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Relationship between declining oil use and electrification (탈석유화와 전기화의 관계 분석)

  • Choi, Hyo-Yeon;Kim, Sun-Young;Yoo, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.119-124
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    • 2014
  • After the oil crisis in 1970s, many countries have tried to reduce oil dependency. Especially, in Korea, rapid declining oil consumption has speedily brought to electrification and a surge in electricity demand. This paper attempts to estimate the relationship between declining oil use and electrification in Korea using OECD panel data covering from 1985 to 2011. To this end, random effect model and fixed effect model are employed. The increase in the ratio of energy oil to total energy consumption by 10%p leads to reduce the electricity demand by about 15%. This result can be useful information to cope with the recent crisis of electric power. In addition, industrial sector is ranked in forth the ratio of industrial electricity use to total electricity use according to the result of comparative analysis of electricity consumption by use in OECD countries. Therefore, industrial sector should be treated as the main target of demand-side management policies for electricity.

Analysis of the Changes in the Perceived Important Capabilities of Construction Project Managers after the Global Financial Crisis

  • Lee, Na-Kyung;Bae, Ju-Lee;Jang, Hyoun-Seung
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2012
  • After the 2008 global financial crisis, the construction environment in South Korea continued change in the construction environment. Construction orders in 2011 have shown a downward trend compared with the previous year. Along with these changes in the construction market, the professional capabilities of construction project managers that are perceived as important also changed after the global financial crisis. Accordingly, this study was conducted to identify the major business capabilities of the current construction project managers and to determine which of these capabilities have undergone changes in terms of the importance accorded to them after the global financial crisis, and ultimately, to derive the construction project manager capability areas that need to be strengthened according to the changes in the construction environment. The capabilities of construction project managers were surveyed at two different time points: in 2007 and in 2010. The results show that the year 2010, after the global financial crisis, an increase in the perceived important capabilities of construction project managers compared with 2007. This results the impact of the changes in the construction environment on the importance of construction project managers. This study derived the ramifications of the early identification of systems and prospects according to the changes in the construction circumstances on more efficient onsite and human resources management, by considering the appropriate capabilities of the construction project managers.

Study on Retrofit Measures for Energy Conservation in Existing Residence (기존단독주택의 에너지절약을 위한 개수방안연구)

  • Park Sang Dong;Park Hyo Sun;Yu Heon Hyeong;Min Chang Hyeon
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.31-51
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    • 1982
  • For studying this project, we selected a 2-storied detached house as a sample which was constructed in July 1976, the last year of the 3rd 5-years economic and social development plan and also the middle year between the years of the 1st oil crisis and the 2nd oil crisis, located In Gayang-dong, Daejeon City. The contents and scope of this project was to produce retrofit measures by theoretically analyzing the building energy use between both of pre-retrofit and post-retrofit conditions of this sample house, and to compare and analyze the predicated data with experimented data under post - retrofit condition. It is suggested in this report that we have to develop rational and practical retrofit measures for energy conservations in existing residences.

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The Foreign Asset Leverage Effect of Oil & Gas Companies after the Financial Crisis (금융위기 이후 정유산업의 외화자산 레버리지효과 분석)

  • Dong-Gyun Kim
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.19-38
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to analyze the foreign asset leverage effect on Korean oil & gas companies' foreign profits and to maintain the appropriate foreign asset volume for reducing exchange risk. For a long time, large Korean companies, including oil companies, overheld foreign currency liabilities. For this reason, most large companies have been burdened to hedge exchange risk and this excess limit holding deteriorated total profit and reduced foreign currency asset management efficiency. Our paper proceeds in presenting a three-stage analysis considering diversified exchange risk factors through estimation on transformation of foreign transactions a/c including annual trends of foreign asset and industry specifics. We also supplement incomplete the estimation method through a practical hedging case investigation. Our research parts are differentiated on the analyzing four periods considering period-specifics The FER value of the oil firms ranged from -0.3 to +2.3 over the entire period. The results of the FER Value are volatile and irregular; those results do not represent the industry standard comparative index. The Korean oil firms are over the credit limit without accurate prediction and finance high interest rate funds from foreign-owned banks on the basis on a biased relationship. Since the IMF crisis, liabilities of global firms have decreased. Above all, oil firms need to finance a minimum limit without opportunity losses on the demand forecast and prepare for uncertainty in the market. To reduce exchange risk from the over-the-limit position, we must consider factors that affect the corporate exchange risk on the entire business process, including the contract phase.

