assessed via a five-point Likert scale ranging from "very little" to "very large." Our findings show that the IT to support environment sustainability is prior to the other strategies. In detail, the green business /IT policy and standardization is the most important in the government's role. The strategies of intelligent building and the travel and ways of working management are prior to the others for supporting environment sustainability. Finally, the strategies for the data center consolidation and energy management and server and storage virtualization have the huge influence for green IT systems, services and usage This research results the following implications. The amount of energy consumption and CO2 emissions of IT equipment including electrical business equipment will need to be clearly indicated in order to manage the effect of green business/IT strategy. And it is necessary to develop tools that measure the performance of green business/IT by each step. Additionally, intelligent building could grow up in energy-saving, growth of low carbon and related industries together. It is necessary to expand the affect of virtualization though adjusting and controlling the relationship between the management teams.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.1-41
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• 2008

본 연구는 다국적 기업 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관하여 알아보았으며, 다국적 기업의 국제경영전략 및 유형에 따른 의사결정 자율성에 차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 한국자회사의 시장 환경 불확실성은 정부환경, 경쟁 환경, 수요환경 및 공급환경 불확실성으로 구분되었고, 내부자원 특성은 생산능력, 재무능력, 마케팅능력 및 인사관리능력의 독립성으로, 경영성과는 총매출액 및 당기순이익, 시장점유율의 증가로 구분되었다. 정부환경과 경쟁 환경 불확실성, 재무능력과 마케팅능력의 독립성은 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 부분적으로 영향을 미쳤고, 생산능력과 인사관리능력의 독립성은 모든 분야의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치고 있었다. 그리고 경영성과에서 총매출액 및 당기순이익, 시장점유율의 증가는 부분적으로 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치고 있었다. 그리고 다국적 기업의 유형이 본국 및 세계중심주의보다 현지 국 중심주의에서 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성이 더 높았다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통하여 본 연구는 한국자회사에서 모회사로부터 의사결정 자율성을 높일 수 있는 경영전략 수립에 대한 시사점을 제공하였다.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국벤처창업학회 2008년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.135-168
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• 2008

본 연구는 다국적 기업 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관하여 알아보았으며, 다국적 기업의 국제경영전략 및 유형에 따른 의사결정 자율성에 차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 한국자회사의 시장 환경 불확실성은 정부환경, 경쟁 환경, 수요환경 및 공급환경 불확실성으로 구분되었고, 내부자원 특성은 생산능력, 재무능력, 마케팅능력 및 인사관리능력의 독립성으로, 경영성과는 총매출액 및 당기순이익, 시장점유율의 증가로 구분되었다. 정부환경과 경쟁 환경 불착실성, 재무능력과 마케팅능력의 독립성은 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 부분적으로 영향을 미쳤고, 생산능력과 인사관리능력의 독립성은 모든 분야의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치고 있었다 그리고 경영성과에서 총매출액 및 당기순이익, 시장점유율의 증가는 부분적으로 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성에 영향을 미치고 있었다. 그리고 다국적 기업의 유형이 본국 및 세계중심주의보다 현지국 중심주의에서 한국자회사의 의사결정 자율성이 더 놀았다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통하여 본 연구는 한국자회사에서 모회사로부터 의사결정 자율성을 높일 수 있는 경영전략 수립에 대한 시사점을 제공하였다.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제22권
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• pp.137-165
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• 2007

