The Impact of Changing Residential Areas on Partisan Preference and Voting Decisions in South Korea: An Empirical Analysis of Youngnam and Honam Voters in the 2014 Regional Election

The article considers prerequisites for the formation of a new paradigm in the energy sector. The factors that may affect the imminent change of leadership among the energy generation are analyzed. The variability of the projects of creation and functioning of power stations is examined. The focus is made on problematic aspects of the new generation, especially, storage and supply of energy, achieving a system of parity that ensures balance in pricing generations. The author substantiates the principles of forming system of parities arising when comparing traditional and new generations. The article presents the results of an empirical analysis of the 215 projects for the construction of facilities for renewable energy. The significance and direction of the impact of these factors on the growth in investment volumes of transactions are determined. The author considers leasing as an effective financial instrument for overcoming stereotypes of renewable energy and as a promising direction for accelerated implementation of investment projects.

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Does Korea’s ODA Contribute to the promotion of Economic Cooperation? An Empirical Analysis of the impact of ODA on Korean Exports and Overseas Direct Investment

Korean Journal of Public Administration ◽

10.24145/kjpa.56.3.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 169-203

Author(s):

Kyung-pyo Kang ◽

Jun-mo Kang

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Economic Cooperation ◽

The Impact

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Globalization, Poverty, Environmental Degradation and Economic Growth Nexus: Empirical Analysis of SAARC Regions

Studies of Applied Economics ◽

10.25115/eea.v39i1.3757 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Adiqa Kiani ◽

Ejaz Ullah ◽

Khair Muhammad

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Environmental Degradation ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Significant Negative Relationship ◽

The Impact

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of poverty, globalization, and environmental degradation on economic growth in the selected SAARC countries. This study is employed panel Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) technique for empirical analysis using selected SAARC regions including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka over the period of 1980 to 2018. Globalization impacts economic growth positively and significantly. In addition to this the significant negative relationship is found between population and economic growth. The results show that poverty is positively related with environmental degradation. Furthermore, the results indicate that globalization is positively and significantly associated with environmental degradation in the SAARC region. Finally, the results show that urbanization is positive and significantly associated with environmental degradation, which could be the serious concerns for the policy makers to control.

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ICT SMEs, Performance, Absorptive Capacity and Transformative Capacity

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i3.7988 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (3) ◽

pp. 178-188

Author(s):

Yeon-Sung Cho ◽

Kyung-Il Khoe

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Transformative Capacity ◽

The Impact ◽

The Empirical Analysis ◽

Innovative Capacity

This study intends to integrate the relationship of market orientation, innovative capacity and firm performance to Information and Communication Technology(ICT) SMEs. The purpose of this study is to identify the role of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity that affect the performance of ICT SMEs. Hypotheses were established between five latent variables. A total of six hypotheses were established including the moderated effects of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity. Of the data collected after the survey, 112 valid surveys were selected as the final sample, except for 17 questionnaires with high non - response and insincere response. The empirical analysis of this study used smartpls3.0, Partial Least Squares (PLS), a variance-based structural equation modeling. The empirical analysis of this study revealed that the impact of market orientation on innovative capacity was significant. Moreover, the innovative capacity had a positive effect on the performance of ICT SMEs. In addition, the absorptive activity had a positive moderated effect between the market orientation and the innovative capacity. On the other hand, the transformative capacity showed a positive moderated effect in relation to innovative capacity and firm performance. Our empirical results have demonstrated the importance of knowledge based capacity in the ICT SMEs.

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Case study: Prediction and field tests of railway noise and effects of a low-height noise barrier

Noise Control Engineering Journal ◽

10.3397/1/376826 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

pp. 303-314

Author(s):

Yuna Park ◽

Hyo-In Koh ◽

University of Science and Technology, Transpo ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Field Tests ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Railway Systems ◽

Railway Noise ◽

Sound Levels ◽

Noise Barrier ◽

The Difference ◽

Reduction Effect ◽

The Impact

Railway noise is calculated to predict the impact of new or reconstructed railway tracks on nearby residential areas. The results are used to prepare adequate counter- measures, and the calculation results are directly related to the cost of the action plans. The calculated values were used to produce noise maps for each area of inter- est. The Schall 03 2012 is one of the most frequently used methods for the production of noise maps. The latest version was released in 2012 and uses various input para- meters associated with the latest rail vehicles and track systems in Germany. This version has not been sufficiently used in South Korea, and there is a lack of standard guidelines and a precise manual for Korean railway systems. Thus, it is not clear what input parameters will match specific local cases. This study investigates the modeling procedure for Korean railway systems and the differences between calcu- lated railway sound levels and measured values obtained using the Schall 03 2012 model. Depending on the location of sound receivers, the difference between the cal- culated and measured values was within approximately 4 dB for various train types. In the case of high-speed trains, the value was approximately 7 dB. A noise-reducing measure was also modeled. The noise reduction effect of a low-height noise barrier system was predicted and evaluated for operating railway sites within the frame- work of a national research project in Korea. The comparison of calculated and measured values showed differences within 2.5 dB.

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