This paper analyzes the future growth potential of the North Korean economy, conditional on economic reform and integration with South Korea. The growth projections based on crosscountry evidence show that, if North Korea embarks on substantial policy reforms toward a market-oriented and open...

This study investigates the role of financial integration in the spread of the global financial crisis. In particular, this study shows how the effect of the crisis on real business cycle co-movement varied for capital and credit market integration, using a sample of 58 countries in 2001–2013....

Security deposits in Korea simultaneously serve as zero coupon bonds that maximize the landlord's return, put options for selling the property, and call options for buying credit loss reimbursement. Given these properties of the deposits, we construct a rent-deposit equilibrium model between...

This paper examines the role of income inequality in determining fiscal policy effectiveness by using panel data of 42 advanced and developing countries during Q1 2000-Q3 2007. Our panel VAR analysis shows that the effect of fiscal policy on output is smaller in economies with high income...

Korean Abstract: 남북한 분단 이후 남북한 경제적 격차가 매우 큰 상황에서 남북한 경제체제를 통합하는 것은 경제 분야는 물론 정치, 사회, 문화 분야에서 다양한 문제를 유발하고 그 과정에서 극심한 혼란을 야기할 가능성이...

The massive stocks of foreign exchange reserves, mostly held in the form of U.S. T-bonds by emerging economies, are still an important puzzle. Why do emerging economies continue to willingly loan to the United States despite the low rates of return? We suggest that a dynamic general equilibrium...

We investigate the role of exchange rate regimes in the international transmission of business cycles during the global financial crisis. We find that exchange rate regimes alone did not account for differences in the international transmission of business cycles during the crisis. However,...

The well-known equity home bias has two components: an extensive and intensive margin. Using U.S. household portfolio data, we find that the decision to participate in foreign stock markets depends on investor's wealth, with richer investors more likely to participate (the extensive margin). We...

Using data for 20 countries during 1975–2011, this study provides new evidence on the association between the lack of competition, measured by an increase in markups, and income inequality. We find that an increase in markups is positively associated with rising income inequality. More...

Korean Abstract: 디지털 전환 기술의 발전은 생산과 유통 부문에서 지난 30여 년간 지속적으로 진행되어 왔으며, 지난 10여 년간은 인공지능, 머신러닝 기술의 발전과 함께 혁명적 이라고 할 만큼의 빠른 변화를 가져왔다. 또한...