This paper presents the empirical evidence of how exchange rate volatility affects the flow of export trade. The estimation of this relationship is complicated, due to the endogeneity between exchange rate volatility and trade. To mitigate this issue, I introduce an instrumental variable to the...

This paper examines how Korea's import and export linkages with China affect the innovation outcomes of Korean manufacturing firms. Using our automated algorithm, we match Korean patent data to KIS-Value firm data from 1996 to 2015. We find that rising import and export with China lead to more...

A startup refers to a company with ideas and innovative technologies, which have a short period of experience. Recently, startups are leading the fourth industrial technological innovation and affecting job creation and industrial productivity growth, so that its economic importance is...

The ongoing spread of COVID-19 has increased biological risks from infectious diseases and limits the movement of human and material resources. Various evidence supports that there is a significant correlation between COVID-19 and the globalized production network. This study aims to analyze the...

Korean Abstract: 스타트업은 창업 기간이 얼마 되지 않은 신생 혁신기업을 의미하며, 통상적으로 아이디어와 혁신기술을 보유한 기업으로 정의된다. 스타트업은 4차 산업혁명과 기술혁신을 주도하고 일자리 창출과 산업 생산성...

This paper examines how Korea's import and export linkages with China affect the innovation outcomes of Korean manufacturing firms. Using our automated algorithm, we match Korean patent data to KIS-Value firm data from 1996 to 2015. We find that rising import and export with China lead to more...

This thesis contains three chapters on international trade. The first chapter focuses on how international trade affects a country's innovation. Based on the novel dataset, the results show a significant and positive relationship between trade with China and the innovation outcomes of Korean...

Korean Abstract: 2019년 12월 시작된 코로나바이러스(이하 코로나19)는 전 세계인의 삶과 경제를 변화시키고 있다. 일반적인 경제적 충격과 달리 코로나19는 글로벌 차원에서 사람 간의 접촉을 통해 확산되고, 바이러스의 다양한...