Conference Program
Conference Brochure
Overview of the Conference
Conference Venue: Jeju Oriental Hotel, 2nd Floor
| June 24 (Sunday) | |
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| 19:30~21:30 | Conference Reception (2nd Floor, Jeju Oriental Hotel) |
| June 25 (Monday) | |
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| 08:30~09:00 | Registration (Hall A) |
| 09:00~10:30 | Parallel Sessions I |
| 10:30~10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45~12:15 | Parallel Sessions II |
| 12:15~13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30~14:30 | Opening Session & Best Paper Award Ceremony (Hall A) |
| 14:30~16:00 | Parallel Sessions III |
| 16:00~16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15~17:45 | Parallel Sessions IV |
| 18:30~20:00 | Dinner (2nd Floor, Jeju Oriental Hotel) |
| 20:30~22:30 | Night Market Tour (optional(free), meet at the lobby at 8:30) |
| June 26 (Tuesday) | |
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| 09:00~10:30 | Parallel Sessions V |
| 10:30~10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45~12:15 | Plenary Session (Economic Challenges and New Approaches for Aging Society) |
| 12:15~12:30 | Closing Session / Group Photo |
| 12:30~13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00~17:00 | Jeju Tour (optional, to be covered by the Association(AKES)) |
List of Participants
Accommodations
Jeju Oriental Hotel offers a concessionary rate for our conference participants (100,000 KRW (about $93) for one person/room per night, 120,000 KRW (about $110) for two persons/room per night, BREAKFAST INCLUDED). The hotel is located near Jeju National University and Jeju International Airport.
Two nights of stay in hotel will be covered by the Association of the Korean Economic Studies for one presenter per paper, BUT YOU SHOULD BOOK THE HOTEL BY YOURSELF (See Special rates for the conference participants and the hotel reservation form below). When you check out, TWO NIGHTS OF STAY IN HOTEL WILL NOT BE CHARGED TO YOU. Support for two nights of stay is based on 2person/room sharing with other participants (i.e., the AKES will supports 60,000 KRW per night for two days). If you would like to share 2person/room with your family, you will need to pay extra. For example, 2person/room is 120,000KRW per night and if you would like to share the room with your family, you will need to pay 60,000KRW per night. If you would like to have a single room (100,000KRW 1person/room), you will need to pay extra 40,000KRW per night. Breaksfast at the hotel is included. Please make a reservation by NO LATER THAN MAY 31, 2018, to ensure room availability.
General Information
Please visit http://www.oriental.co.kr
Special rates for the conference participants and the hotel reservation form
Reservation can be made through online system below
Click here
Transportation (from Jeju International Airport to the hotel)
You can take taxi:
Jeju Oriental Hotel is about 4 km away from the airport and it will cost about $ 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel.
There is another option (taking bus and walking 800 meters) but taking taxi is more cost effetive and convenient.
Hotel Map
Organizers
Sung Jin Kang, President, The Association of Korean Economic Studies , Korea University
Kar-yiu Wong, Professor and Director, Research Center for International Economics , University of Washington
Kyoung Ryung Seong, Chairperson, National Research Council for Economics Humanities and Social Sciences (NRCS)
Juyeol Lee, Governor, Bank of Korea (BOK)
Young-Sam Ma, Director, Jeju International Training Center, UNITAR (UNITAR)
Dong Jeon Gim, President, Jeju Research Institute (JRI)
Jeong Pyo Choi, President, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Ji-Sang Chang, President, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET)
Jae-Young Lee, President, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Sangho Sohn, President, Korea Institute of Finance (KIF)
Dong Yeol Kim, President, Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI)
Organizing Units
The Association of Korean Economic Studies (AKES)
Research Center for International Economics, University of Washington (RCIE)
National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRCS)
Bank of Korea (BOK)
Jeju International Training Center, UNITAR (UNITAR)
Jeju Research Institute (JRI)
Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Korea Institute of Finance (KIF)
Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI)
Global Energy Technology Policy Professional Program(GETPPP) of Korea University
BK21 Plus Department of Economic at Korea University
The Institute for Sustainable Development, Korea University
Center for Global Sustainability, Yonsei University
Supporting Unit
Korea Securities Depository (KSD)
LG Economic Research Institute (LGERI)
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG)
Hyundai Global Business Intelligence Center (GBIC)
Dasan Institute of Economic Research (DIER)
Green Technology Center (GTC)
Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET)
National agricultural cooperative Federation (NACF)
Program Committee
Won Joong Kim, Konkuk University (Co-Chair)
Kar-yiu Wong, University of Washington (Co-Chair)
Hyung-Gun Kim, Kangwon National University (Coordinator)
Hyun-Hoon Lee, Kangwon National University
Shin-ichi Fukuda, University of Tokyo
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University
Yeonho Lee, Chungbuk National University
Seyed Komail Tayebi, University of Isfahan
Trung Ngoc Nguyen, Institute of Human Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Local Oganizing Committee
Jae Young Lim, Korea University (Co-Chair)
Janghee Cho, Jeju National University (Co-Chair)
Tae Hee Kwon, Korea Employment Information Service
In Gon Kim, Esektour. Co. Ltd.
Publication Committee
Sung Jin Kang, Korea University (chair, co-editor of the Journal of Korea and the World Economy)
Hyeon-seung Huh, Yonsei University
Jae-Young Lim, Korea University
Kyoungwook Choi, University of Seoul
This is the seventeenth in the series of conferences on “Korea and the World Economy,” alternating biannually venues inside and outside Korea. This year, the conference will be held in Seoul, the heart of Korea. Previous conferences were held in:
1st Conference: July 21-22, 2002, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2nd Conference: August 1-2, 2003, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
3rd Conference: July 3-4, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
4th Conference: December 10-11, 2005, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
5th Conference: July 7-8, 2006, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
6th Conference: July 2-3, 2007, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
7th Conference: June 20-21, 2008, Korea Institute of Public Finance (Seoul) and Kangwon National University (Chuncheon), Korea
8th Conference: Junly 9-10, 2009, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
9th Conference: June 25-26, 2010, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea
10th Conference: August 12-13, 2011, Claremont McKenna College, California, USA
11th Conference: July 13-14, 2012, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
12th Conference: June 25-29, 2013, Tehran (U. of Tehran, MBRI), Isfahan (U. of Isfahan) and Shiraz, Iran
13th Conference: June 21-22, 2014, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
14th Conference: August 7-8, 2015, RDCY, Renmin University, Beijing, China
15th Conference: August 5-6, 2016, Korea Federation of Banks, Seoul, Korea
16th Conference: June 29-30, 2017, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
Economists, policy-makers, and practitioners are invited to submit papers on Korea, Asia-Pacific, and the world economy. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Papers in the following areas are especially sought:
Monetary and Financial Policy
Financial Flow and Cooperation
Korea-Vietnam Economic Cooperation
East Asian Economic Cooperation
Energy and Climate Change
Industrial Policy
Foreign Trade
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Economic Development
Poverty, Economic Divide, Social Welfare and Income Redistribution
Fiscal Sustainablity
North Korean Economy
Sustainable Human Development.