The latest trend of electric equipment in relation to energy conservation

  • Akira, Ishizaki
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.30 no.10
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    • pp.618-625
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    • 1981
  • Since the oil crisis in 1973, Japanese industrial fields have put many energy conservation schemes into practice and obtained fruitful results. This artical deals with the latest trend in Japan of energy conservation in electrical equipment and introduces some examples of new systems.

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The Contagion of Covid-19 Pandemic on The Volatilities of International Crude Oil Prices, Gold, Exchange Rates and Bitcoin

  • OZTURK, M. Busra Engin;CAVDAR, Seyma Caliskan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2021
  • In the international markets, financial variables can be volatile and may affect each other, especially in the crisis times. COVID-19, which began in China in 2019 and spread to many countries of the world, created a crisis not only in the global health system but also in the international financial markets and economy. The purpose of this study is to analyze the contagious effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volatility of selected financial variables such as Bitcoin, gold, oil price, and exchange rates and the connections between the volatilities of these variables during the pandemic. For this aim, we use the ARMA-EGARCH model to measure the impact of volatility and shocks. In other words, it is aimed to measure whether the impact of the shock on the financial variables of the contagiousness of the epidemic is also transmitted to the markets. The data was collected from secondary and daily data from September 2th 2019 to December 20th, 2020. It can be said that the findings obtained have statistically significant effects on the conditional variability of the variables. Therefore, there are findings that the shocks in the market are contaminated with each other.

Multivariate Causal Relationship between Stock Prices and Exchange Rates in the Middle East

  • Parsva, Parham;Lean, Hooi Hooi
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.25-38
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    • 2017
  • This study investigates the causal relationship between stock prices and exchange rates for six Middle Eastern countries, namely, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and Saudi Arabia before and during (after) the 2007 global financial crisis for the period between January 2004 and September 2015. The sample is divided into two sub-periods, that is, the period from January 1, 2004 to September 30, 2007 and the period from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2015, to represent the pre-crisis period and the post-crisis period, respectively. Using Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model in a multivariate framework (including two control variables, inflation rates and oil prices) the results suggest that in the case of Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, there exists bidirectional causalities after the crisis period but not the before. The opposite status is available for the case of Iran. In the case of Oman, there is bidirectional causality between the variables of interest in both periods. The results also reveal that the relationship between stock prices and exchange rates has become stronger after the 2007 global financial crisis. Overall, the results of this study indicate that fluctuations in foreign exchange markets can significantly affect stock markets in the Middle East.

The Relationship Between Oil Price Fluctuations, Power Sector Returns, and COVID-19: Evidence from Pakistan

  • AHMED, Sajjad;MOHAMMAD, Khalil Ullah
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2022
  • Oil prices have become more volatile as a result of global economic contraction and control measures. Before and during the COVID-19 crisis, this study examines the relationship between oil price swings and daily stock returns in the power sector. The impact is investigated using a panel Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. Granger causality tests are used to see if oil prices are effective in predicting returns. The dynamic impact of supply shocks is studied using Impulse Response Functions (IRFs). From January 2011 to May 2021, the study used daily data from all listed power sector enterprises on the Pakistan stock exchange. To investigate the differences in reactions between the Pre-COVID and COVID eras, the sample was separated into two groups. Oil shocks are inversely associated with daily firm stock returns. The conclusions are further supported by the lack of impact of stock prices on oil prices. The relationship, however, deteriorates during the COVID pandemic. We could not uncover any evidence of a significant relationship. In developing countries that rely on oil imports, the study sheds light on the utility of oil price shocks in daily stock return predictions.

Solution of Energy Problem (에너지 문제 어떻게 극복할 것인가?(I))

  • Jeong, Chun-Byeong
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2008
  • Considering domestic situation such as economical crisis, $CO_2$ exhaust amount limit based on the Climatic Change Convention, sky-rocketed oil prices. 97% of energy import from abroad, and import sum reaching up to 20% of entire import, we need to invest new recycle energy and future energy development at a full blast.

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A Study on Ocean Cultural Space developed on the Gadeokdo lighthouse 100th anniversary memorial (가덕도등대 100주년 기념관을 활용한 해양문화공간에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Chang-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.494-506
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    • 2010
  • On the crisis of international economy, the government is making an effort to seek economic growing motivation with the method of overcoming economic crisis and 'low carbon green growth'. Furthermore, to promote maritime vessel traffic service related inefficient energy wastage was revealed and eco-friendly alternative energy was accepted because of high price of oil in the beginning of 2008. In this situation, I'm going to discuss the possibility of eco-friendly energy system in maritime vessel traffic service with the way of cutting the budget and expansion of solar power generation system which was promoted to meet governmental 'energy saving plan for high price of oil'.

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