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Year: 1st Semester, 2019
Instructor: Lee, Hyun-Hoon ( ÀÌÇöÈÆ)
Office: 611, Global Business Building
Phone: 033-250-6186, 010-5371-6186, Email: hhlee@kangwon.ac.kr, Webpage: http://cc.kangwon.ac.kr/~hhlee
Class Hours: Monday and Thursday 13:30 - 14:45, Vision Hall (Rm 1101), Business Bldg I
Outline
of the course:
This
course will explore (1) the global and East Asian issues of trade, investment, development, energy,and the environment, and (2) East Asian integration.
Various means of education will
be utilized including the traditional in-class lectures, on-line lectures, group
presentations, and lots of discussions.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of principles of economics would be of help.
Textbook:
Various
online sources such as World Bank, OECD, IMF, UN, The Economist, etc.
Grading:
Mid-term exam (30%)
Final exam (30%)
Assignments (30%)
Attendance (10%, absence of more than five times will result in automic failure of the class)
Bonus: Class participation (10%)
Take-home assignments:
Will be explained in class.
A Conference to attend: Asian Business and Economic International Conference (ABEIC 2019)
25-27 April 2019, Global Business Bldg, Kangwon National University
Topics to Be
Covered:
Class, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6
Topics to Be
Covered:
1. East Asian Economy in the Worldl
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Lecture notes (pdf)
- PWC (2017), The Long View: How will tye global economic change by 2050?
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World Bank (2018), A Resurgent East Asia: Navigating a Chaning World (Abstract, Full report, Live)
- Group discussion assignment: Summarize and evaluate the key messages of World Bank (2018) report
2. Regionalism and East Asian Economic IntegratioinThe current status of and prospects for the
world economy
- Lecture notes (pdf)
- WTO and multilateralism
- Trend and causes of regionalism
- Regionalism: a stumbling block or
stepping stone?
- East Asian economic integration: Current status and prospects
- Northeast Asian economic cooperation:
Questions for Midterm Exam
Asian Business and Economic International Conference 2019 (ABEIC 2019), 25-26 April 2019
3. End of the 3rd globalization? What are the choices for East Asian countries
4. Sustainable
development I
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Lecture notes (ppt)
- Green growth and inclusive growth
- Newspaper articles on inclusive growth and green growth
Kyunghyang 1 (January 24, 2015);
Kyunghyang 2 (December 14, 2016); and
Joong Ang Ilbo (November 10, 2017))
- Jeffrey Sachs: The Age of Sustainable
Development, IIASA/OeAW Public Lecture, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZaAqRA5qg),
1:07
- The World We Want – The U.N. Sustainable
Development Goals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR-YRC5D-QY),
10 minutes
- The Economist, ¡°The 169 Commandments¡±
March 28, 2015. (http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21647286-proposed-sustainable-development-goals-would-be-worse-useless-169-commandments)
6. Population (Monday, October 23rd)
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Lecture notes (ppt)
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HHLEE_Effects_of_aging_on_economic_growth (ppt)
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HHLEE_Korea (pdf)
- Patterns of demographich transition
- Population aging and its consequences
7. Review and midterm exam
Review,
Final exam,
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