Economy & Trade - Korea Economic Institute of America

Economic Issues of Natural Gas Trade in Northeast Asia: Political Bridges and Economic Advantages

Protracted talks—the so-called six-party talks—among the United States, South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK), North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK), Russia, China, and...

Amy Myers Jaffe

May 25, 2011

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Russia’s Energy Politics: Focusing on New Markets in Asia

In Russia’s foreign policy, the central direction after 11 September 2001 was a close cooperative relationship with both the United States and Europe. However, President...

Vladimir I. Ivanov

May 25, 2011

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Analysis of a China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area: A Sectoral Approach

The trilateral joint research on economic cooperation among China, Japan, and Korea began following the agreement among the leaders of the three countries at their...

Ahn Hyungdo

May 25, 2011

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Economic Integration in Northeast Asia: Challenges and Strategies for South Korea

In Northeast Asia, the economies of Japan, South Korea, and China have made themselves heavily dependent on each other, but there is evidence that such...

Kar-yiu Wong

May 25, 2011

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The Republic of Korea and the North Pacific Economy: After the Great Panic of 2008

The financial panic of late 2008 and the global economic recession that followed has been the greatest economic shock since World War II. While North...

Jeffrey R. Shafer

May 25, 2011

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Financial Crises and East Asia’s Financial Cooperation

East Asia is an area where real economic activities are closely linked. The brisk trade in goods and services among East Asian countries shows a...

Park Young-joon

May 25, 2011

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How Available are DPRK Statistics?

A common problem facing students of the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is the shortage of available statistics. It is extremely...

Lee Suk

May 25, 2011

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Korea’s Economic Stability and Resilience in Time of Crisis

In the wake of the fall of Lehman Brothers, in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 Korea was faced with...

Lee Jun-kyu

May 25, 2011

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U.S.-Korea Economic Relations: A (Historical) View from Seoul

What corresponding changes are being made to the Korea-U.S. economic and trade relationship? If, through the changes of the last decade, our trade relationship has...

Kim Wonkyong

May 25, 2011

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Housing Policy, Mortgage Markets, and Housing Outcomes in Korea

This paper aims to trace the major changes that took place in the Korean housing market and the housing finance system during the past decade,...

Cho Man

May 25, 2011

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The Rocky Road for Modernizing the North Korean Economy

Rocky roads conjure images of pitfalls and jarring bumps on a tortuous journey toward some desired destination, without assurance that some calamity will not bar...

Mr. Bradley Babson

May 25, 2011

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Economic Policy Reforms in the Lee Myung-Bak Administration

Between winning the election in December 2007 and taking office in February 2008, Lee Myungbak and his administration sketched out a massive reform program that...

Tony Michell

May 25, 2011

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Global Financial Crisis and the Korean Economy: Issues and Perspectives

The year 2008 will be recorded in world history as a year in which the global capitalist system was threatened as a consequence of the...

Pyo Hak-kil

May 25, 2011

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Korea’s Near-Term Economic Prospects and Challenges

Following several years of strong expansion, the Korean economy began losing momentum in the second half of 2008 in the wake of the stress engulfing...

Leif Lybecker Eskesen

May 25, 2011

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North Korea and International Financial Organizations: Political and Economic Barriers to Cooperation

North Korea’s economy has been on the verge of collapse since the beginning of the second nuclear crisis in 2002 because of the international community’s...

Lee Sang-hyun

May 25, 2011

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