The Association of Korean Economic Studies (AKES) was founded on October
18, 1997 to provide a forum for the dissemination of policy-related research
and to encourage debate on the Korean economy. Although the primary focus
of the Association has been on the Korean economy itself, East Asian and
global issues with a direct impact on the Korean economy have also been
explored. In collaboration with the Korea Development Institute
Research
Center for International Economics (RCIE) of the
University
of Washington, AKES has held a series of annual conferences
with the broad theme of "Korea and the World Economy." Up to
now, these conferences have been held in
Seoul,
Korea (July 2002),
Seattle,
USA (August 2003),
Seoul,
Korea (July 2004),
Seattle,
USA (December 2005),
Seoul,
Korea (July 2006),
Wollongong, Australia (July 2007),
Seoul and Chuncheon, Korea (June 2008), and
Hong Kong (July 2009). At each conference in the "Korea and
the World Economy" series, about 50 papers on Korea, Asia-Pacific,
and the world economy were presented and discussed among economists, policy-makers,
and practitioners. AKES has also organized a number of policy forums.
AKES publishes two academic journals: ùÛÏÐÌèðæÚϼ¡»(Hanguk-gyeongjae-yeongu),
a journal published twice each year in Korean, and Journal of the Korean
Economy, which is an English-language journal also published twice each
year. Hanguk-gyeongjae-yeongu is indexed in the Korean Research Foundation's
accredited journal list, and JKE is indexed both in the Korean Research
Foundation's accredited journal list and in the Journal of Economic Literature.
