• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.25-44
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• 2021

Purpose - This research aims to provide empirical evidence that highlights the importance of imported intermediate goods in long-term economic growth. To this end, this paper develops an index that measures the productivity gains associated with a country's intermediate goods imports using highly disaggregated trade data. Design/methodology - The basic hypothesis is that countries sourcing higher-productivity (or higher-quality) inputs from developed economies derive a larger benefit from foreign R&D. To explore this hypothesis, standard cross-country growth regressions are performed using the highly disaggregated data from the United Nations (UN) Commodity Trade Statistics Database (COMTRADE). To address the endogeneity issue, I apply an instrumental variable (IV) approach. Findings - The results of this study demonstrate that the index predicts subsequent economic growth in middle- and low-income countries. This finding is consistent with previous studies that have argued that developing countries can achieve substantial productivity gains by importing intermediate inputs from developed countries. By contrast, there is no evidence of a significant association between the index and economic growth in high-income countries. Originality/value - This paper contributes to our understanding of the causal relationship between international trade and economic growth. From an economic policy perspective, the results suggest that developing countries with limited technology endowment can boost growth from input-tariff liberalization.

• 복식
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2002

This research is to reveal an aspect of costume culture interchange in the relationship of the early Chosun Dynasty, by considering the imported goods from Japan, of the trading goods derived by the trade diplomacy between the two countries in the early Korea-Japan relationship in the medieval era. The research results are as follows. A good-neighbor Policy in the early Chosun Dynasty was established by a link of a barbarian ban policy to blockade the frequent intrusion by Japanese barbarians. The exchange was the form of presenting a return present in return for a tribute to the Chosun Dynasty from the Japanese envoy, which has a polycentric characteristic. Pusanpo, Naipo, and Yumpo were designated as the open ports, which played a pivotal role in the Korea-Japan exchange. In trading goods between Korean and Japan. the imported goods from Japan to Korea were a wide variety of items primarily such as dyes, mordant, medicines, steel, spicers, etc. In particular, Somok used as a red mordant, which were intermediate goods to Southeast Asia, was the most heavily-traded items of imported goods from Japan. It had been consumed primarily as a raw material making the costume suit of the royal family and the aristocracy. The increased import of Somok was derived from a thought of preferred red color by our people. As its inflow was increased. the costumes tended to be luxurious In early Chosun Dynasty and resulted in social issues. This active trading from the early Chosun Dynasty caused from the communication of the Japanese envoy. In addition the study of the trading provided an opportunity that can glance at an aspect of the costume culture, though It was fractionary.

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.97-121
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• 2016

41개국 34개 산업의 부가가치수출 RCA를 계산하고 각국 각 산업의 경쟁력을 평가하였다. 중국의 성장속도가 한국보다 빠른 것은 사실이지만 한국의 수출을 대체 또는 추월하고 있다는 증거는 미약하다. 수출 주력산업에서의 일본과의 경쟁력 격차가 확대되고 있다는 주장 또한 설득력이 미흡했다. 전세계 국가-산업의 패널분석의 시사점은, 대 세계 경쟁력을 유지하는 방편으로 산업 내 교역 특히 중간재 교역이 활성화되면서 부가가치 RCA와 총수출 RCA 간에 격차가 발생한다는 것이다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.213-237
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• 2010

Duty refund taken exports of raw materials in the manufacture of goods for import duties paid, and refunds, as a system, enhance the price competitiveness of domestic exporters to promote exports is established for them. The duty drawback system is consumed in the production of export goods levied on imported inputs does not exceed the level of reimbursement is established within the WTO rules do not restrict the export support policy is one of. Korea-EU FTA negotiations is a drawback in the ongoing maintenance of claims, while the EU claims that the duty drawback system can not be negotiated until the end of the field of focus is discussed. Intermediate goods imports to Korea is a higher percentage was pointed out the importance of duty drawback, EU FTA, the duty drawback is not a party to remain exporters of raw materials, such as 3rd party can not go back because the benefits were opposed to. The final one-EU Concessions for the current duty drawback system was to maintain continuous.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.71-97
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• 2015

This study examines the effects of several factors indicating economic openness-imported intermediate goods, total imports, IFDI (inward foreign direct investment), and foreign ownership-on regular, irregular jobs and the ratio of irregular employment to regular employment. Findings revealed that imported intermediate inputs and IFDI affected neither regular nor irregular job figures. However, an increase in total imports led to a decrease in the number of irregular jobs without affecting regular full time jobs, leading to a decrease in the ratio of irregular jobs to regular jobs. On the other hand, changes in foreign ownership structure had a contrary effect, that is, a decrease in the number of regular jobs and an increase in irregular ones, and, thus, an increase in the ratio of irregular jobs to regular jobs. Overall results showed that a rise in imports results in depressed overall employment, irregular employment in particular, while more IFDI results in more irregular jobs replacing regular ones, effectively exacerbating job insecurity. The implication of this analysis is that greater economic openness may have a negative impact on the South Korean labor market overall.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.47-62
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• 2016

