Dear Members,
I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for the
Association of Korean Economic Studies (AKES). I will do my best to continue
the various current missions on an ongoing basis and to extend our research
interests and networks.
As we all know, economic success was not achieved in isolation. Rapidly
growing dependence on regionalism in the global economy is putting pressure
on each country to join an active trading block. We as economists need
to fulfill our important role in promoting research interests and networks
as well as economic cooperation between our various countries.
The aims of our association are being effectively and progressively achieved
by means of international conferences and two distinguished journals.
International conferences are held annually in different countries, including
Korea. One of our two journals is published in Korean (The Journal of Korean Economic Studies ), and the other in English (Korea and the World Economy).
Our association hopes that the conferences and journals will be particularly
productive in disseminating your new ideas and promoting our research
networks.
Ehung Gi Baek
