"This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water, and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia. The book argues that developments in the East Asian region are critical to global sustainability and acknowledges that there is an increasing degree of mutual reliance...

This paper investigates how effective safety education reduces workforce risks by using an establishment-level dataset in South Korea. We focus on identification and estimation of causal effects. Since provision of safety education depends on establishment’s decision, the main variable of...

I study debt relief as a stimulus policy using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model that captures the rich heterogeneity in households' balance sheets. In this environment, a large-scale mortgage principal reduction can amplify a recovery, support house prices and lower foreclosures....