{"title":"The Impacts of Smoking Bans on Smoking in Korea","authors":"Beomsoo Kim, Ahram Kim","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.127","url":null,"abstract":"There is a growing concern about potential harmful effect of second-hand or environmental tobacco smoke. As a result, smoking bans in workplace become more prevalent. In Korea, workplace smoking ban policy become more restrictive in 2003 when National health enhancing law was changed. Using Korea National Health and Nutrition survey in 2001 and 2005 we examine the impacts of law change on current smoker and cigarettes smoked per day. We compare indoor working occupations which are constrained by the law change and ourdoor working occupations which are less impacted. The estimated impacts on current smoker is 4.6 percentage point decline and cigarettes per day show statistically significant decline of 1.1.","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"127-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Extensive and Intensive Margins in Korean Exports to China","authors":"이시욱","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"195-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing for Nonlinear Threshold Cointegration in the Monetary Model of Exchange Rates with a Century of Data","authors":"Junsoo Lee, Mark Strazicich","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"The monetary model suggests that nominal exchange rates between two countries will be determined by important macroeconomic variables. The existence of a cointegrating relationship among these fundamental variables is the backbone of the monetary model. In a recent paper, Rapach and Wohar (2002, Journal of International Economics) advance the literature by testing for linear cointegration in the monetary model using a century of data to increase power. They find evidence of cointegration in five or six of ten countries. We extend their work to the nonlinear framework by performing threshold cointegration tests that allow for asymmetric adjustments in two regimes. Asymmetric adjustments in exchange rates can occur, for example, if transactions costs are present or if policy makers react asymmetrically to changing fundamentals. Moreover, whereas Rapach and Wohar (2002) found it necessary to exclude the relative output variable in some cases to maintain the validity of their cointegration tests, we can include this variable as a stationary covariate to increase power. Overall, using their same long-span data, we find more support for cointegration in a nonlinear framework.","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"58 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analyzing the Effect of Changes in the Benchmark Policy Interest Rate Using a Term Structure Model","authors":"송준혁","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.2.15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"15-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Economic Growth of Korea Since 1990 : Contributing Factors from Demand and Supply Sides","authors":"허석균","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.169","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"169-206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68933980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Female Wage on Fertility in Korea","authors":"김정호","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"89 1","pages":"105-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68933622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation the Natural Output Korea: A Bayesian DSGE Approach","authors":"황영진","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68933606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conflict of Interests and Analysts’ Forecast","authors":"박창균, 연태훈","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.239","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"239-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Political Economic Analysis of Decentralization: Fiscal Autonomy and Primary System","authors":"김재훈","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.27","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"27-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corporate Governance and Managerial Performance in Public Enterprises: Focusing on CEOs and Internal Auditors","authors":"Yu, Seungwon","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2009.31.1.71","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32627,"journal":{"name":"KDI Journal of Economic Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":"71-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68934061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}