• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.752-765
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• 2012

본 연구는 확률변경생산함수를 이용하여 지역노동시장의 인구학적, 산업적, 공간적 특성과 일자리결합 효율성의 관계에 대해 분석하는 것을 목적으로 시도되었다. 주요 결과로는 지역내 50세 이상의 구직자 비율과 공간적 밀도 수준이 높을수록 일자리결합 효율성이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 정규직 계약을 제시한 일자리 비중의 증가는 오히려 결합 효율성을 하락시키는 것으로 나타났다. 지역별 결합 효율성의 크기를 비교 분석한 결과 서울의 결합 효율성이 가장 높게 나타났으며 제주가 가장 낮게 나타나, 대체적으로 수도권 지역이 타지역보다 높은 수준의 결합 효율성을 보였다. 마지막으로 결합 효율성은 전산업생산지수와 음(-)의 관계를 보였는데, 이는 불황기에 구직자가 자신의 기대보다 낮은 수준의 일자리를 받아들일 경향이 커지기 때문에 나타난 결과이다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.471-501
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• 2021

본 연구는 투입물 거리함수에 의한 메타확률 프런티어 방법을 사용하여 1998년부터 2018년까지 4개 소득그룹의 이산화탄소 기준의 환경효율성(EE)을 측정하였다. 에너지 소비가 이산화탄소 배출을 증가시키고, 노동과 자본투입을 증가하면 이산화탄소 배출을 감소시킬 것임을 보여주고 있다. 또한 그룹환경효율성(GEE: Group Environmental Efficiency), 메타환경효율성(MEE: Meta Environmental Efficiency) 및 환경격차(EGR: Environmental Gap Ratio)를 비교하였다. 결과는 GEE가 과대평가되고 MEE는 이 기간 동안 하향세를 보여주고 있다. 중하위 소득그룹의 EGR은 가장 높았다. 그리고 고소득 및 중상위 소득그룹의 MEE 및 EGR이 상대적으로 낮았다. 환경효율성을 높이려면 화석에너지를 저감하고 기준 환경 문제를 해결하는 방법이 보다 과학적이고 기술적인 방법을 찾아 필요가 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.95-107
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 코로나19가 국내에 유입되고 확산되는 기간 동안 국내 도소매기업의 성과를 분석하는 것이다. 기업성과에 대한 변수로는 운영효율성 (Operational efficiency)을 선택하였으며, 확률변경분석 (Stochastic frontier analysis)을 통해 운영효율성을 추정하였다. 이후 운영효율성에 미치는 코로나19 기간 (2020년1~2분기)의 효과를 살펴보기 위해 해당 기간의 분기별 고정효과 (Quarterly fixed effect)를 회귀분석을 통해 검토하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 분석 기간 (2019년 1분기~2020년 2분기) 동안 운영효율성의 평균적 수준은 대략 0.7138이었다. 둘째, 운영효율성에 대한 코로나 19 기간 (2020년 1분기~2분기)의 고정효과는 유의미하지 않았다. 셋째, 운영효율성과 기업규모 사이의 정의 결과를 확인하였다. 한편 본 연구는 운영효율성이라는 기업차원의 성과변수와 코로나19 기간이라는 거시경제적 변수의 관련성을 검토하였다는 점에서 의미가 있다고 볼 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.20-32
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• 2022

Purpose - This paper intends to make theoretical analysis and empirical test on the factors influencing China's export to South Korea, and draw conclusions about China's export efficiency and trade potential. Based on the conclusions, the reasons for China's trade deficit with South Korea are found, and a solution is put forward for solving the problem of China's trade deficit with South Korea. Design/methodology - Based on the data of 2004-2017 years in China, this paper uses the stochastic frontier gravity model to analyze the influencing factors of China's export to South Korea, as well as the export efficiency of each province and the export potential that can be explored. Findings - First, in terms of the factors affecting China's export trade to South Korea, the GDP of the provinces and cities in China, the FDI of South Korea to the provinces and cities in China, the GDP of South Korea, the population and education level of provinces and cities in China can significantly promote the export scale of Chinese provinces and cities to South Korea. The distance between Chinese provincial capitals and the South Korean capital significantly hinders Chinese exports to South Korea; Second, in terms of export trade efficiency, the trade exchange rate of the economically developed cities along the eastern coast of China and several provinces that are close to South Korea is higher than that of the cities in the central and western regions; Third, economic globalization makes trade more convenient, the average export trade efficiency of China's exports to South Korea showed an upward trend. However, under the influence of the 2008 global financial crisis, the export trade efficiency declined from 2008 to 2009, indicating that the impact of the financial crisis on the trade efficiency cannot be ignored. Originality/value - This paper finds out the influencing factors of China's export to South Korea, analyzes the export efficiency of different provinces and cities, excavates the export potential, and puts forward some suggestions for the balanced development of China and South Korea trade in the next step.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.23-44
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• 2022

