Quantitative Regional Economic and Environmental Analysis for Sustainability in Korea

This book focuses on the application of newly innovated analytical tools for sustainable development on regional economic and environmental issues in Korea. With a range of case studies, the authors explore a series of theoretical models and empirical methods including spatial CCE Model, multiregional Input-Output and econometric analysis, logit model, contingent valuation method, GIS, sample selection model, machine learning technique, stochastic frontier analysis, and panel analysis. These models and methods are tailored to spatial development issues such as agglomeration, clustering and industrial innovation, human capital and labor market, education and R&D investments and economic resilience for regional economies and unexpected disaster, and natural resources for environmental markets. Quantitative Regional Economic and Environmental Analysis for Sustainability in Korea is of particular interest to policy makers and practitioners, as well as research scholars active in sustainability science.

Euijune Kim is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University. He received his PhD in Regional Science at Cornell University in 1991. He specializes in the areas of Regional Economics, Infrastructure Policy, and CGE modelling. He has received numerous awards with his extensive research publications in journals, research monographs and edited volumes. He also served as an editor for several journals, including the Annals of Regional Science and International Journal of Urban Sciences and as the President of the Korean Regional Science Association. Brian Hong Sok Kim is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University. He received his PhD in Regional Science at Cornell University in 2003. He specializes in the areas of Sustainable Regional Development, Environment Economics, Economic Valuation, Agricultural and Environmental Risk Assessment, andEconometric Theory and Application. He has published numerous research articles, in both English and Korean, at highly ranked scholarly journals. He currently serves as an associate editor at International Journal of Urban Science and vice president at the Korean Regional Science Association and the Korean Society of Rural Planning.