It seems high time to increase productivity by adopting e-business to overcome challenges posed by both external factors including the appreciation of Korean won, oil hikes and fierce global competition and domestic issues represented by disparities between large corporations and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Seoul metropolitan and local cities, and export and domestic demand all of which weaken future growth engines in the Korean economy. The demands of the globalization era are for innovative changes in businessprocess and industrial structure aiming for creating new values. To this end, e-business is expected to play a core role in the sophistication of the Korean economy through new values and innovation. In order to examine business performance in e-business-adopting industries, this study analyzed the home shopping industry by closely looking into the financial ratios including the ratio of net profit to sales, the ratio of operation income to sales, the ratio of gross cost to sales cost, the ratio of gross cost to selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense, and return of investment (ROI). This study, for best outcome, referred to corporate financial statements as a main resource to calculate financial ratios by utilizing Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System (DART) of the Financial Supervisory Service, one of the Korea's financial supervisory authorities. First of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of net profit to sales is as following. CJ Home Shopping has registered a remarkable increase in its ratio of net profit rate to sales since 2002 while its competitors find it hard to catch up with CJ's stunning performances. This is partly due to the efficient management compared to CJ's value of capital. Such significance, if the current trend continues, will make the front-runner assume the largest market share. On the other hand, GS Home Shopping, despite its best organized system and largest value of capital among others, lacks efficiency in management. Second of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of operation income to sales is as following. Both CJ Home Shopping and GS Home Shopping have, until 2004, recorded similar growth trend. However, while CJ Home Shopping's operating income continued to increase in 2005, GS Home Shopping observed its operating income declining which resulted in the increasing income gap with CJ Home Shopping. While CJ Home Shopping with the largest market share in home shopping industryis engaged in aggressive marketing, GS Home Shopping due to its stability-driven management strategies falls behind CJ again in the ratio of operation income to sales in spite of its favorable management environment including its large capital. Companies in the Group B were established in the same year of 2001. NS Home Shopping was the first in the Group B to shift its loss to profit. Woori Home Shopping has continued to post operating loss for three consecutive years and finally was sold to Lotte Group in 2007, but since then, has registered a continuing increase in net income on sales. Third of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of gross cost to sales cost is as following. Since home shopping falls into sales business, its cost of sales is much lower than that of other types of business such as manufacturing industry. Since 2002 in gross costs including cost of sales, SG&A expense, and non-operating expense, cost of sales turned out to have remarkably decreased. Group B has also posted a notable decline in the same sector since 2002. Fourth of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of gross cost to SG&A expense is as following. Due to its unique characteristics, the home shopping industry usually posts ahigh ratio of SG&A expense. However, more than 80% of SG&A expense means the result of lax management and at the same time, a sharp lower net income on sales than other industries. Last but not least, the result of the trend analysis on ROI is as following. As for CJ Home Shopping, the curve of ROI looks similar to that of its investment on fixed assets. As it turned out, the company's ratio of fixed assets to operating income skyrocketed in 2004 and 2005. As far as GS Home Shopping is concerned, its fixed assets are not as much as that of CJ Home Shopping. Consequently, competition in the home shopping industry, at the moment, is among CJ, GS, Hyundai, NS and Woori Home Shoppings, and all of them need to more thoroughly manage their costs. In order for the late-comers of Group B and other home shopping companies to advance further, the current lax management should be reformed particularly on their SG&A expense sector. Provided that the total sales volume in the Internet shopping sector is projected to grow over 20 trillion won by the year 2010, it is concluded that all the participants in the home shopping industry should put strategies on efficient management on costs and expenses as their top priority rather than increase revenues, if they hope to grow even further after 2007.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.275-311
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• 2007

수소에너지는 비고갈성 청정에너지로 향후 탄소기반의 에너지 시스템을 대체할 에너지로 주목받고 있다. 정부의 장기적인 비전도 수소에너지의 최종에너지 수요 비중을 2040년까지 15%로 확대한다는 것이나 이를 달성하기 위해서는 200조 원이 넘는 엄청난 비용이 수반된다. 본 연구는 동태 CGE 모형을 적용하여 수소에너지 보급에 따라 한국경제에 어떤 영향을 미칠 것인지를 분석하였다. 프런티어 기술로서 수소에너지는 학습효과와 에너지원간 상보성(complementarity)의 영향으로 정부지원 없이는 2040년 기준으로 최종에너지 수요의 6.5%에 그칠 전망이나 정부가 수소에너지에 대해 각각 10%, 20%, 30%의 가격보조 정책을 실시할 경우 9.2%, 15.2%, 37.7%로 증가할 것으로 분석되었다. 즉, 정부개업을 통해 수소기술 확산 지연 현상이 크게 완화될 수 있음을 보여주는 것이다. 한편 수소기술의 주요 응용분야인 수송부문의 성장이 두드러지나 수송 연료의 대부분을 차지하는 석유가 수소에너지로 대체됨으로써 석유부문에 대한 소비가 감소하고, 발전부문의 비중도 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 정부의 가격보조가 가계소득에서 충당되는 것으로 가정했기 때문에 가격하락에 의한 소비증가효과가 소득감소에 따른 소비감소에 의해 상쇄되면서 가계의 최종소비도 부정적 영향을 받는 것으로 분석되었다. 그러나 전반적인 생산, 투자, 수출 증가에 힘입어 GDP 수준은 소폭 성장하다가 2040년 무렵에 소폭 감소하여 경제 전반에 미치는 영향은 미미할 것으로 분석되었다.