• 수산경영론집
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.105-126
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• 2009

This study applies the cointegration theory to analyse the causality of the prices between imported fisheries and domestic fisheries in distribution channel. We've focused on the prices of import, wholesale and retail about the frozen Alaska pollack, hairtail and croaker which take up high portion and are popular among most of the consumers. In process of analysis, the unit root test was adopted to find the stability of time series data prior to the cointegration test. If the time series data was found as stable one in unit root test, we should analyse the VAR model. If unstable, the cointegratioin test was adopeted to find the long-run equilibrium relationship between the data. When the long-run equilibrium relationship was found among the price of the import, wholesale and retail price, the VECM model was adoped. If not, the differenced VAR model was adopted. The main findings of this study could be summarized as follows ; First, according to the result of the analysis on VAR model, time series data of frozen Alaska pollack was found as stable and has causality relationship and close effect was existing among the import, wholesale and retail price. Second, the data of frozen hairtail was found as an unstable one in unit root test and the result of cointegration test showed the long-run equilibrium relationship at lag 1. From the results of VECM model, we could find that the coefficient of error correction is effective, and the sign is negative(-). It means that the existence of adjustment tendency to long-run equilibrium after a short-run deviation. But the short-run causality of the prices were not found except the price of wholesale. Third, according to the results of differenced VAR model, data from frozen croaker did not have the stability and long-run equilibrium. Moreover, it was found that the import price has a weak causality on the retail price. Because of having difficulties in collecting data, the result of this paper could not explain the relationship among the prices of import, wholesale and retail perfectly. However, it more or less contributed to a long-lasted debate on the direction of causality of price-setting in academic research and provided a useful guide for the policy makers in charge of the price-setting of fisheries products as well.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2021

Purpose - This paper aims to analyze the impact of the terms of trade, export price, and import price on the Korean economy (that is, real GDP, CPI, money market rate, and real effective exchange rate), and vice versa in the simple vector autoregression. Design/methodology - We impose two assumptions, i.e., diagonality and bloc exogeneity, to correctly identify the impact of a factor to the others in the structural equation. With two contemporaneous assumptions in the structural VAR, this paper investigates the impacts of the terms of trade on the Korean economy and vice versa. Findings - Impulse responses to the shocks in the terms of trade and Korean economy show that 1) an impact of the terms of trade on the economy is different in export prices and in import prices. A higher export price is beneficial to the economy while a higher import price hurts the economy, and 2) an increase in real effective exchange rate and in interest rate constrains domestic production and lowers consumer prices. Originality/value - Unlike the conventional perception that a depreciation of a currency would promote exports and domestic production at the price of inflation, our result shows the opposite, and 3) real GDP and consumer prices are positively correlated. That is, an increase in real GDP does not only cause inflation, but an increase in consumer prices also promote domestic production. Yet, the only difference is that export prices and import prices end up higher with an increase in real GDP, but lower with inflation.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.237-252
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• 2020

This paper characterizes the optimal reciprocal trade policy in the environment of Melitz (2003) with firm productivity heterogeneity. In particular, without making parametric assumptions on firm productivity distribution, this paper derives the optimal degree of reciprocal tariff reductions that maximize the world welfare. A reciprocal import subsidy raises the industry productivity, lowering aggregate price; a reciprocal import tariff helps correct the markup distortion, increasing nominal income. With all the conflicting effects of import tariffs on welfare considered, the optimal degree of reciprocity in multilateral tariff reduction is shown to be free trade.

• 무역학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.129-151
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• 2023

본 연구는 국내 주요 수입 수산물- 냉동명태, 냉동고등어, 냉동참치 그리고 냉동어란- 시장을 대상으로, 각 수출국이 차지하는 시장점유율에 따라, FTA 발효가 환율전가도에 미친 영향이 어떻게 달라지는 지 살펴 보았다. 이에 더하여 각 수출국이 차지하는 시장점유율이 원화표시 수출가격 환율전가도에 미친 영향 뿐만 아니라, 수출국들의 가격경쟁구조에 미친 영향 역시 살펴보았다. 이를 위해, 본 연구는 2010년 1월부터 2019년 12월까지 각 수출국의 원화표시 수산물 수출가격과 각 수산물 수입시장에서 개별 수출국별 교차환율의 월별 자료를 이용하여, 최대우도법(Maximum Likelihood)을 바탕으로, 각 수출국의 원화표시 수출가격함수를 추정하였다. 분석 결과, FTA 발효가 환율전가도에 미친 영향은 수출국인 FTA 회원국이 차지하는 시장점유율과 높은 상관관계에 있음을 발견하였다. 하지만 수출국이 차지하는 시장점유율과 원화표시 수출가격 환율전가도 그리고 다른 경쟁국의 수출가격에 미친 영향 사이에서는 뚜렷한 관계를 파악하기 어려웠다. 본 연구 결과를 통해, 국내 수산업자들은 국내 주요 수산물 수입시장에서 각 수출국들이 차지하는 시장점유율에 따른 환율전가도 차이 및 FTA 발효가 환율전가도에 미친 영향의 차이 그리고 수출국들 사이의 가격경쟁구조를 이해하는 데 중요한 자료가 될 것이라 예상된다. 뿐만 아니라, 각 수산물 수입시장에서 차지하는 시장점유율에 따라, 각 수출국별로 FTA 발효 이후, 환율이 국내 수산업에 미치는 영향에 대응할 수 있는 방안에 관해 생각해 보는 데 도움이 될 것이라 사료된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.473-478
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• 2007

