• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.177-200
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• 2006

최근 수확불변 하에서의 오염처리비용회피활동(pollution haven activities)에 대한 연구는 많이 진행되어 왔으나 수확체증 하에서의 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 1990년대 이후 수확체증 하에서의 교역이론이 산업 재배치에 대한 문제를 다루면서 수확체증과 오염처리비용회피활동 간의 관계를 살피는 것은 의미 있는 일이다. Davis (1998)가 발표한 수확체증 하에서의 자국시장효과(home market effect)에 대한 모형을 응용하여 환경정책이 산업 재배치에 주는 효과를 분석한 결과 시장규모가 적은 지역에서 오염물처리에 대한 책임을 생산자가 담당하는 지역과 시장규모가 크면서 오염물로 인한 비효용을 거주자가 감내하는 지역과의 교역상황에서 교역장벽이 높을 때 일부 공해산업에 대해 오염처리비용회피효과가 존재하나 교역장벽이 낮아지면서 공해산업뿐만 아니라 저공해산업에서도 산업의 지역이탈이 관찰되어 오염처리비용회피활동에 대한 식별이 힘들어지며 오염처리비용회피효과(pollution haven effect)뿐만 아니라 오염처리비용회피가설(pollution haven hypothesis)이 동시에 성립됨을 보일 수 있었다. 따라서 시장규모가 작으나 환경보전가치가 높아 환경규제가 강한 지역에서 환경보전과 지역경제발전을 동시에 도모하기 위해서는 오염처리기술의 생산성을 높이기 위한 활동이 필수적이다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.95-110
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• 2021

Purpose - This paper intends to conduct theoretical analysis and empirical test on the action mechanism of South Korea-China trade and South Korea's FDI to China on green total factor productivity, so as to provide a new perspective and ideas for the improvement of China's green total factor productivity and promote the high-quality development of China's economy Design/methodology - This paper uses the data of 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China from 2004 to 2017 as the research sample, adopts the GML index method of SBM Directional Distance Function to measure GTFP, and analyzes the influence of South Korea-China trade and FDI from South Korea on China's GTFP. Findings - Trade is conducive to promoting technological progress, which has a significant promotion effect on China's green total factor productivity. While FDI has a significant inhibitory effect on China's green total factor productivity, which verifies the "pollution haven" hypothesis. In addition, such influence has certain regional overall heterogeneity. Trade has a more significant promoting effect on GTFP in eastern coastal areas, while FDI has a more significant inhibitory effect on GTFP in central and western inland areas. The interaction between trade and FDI is conducive to the improvement of green total factor productivity, indicating that the benign mechanism of trade and FDI has been formed. Urbanization, industrial structure, human resource level and investment in science and technology are all conducive to the improvement of GTFP. Originality/value - Through theoretical analysis and empirical test on the action mechanism of South Korea-China trade and South Korea's FDI on green total factor productivity, this paper provides a solid theoretical foundation for the further development of China-South Korea economic and trade cooperation in the future.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.322-345
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• 2018

Climate change has become a major challenge for sustainable development of human society. This study is an attempt to analyze existing literature to identify economic indicators that hamper the process of global warming. This paper includes case studies based on various countries to examine the nexus for environment and its relationship with Foreign Direct Investment, transportation, economic growth and energy consumption. Furthermore, the observations are analyzed from the perspective of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and probable impact on carbon emission of Pakistan. A major portion of CPEC investment is allocated for transportation. However, it is evident that transportation sector is substantial emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. Unfortunately, there is no empirical work on the subject of CPEC and carbon emission for vehicular transportation. This paper infers that empirical results from various other countries are ambiguous and inconclusive. Moreover, the evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis and the halo effect hypothesis is limited in general and inapplicable for CPEC in particular. The major contribution of this study is the proposal of an energy efficient transportation model for reducing CO2 emission. In the end, the paper suggests strategies to climate researchers and policymakers for adaptation and mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG).