Korean Abstract: 김정은 정권이 집권하면서 ‘경제 건설과 핵 무력의 병진노선'을 내세우며 이전 정권에 비해 경제성장을 더욱 중시하는 행보를 보이고 있다. 2002년 ｢7.1 경제관리 개선조치｣의 맥을 잇는 2012년 ｢우리식...

This paper examined and analyzed recent trends of the China-North Korea trade using intensive and extensive margins. North Korea's trade with China, especially its increasing dependence on China, was analyzed as being determined mostly by quantity and price of small number of items rather than...

This paper aims to analyze the economic impacts of UN sanctions on North Korea's banned luxury goods imports. The analysis is based on applying Difference-in-Differences Methods to the gravity model. The results show that North Korea's luxury goods import patterns reflect the aforesaid model....

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 아세안 FDI 특징과 비즈니스 여건을 살펴본 후 그 결정요인을 실증적으로 분석함으로써 한아세안 경제협력을 보다 심화시키기 위한 정책적 시사점을 도출하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구에서는...

Third, governments should make various efforts to encourage domestic firms to invest abroad via M&As, which is an effective means by which industries can bypass the entry barrier of service markets in each country. Fourth, in order to attract investment into Korea's service market, the market...

North Korea is similar in that it has a political structure unfavorable for reforms, hence, the North is likely to follow in the footsteps of the CIS states. Also, North Korea has an unfavorable initial condition in that the level of economic development at the early stage of transition is low....

Korean Abstract: 이 연구의 목적은 북한의 비핵화 과정과 연계한 대북경제제재 해제를 종합적으로 분석하여 북한의 비핵화 프로세스를 촉진하기 위한 방안을 제시하는 것이다. 이를 위해 UN 안보리, 미국, 일본 등 다자 및 양자...

The changes taking place in North Korea's political, military, and economic aspects since Kim Jong-un inherited power, are drawing the world's attention. In particular, as the Kim Jong-un regime places greater importance on the economy, there is a growing international interest as to whether the...

Raising productivity requires addressing a wide range of policies that affect resource allocation, the creation and diffusion of technology, human capital and the creation and financing of start-ups. The greatest gains can be achieved in the service sector and in SMEs, where productivity has...

Making SMEs and start-ups a driver of growth and job creation requires a number of policies to improve the performance of SMEs, whose labour productivity in the manufacturing sector has fallen to less than a third of that in large companies. The large-scale support for SMEs should shift from...