Since the outburst of the financial crisis, FDI flows into Korea have dramatically increased, causing great concern regarding the rapid penetration of FDI and its concentrating effects on the economy. The study explores the issue of how FDI impacts on market structure and competition in Korea....

This paper explores the impact of size and age on firm growth in Korean manufacturing industries during the ten years between 1990 and 2000, and compares the result between domestic firms and foreign invested firms. The estimation results suggest that in general, smaller firms grow faster among...

The intensive exploitation of genetic resources at the international level has led to a negotiation of an international regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources. Due to lack of systematic data, little is known about the structure of trade in genetic resources to inform the...