An International Conference of RCIE, AKES, and KDI
Korea and the World Economy, IV |
Seattle, December 10-11, 2005
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program
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list of participants
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Organizers: |
SungTae Ro, President, Association of the Korean Economic Studies (AKES)
JungTaik Hyun, President, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Kar-yiu Wong, Director, Research Center for International Economics(RCIE), University of Washington |
Organizing Units: |
Association of the Korean Economic Studies (AKES)
Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Research Center for International Economics (RCIE) |
Program Committee: |
Kar-yiu Wong, University of Washington, US (co-chair)
Taek-Dong Yeo, Yeungnam University, Korea (co-chair)
Insill Yi, National Assembly, Korea
SungTai Kim, Cheongju University, Korea
Young Man Yoon, University of Incheon, Korea |
Local Organizing Committee: |
Haideh Salehi-Esfahani, University of Washington (chair)
Prabirendra Chatterjef, University of Washington
Juyoung Cheong, University of Washington
Kai-Hsi Chu, University of Washington
Jinyoung Chung, University of Washington
Hervi Icban, University of Washington
SeongTae Kim, University of Washington
Edgar Luna, University of Washington
Terry Li-Chuan Tsai, University of Washington
Haejin Yoon, University of Washington |
Sponsors: |
Korea Research Foundation
Korea Economic Research Institute
Samsung Economic Research Institute
POSCO Research Institute
SK Telecom
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle |
This is the fourth conference of the series on "Korea and the World Economy." Click here for information about previous conferences, including the papers presented.
Themes: Theoretical and/or empirical papers on Korea, Asia Pacific, and the world economy are being sought for presentation in the conference. Papers in the following areas are especially welcome:
- the Korean economy and its external economic relations
- trade, foreign investment, and the financial systems in Korea and Asia
- inter-Korea economic relations and cooperation
- intra-regional economic relations and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific region
- the new WTO multilateral round of trade negotiation and East Asia
- Asian economic growth and economic development
- Asia and the world economy
Submission of Papers and Abstracts: Economists, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners are invited to submit (via e-mail preferred but by mail possible) a draft of a paper or an extended abstracts (about 500 words long), in English, for presentation consideration. Please include in a cover letter your name, affiliation, academic position, mail and e-mail addresses, and phone and fax numbers, by August 7, 2005 to (submission via e-mail is preferred):
- for people in the U.S. and other places (except Korea): to Kar-yiu Wong, Department of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3330, U. S. A.<karyiu@u.washington.edu>
- for people in Korea: to Taek-Dong Yeo, School of International Economics and Business
Yeungnam University, Kyongsan, Kyungbuk, 712-749, Korea <tdyeo@yumail.ac.kr>
If a paper is accepted, its completed version for presentation is due November 7, 2005. Please do not submit papers previously published or those scheduled for publication prior to the conference.
Discussants and Chairs: People interested in discussing a paper and/or chairing a session should contact us. People who want to participate without presenting a paper are also welcome.
Publication: All papers related to the Korean economy will be invited to be submitted for publication consideration in a special issue of Journal of the Korean Economy, the English journal of the Association of the Korean Economic Studies.
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- Asian crisis home page
- "Asian Crisis" conference, Seattle, December 29-30, 1998
- " Asian Crisis, II" conference, Seattle, January 4 - 5, 2000
- "Asian Crisis, III" conference, Tokyo, July 17-18, 2001
- "Asian Crisis, IV" conference, Taipei, July 24-25, 2002
- "Asian Crisis, V" conference, Chuncheon, June 26-27, 2003
- "Asian Crisis, VI" conference, Tokyo, August 30-31, 2004
- Kar-yiu Wong's home page
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- China's accession to the WTO (lots of information and links)
- WTO and World Trade: Challenges in a New Era, Heidleberg: Physica-Verlag (A Springer Company), 2005 - a recent volume with 12articles from internationally renowned experts in the field of world trade.
- "Greater China and the World Economy" conference, Hong Kong, July 17-18, 2000
- "Greater China and WTO" conference, Hong Kong, March 22-24, 2001
- "WTO, China, and the Asian Economies" conference, Hong Kong, November 9-10, 2002
- "WTO, China, and the Asian Economies, II" Beijing, China, June 18-20, 2004
- "WTO, China, and the Asian Economies, III" Xi'an, China, June 25-26, 2005
- "WTO and World Trade" Seattle, December 4, 1999
- "WTO and World Trade, II" Seattle, April 28-29, 2001
- "WTO and World Trade, III" Duisburg, Germany, June 29-30, 2002
- "WTO and World Trade, IV" Seattle, September 28, 2002
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