Purpose - Recent issues such as vessel enlargement, strengthening of environmental regulations, and port smartization are expected to increase costs and intensify competition in the port industry. In the new normal era, when external growth has reached its limit, the efficient operation of ports is becoming indispensable for achieving sustainable growth. This study aims to identify the determinants of inefficiency by examining the cost structure and efficiency of container terminals in Korea and furthermore propose the political implications to derive the maximization of efficiency. Design/methodology - This study estimates the cost function of container terminal operators and identifies the efficiency of container terminals using stochastic cost frontier (SCF) in the first stage. In the second step, the SCF results are compared with the data envelopment analysis (DEA). Last, this paper proposes efficiency determinants on container terminal operation to establish appropriate strategies. Out of the 29 container terminal operators in South Korea, 13 operators participated in the survey. The translog cost function was estimated utilizing a total of 116 observations collected over the 2007-2017 period. Findings - Empirical analysis shows that economies of scale exist in Korea's container ports, which provides a rationale for the government's policy to establish the global terminal operator by integrating small terminal operators to enhance competitiveness. In addition, as a result of the determinants analysis, container throughput, weight of direct employment costs, and labour cost share have positive effects on improving cost efficiency, while inefficiency increases as the length of quay increases. More specifically, cost efficiency improves as the proportion of direct employment costs to outsourcing service costs increases. Originality/value - This study contributes to analyzing the inefficiency factors of container terminals through efficiency analysis with respect to a cost function. In addition, this study proposes the practical and political implications, such as establishing a long-term manpower pool, the application of the hybrid liner terminal system, and the construction of a statistical data system, to improve the cost inefficiency of terminal operators.

• 경영과학
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2017

This study empirically analyzes the impact of inventory management performance on the energy efficiency in Korean petrochemical companies. The concept of the distance function is used to define the energy efficiency and the estimation of the distance function is performed using the stochastic frontier analysis. The inventory turnover is selected as the variable indicating the inventory management performance of the company. The main results of this study are as follows. First, the inventory turnover has a positive impact on energy efficiency. Second, during the period over 2011~2015, while the gap in energy efficiency among the companies expanded, the average energy efficiency decreased. Third, the average energy efficiency in upstream process companies was greater than downstream process companies and the gap in energy efficiency among downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies. Fourth, the average marginal effect of inventory turnover on energy efficiency increased gradually from 2011 to 2015. Finally, the average marginal effect of inventory turnover in downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies, and the gap in the marginal effect of inventory turnover among downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies. These results together imply the importance of inventory management in terms of energy efficiency.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2020

The study measures the resource use efficiency of diesel based power generation in the Maldives and analyses factors which influence efficiency levels. Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) technique is applied to data on 30 plants over two year period from 2016 to 2017. The study finds that technical efficiency scores varies from 0.44 to 0.98 across power plants. About 33 percent of the plants have scores below the mean technical efficiency score of 0.87. Empirical results indicate ownership and use of solar photovoltaic (PV) have an influence on improving efficiency levels. Privately owned power plants in resort islands obtained higher technical efficiency scores compared to public and community owned power plants. This is a significant finding as the first study that used power plants in tourist sector in a comparative study. Size of the power plants was not found significant, but relatively small installed capacities can also be efficient. This finding is important because in many inhabited islands installed capacities remain oversized compared to the load. The benchmarking exercise offers model power plants that are relatively efficient, for other power plants and policy makers in small islands to learn from.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.75-97
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• 2012

본 논문의 목적은 OECD국가를 중심으로 온실가스 감축에 대비하여 에너지 원단위(原單位) 측정의 다른 방법으로서 에너지효율함수와 원단위의 효율함수의 추정을 통하여 에너지효율을 측정하는 것이다. 실증결과는 기존의 전통적 에너지원단위와 확률변경함수에 의한 에너지 효율이 크게 연관되어 있지 않았음을 보여준다. 에너지효율 함수와 원단위 효율함수의 효율도 다소 상이하였다. 에너지 투입효율함수에 의한 에너지효율은 GDP, 자본스톡, 노동, 에너지투입량의 순서로 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 보인다. 향후 투입요소 간 최적 결합을 통한 에너지 절감이 필요하고 에너지 소비가 작은 제품의 생산을 통한 저탄소 경제성장의 추구가 요구된다

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2018

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between regional financial development and corporate investment efficiency as well as the relationship between firm-level characteristics and corporate investment efficiency. Using a large sample of A-listed companies in China from CSMAR database between 2003 and 2016, this paper explores corporate investment efficiency and its influencing factors in emerging market on the basis of heterogeneous stochastic frontier model. The results show that: (1) the average investment efficiency of Chinese listed companies is 74.5%, and the investment efficiency of large enterprises, state-owned enterprises and enterprises with relatively high financial development level is significantly higher; (2) compared with average corporate investment efficiency in the year 2003, the investment efficiency of different types of enterprises in 2016 is significantly higher, and the gap is gradually widening; (3) enterprise heterogeneity namely firm size, nature of property right, and institutional environment reflected by the level of regional financial development indirectly affects corporate investment efficiency by influencing the financing constraints and uncertainty. The findings suggest that to improve corporate investment efficiency in emerging market, financial market should be accelerated, regional balance should be restored and the differences among regions, industries and differences between public and private sectors should be eliminated.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

Collaborative research and development (R&D) has been encouraged based on the belief that knowledge spill-over is mutually beneficial for partners. Although the benefits are supported by science and technology policy research, the risk of R&D collaboration has not been extensively discussed. Two independent studies suggest that there are risks associated with the overuse of collaborative research frameworks. Two sets of R&D collaboration data were analyzed: between the national bio-technology research program and 1) Data Envelop Analysis (DEA), and 2) between Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). In the case of SFA, output measures were integrated into a single output, with weights extracted from research programme managers' responses to the questionnaire. While the DEA result demonstrated the inefficiency of collaborative research, SFA did not. Unlike previous research highlighting risks associated with disclosing proprietary R&D and potential conflict of interest, our study indicates that the transaction's social cost affects collaborative research efficiency. Therefore, governments promoting R&D collaborations should be carefully managed, and policy makers must reconsider the strict conditions governing compulsory collaborative R&D programs.