• 국제지역연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.67-88
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 1978-2012년의 자료를 이용하여 중국의 동부지역, 중부지역, 서부지역 그리고 동북지역을 대상으로 이들 지역이 성장함에 따라 나타나는 지역격차의 패턴을 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 Williamson의 역U자형 가설과 Amos의 발전된 역U자형 가설을 검증하였다. 이를 통하여 지역이 역분극화 과정에 있는지 아니면 발전된 역분극화 과정에 있는지를 파악하였다. 연구결과를 보면 지역내 인당 절대적 경제격차모형에서는 동부지역, 중부지역, 서부지역과 지역간 모형 그리고 상대적 경제격차모형에서는 중부지역과 서부지역이 Williamson의 역U자형 가설이 지지되었다. 반면 지역간 모형과 서부지역은 Amos의 발전된 역U자형 가설이 지지되었다. 한편 도 농격차를 기준으로 한 모형에서는 절대적 경제격차의 지역간 모형과 상대적 경제격차의 중부지역은 Amos의 발전된 역U자형 가설이 지지되었고, 지역간 모형과 서부지역은 상대적 경제격차모형에서 Williamson의 역U자형 가설이 지지되어 이들 지역은 역분극화 과정이 진행되고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이 결과는 중국이 지역에 따라 역분극화 과정이 있는 지역도 있고 성장에 힘입어 공간적 재구조화가 진행되는 경우도 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.551-568
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• 2018

Purpose: This study addressed the relationship between technological innovation activity and management efficiency of Korean automobile firms. We tested the hypothesis of non-liner relationship of innovation activity in relation to management efficiency. Methods: We discussed prior literature in the firm innovation strategy and management efficiency studies to provide better understanding of relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency. As a result, we developed develop and tested a model (Inverted-U shaped) capturing the non-linear impact of technological innovation activity. While we used R&D expenditure and patent registration data for measuring firms' innovation activity, management efficiency was evaluated by using DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis). Results: Main findings of our empirical analysis indicated that the relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency was inverted U shaped. This implied that the relationship between technological innovation and management efficiency is inverted U-shaped non-linear, with management efficiency increasing up to a point, beyond which higher levels of R&D and patent registration activities led to a decrease in management efficiency. Conclusion: This study empirically assessed the inconclusive findings of previous research in the area of effects of innovation activities in relation to firm performance. The paper also provided theoretical and practical implications for firms who explore efficient strategy to promote the management performance through technological innovation activities. Future research directions with the limitation of the study was discussed.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.377-396
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• 2002

This paper investigates whether an inverted U relationship between pollution and economic development could be found in the Seoul metropolitan region using a panel data for the period of 1985~1999. We uses a model with a more flexible random coefficients specification which allows for a greater degree of regional heterogeneity. The emissions of sulfur dioxidetotal($SO_2$), suspended particulates(TSP), nitrogen dioxide($NO_2$), and carbon monoxide(CO) were selected as four major pollutants. We found that the emissions of these pollutants per capita except sulfur dioxidetotal exhibited inverted U shapes with per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP). We also noted that the turning points for Seoul metropolitan region occured at a range of incomes, from $3,000 to $5,000 per capita.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2020

This study analyzed whether the diffusion of new and renewable energy contributed to mitigating emissions of various air pollutants, including particulate matter, using panel econometric models. The theoretical foundation of such econometric models is based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, which assumes an inverted U-shaped relation between national income and environmental pollution, as originally proposed by Grossman and Krueger. We examined whether there are inverted U-, U-shaped, or N-shaped relations between national income and air pollution. We demonstrate that increases in new and renewable energy significantly mitigated emissions of CO, NO_X, and PM2.5. Additionally, we included NO_X, SO_X, PM10, and VOCs as secondary emission sources of PM2.5 and found that emission of PM10 resulted in the highest PM2.5 emissions, followed by NO_X and SO_X emissions. The impact of new and renewable energy on air pollution varied across regions. Increase of new and renewable energy in the Honam region significantly mitigated CO, NO_X, and TSP emissions, while that in the Youngnam and metropolitan areas did not significantly mitigate air pollution overall. There was a U-shaped relationship between air pollution and national income for CO, NO_X, PM2.5, and SO_X, while an inverted N-shape was observed for PM10.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.295-303
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• 2022

This study investigates the impact of globalization, coal consumption, and economic growth on CO₂ emissions in Malaysia by applying the Kuznets Environmental Curve model. The study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag modeling technique on time series data over the period of 1970-2018 to determine the short and long-run relationship between CO₂ emissions and a number of variables, including globalization, coal consumption, and economic growth. The results show that globalization increase CO₂ emissions in both the short and long run in Malaysia. Furthermore, the results reveal that economic growth and coal consumption degrade the environmental quality by accelerating the CO₂ emissions in the short-run and long run. As a result, the findings validate the Kuznets Environmental Curve hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and CO₂ emissions in the long run for Malaysia. The findings of this study suggest that higher globalization levels and usage of coal consumption degrade the environmental quality in Malaysia. The findings also indicate the effect of economic growth on environmental degradation is positive at the initial stage but improves after the economy achieves a threshold level of income per capita in the economic development process with an inverted U-shaped pattern in the long run.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.45-80
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• 2016

본 논문은 동남아시아의 2000년대 이후의 도시화의 현황에 대해 도시면적비율, 도시화율, 도시인구밀도 등의 세 가지 지표를 중심으로 살펴보았다. 또한 Williamson의 가설을 활용하여 도시화가 경제성장에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증분석을 실시하였다. 그리고 추정계수를 활용하여 도시화가 경제성장에 긍정적인 영향을 미치기 시작하는 임계점을 산출하고 동남아시아 각 국가들의 현황과 비교 분석하였다. 동남아시아의 도시화율의 증가세에 비해 도시인구밀도가 더욱 빨리 증가하고 있다는 것을 보여주고 있고 이는 인구과밀화 현상이 빨리 진행되고 있음을 의미한다. 실증분석결과를 보면 본 연구에서 상정한 두 가지 추정방정식 모두에서 Williamson의 가설과 반대되는 결과를 얻었다. 이는 경제발전단계 및 소득수준이 낮은 국가인 경우 도시화가 경제성장에 긍정적 영향을 미치지만, 소득수준이 일정수준(임계점)을 넘어서게 되면 도시화가 오히려 경제성장에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 본 연구의 가설이 지지되지 못함을 의미한다. 동남아시아의 도시화는 지역화경제 및 도시화경제로 대표되는 집적의 경제가 일정정도 실현되고 있고 또한 지식이전 및 아이디어의 활발한 교환, 생산성의 향상 등을 통해 경제성장에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있음을 의미한다. 따라서 동남아시아의 도시화의 의미를 고찰함에 있어 경제성장에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 집적의 경제, 지식이전 등의 효과를 극대화하기 위한 정책적 배려와 노력이 필요다고 할 수 있다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.643-651
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• 2007

The Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis postulates an inverted-U shaped relationship between GDP per capita and various pollutants. Pollutants emission increases up to a certain level as income goes up; after that, it decreases. This paper investigates the relationship between industry pollutants taking industrial sulfur dioxide omission as example, and economic growth by using province-panel data set from 1989 to 2004 in 28 provinces of P. R. China. The result shows that the EKC hypothesis may be supported in the case of industrial sulfur dioxide, and the GDP per capital of turning point is about RMB 13,548 (at 1978 price). Except Shanghai, all the provinces GDP per capital in this study are less than RMB 13,548, indicating the amount of industrial sulfur dioxide emission will be increasing in the near future. To realize sustainable development and pollutants abatement, the central and local government should adopt an integrated strategy to protect environment.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.667-688
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• 2014

본 연구는 우리나라의 지역별 $CO_2$ 배출량과 지역별 GRDP데이터를 사용하여 EKC(Environment Kuznets Curve)를 검증하였다. 이 분석을 위해서 1990년부터 2010년 기간 동안 우리나라의 15개 광역지방자치단체를 대상으로 한 패널데이터를 구축하였다. 지역별 $CO_2$ 배출량에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 일인당 GRDP, 인구, 총요소생산성 등을 고려하였다. 그리고 이러한 요인들이 $CO_2$ 배출량에 영향을 미치는데 있어서 역 U자형 가설이 성립하는지를 검증하였다. 본 연구에 사용한 분석 방법은 Lantz and Feng(2006)에서와 마찬가지로 패널 GLS 모델을 사용하였다. 분석결과에 의하면 우리나라의 경우 EKC 가설이 성립하지 않았지만 총요소생산성의 경우에는 $CO_2$ 배출량과 역 U자형 관계가 성립하였다. 본 연구의 의의는 특히 기술 진보를 대변하는 총요소생산성이 증가할수록 $CO_2$ 배출량이 증가하지만 일정수준 이후에는 $CO_2$ 배출량이 감소한다는 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2020

This study examines the effect of managerial ownership on firm value in capital markets where outside governance mechanisms to discipline managers are weak or non-existent. We hypothesize that strong market forces in the U.S. confound the effect of managerial ownership on firm value, i.e., the convergence of interest argument. We test the hypothesis using data from 112 firms from Singapore Stock Exchange and 205 firms from the Stock Exchange of Thailand prior to the Asian financial crisis in 1997 when the market forces were weak, yet the investor protection was sufficient to prevent outright appropriation from management. For ease of comparison, we use methodologies from studies done on the U.S. sample firms during the same study period as ours. We find that, both in Singapore and Thailand, firm value is a function of managerial ownership, and the relation is of the famous inverted U-shaped. Moreover, the relation is robust under different model specifications. The results from Thai sample, with weaker market forces than in Singapore, lend support to many agency cost hypotheses advanced in the U.S. Our results provide useful implication for investors in emerging and frontier markets where outside governance mechanisms are yet to be fully developed.

• 웰빙융합연구
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.19-37
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• 2019

Over the last few decades, the atmospheric carbon dioxide emission has been amplified to a great extent in Turkey. This amplification may cause global warming, climate change and environmental degradation in Turkey. Consequently, ecological condition and human life may suffer in the near future from these indicated threats. Therefore, an attempt was made to test the relationship among a number of expected factors and carbon dioxide emissions in the case of Turkey. The study covers the time series data over the period of 1970-2017. We employed the modern econometric techniques such as Johansen co-integration, ARDL bound testing approach and the block exogeneity. The results of the Johansen co-integration test show that there is a significant long-run relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and expected factors. The long-run elasticities of the ARDL model show that a 1% increase in the GDP per capita, electric consumption, fiscal development and trade openness will increase carbon dioxide emissions by 0.14, 0.52, 0.09 and 0.20% respectively. Further, our findings reveal that the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis and inverted U-shaped relationship between carbon dioxide emission and economic growth prevails. Therefore, the EKC hypothesis is valid and prevailing in the Turkish economy. The diagnostic test results show that the parameters of the ARDL model are credible, sTable and reliable in the current form. Finally, Block exogeneity analysis displays that all the expected factors are contributing significantly to carbon dioxide emissions in the Turkish economy.