본 논문은 마크업방정식을 설정하여 8개 제조산업의 산업별 마크업을 추정한 다음, 자기회귀시차모형을 추정하여 마크업의 요소가격탄력도를 산업별로 추정하였다. 또한 산업의 특성을 반영하는 산업의 자본집약도와 수입중간재비중을 고려하여 생산요소가격이 마크업을 결정하는 중요 변수임을 밝히고 있다. 분석결과 수입중간재비중이 높은 기계 전자 운송, 화학제품 그리고 금속제품산업에 있어서 마크업의 수입물가지수탄력도는 각각 -1.025, -0.176, -0.260으로 추정되었으며 자본집약적인 산업인 화학제품, 금속제품 그리고 기계 전자 운송의 경우, 이자율탄력도는 각각 -0.165, -0.147 그리고 -0.210으로 나타났다. 따라서 마크업의 주요 결정요소는 생산요소가격 그리고 산업의 특성을 반영하는 자본집약도와 해외중간재 비중이라 할 수 있다. 분석결과는 산업의 자본집약도가 클수록 그리고 해외중간재 비중이 큰 산업일수록 이자율과 수입물가지수의 변동은 산업별 마크업을 결정하는데 있어서 더욱 큰 영향을 주었음을 밝히고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.102-116
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• 2022

Purpose - This paper empirically investigates the relationship between firm productivity and importing intermediate inputs in the Korean manufacturing sector. Design/methodology - This paper tests the two related hypotheses on the relationship between importing and productivity for a sample of Korean manufacturing firms. We test the self-selection hypothesis by comparing pre-entry levels of productivity between importers and non-importers. We test the learning-by-importing hypothesis by employing propensity score matching with differencein-differences approach. Findings - Future importers are more productive than future non-importers years before they start to import, which supports the self-selection hypothesis. In contrast, there is no strong evidence for learning-by-importing. Originality/value - This paper is the first study to explore the relationship between importing and firm-level productivity for Korean firms. The results have an important implication on trade policies to lower or raise trade barriers in imported inputs.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.81-96
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• 2007

This paper analyses the Korean information and communication technology supply side across the economy using 1995, 2000 and 2003 input-output tables. Input-output analysis considers inter-industry relations in an economy, depicting how the output of one industry goes to another industry where it serves as an input, and thereby makes one industry dependent on another both as customer of output and as supplier of Inputs. It can be evaluated that the recent growth of Korean ICT sector has come from the development of communication service and equipment industry and software industry. Although the high performance and positive revealed comparative advantages in ICT manufacturing sector, the value added and employment in that sector are not satisfactory. It may reflect in part high portion of imported intermediate goods in ICT manufacturing. However, it is fortunate that ICT services, which accounted for relatively high value added, induce the development of ICT manufacturing and follow strong export performance. Moreover, it is expected that the software sector with high value added and employment will be a major driver of ICT growth.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.45-74
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• 2024

The import content of export (ICE) has served as an indicator of global integration for several decades. It is defined as the share of imported products embodied in exports and can be interpreted as the relative degree of the utilization of global production network (GPN) over the domestic supply chain (DSC) in terms of 'value-added.' This paper proposes two new indicators of global integration. They are defined as the ratios of imports (foreign products) to gross output (domestic products) generated by exports and can be interpreted as the relative degrees of the utilization of GPN over DSC in terms of 'production.' Both indicators are easy to compute and can be compared between years, between countries, between industries, and between groups of industries. The paper applies the new indicators to the recent edition of the OECD's Input-Output Database. Finally, the paper shows that the recent slowdown in international trade is mostly due to the decrease in the international trade of intermediate goods, with significant implications regarding the future of global integration.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.3-21
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• 1992

기술경쟁과 생산경쟁에 범위(範圍)의 경제(經濟)가 존재하고, 두 기업이 생산경쟁에서 전략적(戰略的) 대체관계(代替關係)에 있는 경우 경쟁기업간의 기술경쟁(技術競爭)은 적극적인 양상을 띠게 된다. 생산단계의 경쟁자를 견제하기 위환 전략적 대응으로 기술경쟁단계(技術競爭段階)에서 과잉된 기술투자(技術投資)와 기술이전(技術移轉)이 유발되는 것이다. 또한 과잉된 기술경쟁은 제품가격(製品價格)의 급속한 하락(下落)으로 연결된다. 이와 같은 맥락에서 최근 보도 된 바 있는 국산화 신제품에 대한 외국기업의 저가공세(低價攻勢)는 과점적(寡占的) 시장(市場)에서 나타나는 자연스런 현상으로 이해할 수 있다. 또한 기술경쟁단계에서 기술개발투자(技術開發投資)와 기술이전(技術移轉)은 전략적(戰略的) 대체관계(代替關係)뿐만 아니라 전략적(戰略的) 보완관계(補完關係)를 가질 수 있다. 이와 같이 대조적인 전략적 대응관계가 가능하기 때문에 국산화(國産化) 노력(努力)을 견제하고 국내시장(國內市場) 점유율(占有率)을 유지하기 위해 저가공세를 취하는 외국기업에 대한 대응방안(對應方案)으로 검토되고 있는 수입품에 대한 조정관세(調整關稅), 국산화 신제품에 대한 수요창출(需要創出), 기술투자의 채산성 보장을 위한 보조금지급(補助金支給) 등과 같은 정책변수(政策變數) 활용(活用)이 바람직한가를 사전적으로 규정하기는 어렵다. 즉 전략적 무역(산업)정책이론에서 주장하는 것처럼 관세부과(關稅賦課)나 보조금지급(補助金支給)이 국내기업의 시장점유율(市場占有率)과 기술투자규모(技術投資規模)를 향상 증대시키는 것은 아니라는 것이다.