We analyze competitiveness of material and component industry(MCI) of Korea, China and Japan using trade data, OECD ITCS database with HS-code system. We use unit price indices, export unit price index, import unit price index, and TOT unit price index. These indices provide quality information from trade data of value and quantity. Our results show that there are quality gaps among three countries, and that China expand development potential, and the results vary as sectors. It implies that R&D investment to improve quality of MCI products is essential and that sector-specific policy is necessary.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.365-379
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• 2023

Purpose - Our previous study (Chang & Lee, 2023) presented observations on the recent changes in the year-on-year (YoY) Consumer Price Index (CPI) of the Republic of Korea (ROK) after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this article is to present an integrated analysis and interpretation of the recent changes in CPI and the Aggregate Import Price Index (IPI) by incorporating recent data, specifically data from September 2022 to December 2022. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected CPI (YoY) data in the ROK from January 2019 to December 2022 using e-National Indicator System provided by the ROK. Statistical analysis was employed to analyze the data. Findings - First, we confirm the extended results of the existing study by Chang and Lee (2023). Second, we demonstrate that the Aggregate IPI in ROK increased significantly in 2022 compared to 2021. We then provide an integrated interpretation on the significant increase in CPI and aggregate IPI in ROK, which complements Chang and Lee (2023) that limits their discussion to YoY CPI. Moreover, we show that the IPI of the semiconductor in ROK decreased significantly in 2022 compared to 2021. Research implications or Originality - Our results provide important insights into the recent changes in the CPI in the ROK. The results suggest that these changes can be partially attributed to various factors, such as the global supply chain disruptions resulting from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged war between Russia and Ukraine, the side effect of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve, heat waves and droughts caused by climate change in ROK, a surge in demand following a gradual daily recovery, US-China trade conflict, etc. Our study shows statistically comprehensive results compared to the studies that limit their discussion to YoY average growth rate.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.489-529
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• 2011

온실가스 저감정책이 시행되면 에너지 다소비 제조업은 비용 상승으로 인해 많은 영향을 받을 것이다. 그러나 가격설정력이 있는 산업이라면, 비용 상승을 제품 가격의 상승을 통해 소비자에게 전가시킬 것이므로 온실가스 저감정책으로 인한 피해가 적을 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 에너지 다소비 제조업의 가격설정력을 분석함으로써, 각 산업이 온실가스 저감정책에 얼마나 취약한지 살펴보았다. 본 연구에서 사용한 가격설정력모형은 오차수정모형을 통하여 분석하였으며, 수입재의 가격과 인건비를 주요한 설명변수로 사용하였다. 수입재의 가격에 반응을 한다면 경쟁자의 가격에 따라 가격을 설정하는 가격 순응자로 볼 수 있으며, 이러한 산업은 온실가스 저감정책에 취약할 것이다. 반면에, 국내 비용을 의미하는 인건비에 영향을 받는다면, 가격설정력이 있다고 볼 수 있으며, 온실가스 저감정책에 덜 취약할 것이다. 또한, 에너지 가격의 변동은 우리나라 뿐만 아니라 해외에도 영향을 미치므로 수입재의 가격에 반영이 되어 있을 것이다. 따라서 수입재의 가격의 순영향을 보기 위해 에너지 가격을 통제변수로 사용하였다. 추정 결과, 석유제품, 화학제품, 비금속 광물제품, 섬유제품, 자동차 제조업은 가격설정력이 있는 것으로 분석되었으므로, 이들 산업은 온실가스 저감정책에 대해 경쟁력을 가지고 있다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.616-622
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• 2022

At the present time, interest in hydrogen is increasingly growing worldwide to tackle climate change. Korea also takes an action by announcing the first hydrogen economy implementation basic plan with the import targets of 22.9 million tons of hydrogen from oversea in 2050. To achieve this plan, it is very essential to establish an overseas hydrogen supply chain. In this paper, the study estimates the import price for hydrogen into basic scenario and comprehensive scenario, and also analyses economic feasibility considering price of the each technology.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2019

This paper aims to empirically examine the short-run and long-run aggregate demand for the US imports using quarterly economic data for the period 2000-2018 including aggregate imports, final expenditure components, gross fixed capital formation and relative price of imports. According to the results of both multivariate co-integration analysis and error correction model, the above variables are all cointegrated and significant differences are found to exist among the long-run partial elasticities of imports as regards different macro components of final expenditure. Partial elasticities with respect to government expenditure, gross fixed capital formation, exports and relative price of import are found to be positive while imports seems to respond negatively to changes in private consumption, implying that an increase in private consumption could result in a significant reduction in demand for imports in the long run. With regard to the relative import prices, the results appear to indicate a relatively insignificant influence on the aggregate imports in the US in the long run. However, an error correction model designed for predicting the short-term variability shows that only exports have an impact on the imports in the short run.

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.21-39
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• 2016

본 연구는 중국에서 점점 이슈가 되고 있는 병행수입 시스템의 법적 문제를 분석하였다. 현재 중국에는 병행수입에 대한 법률이 없으므로 중국 법원은 병행수입 사건을 판결할 때 원고의 소송 청구에 따라서 「전리법(專利法)」, 「상표법(商標法)」, 「반부정당경쟁법(反不正當競爭法)」 등 여러 법률에 의해서 다르게 판결하고 있다. 따라서 동일한 사례임에도 불구하고 법관과 적용 법률에 따라서 다른 결론이 나고 있다는 것이 문제로 지적된다. 본 연구에서는 병행수입의 개념과 이론적 근거를 살펴보고, 중국의 대표적인 3개 사례를 통해서 중국법원이 병행수입 판결에 대한 시사점을 파악하고, 입법 필요성을 제시하였다.