An International Conference of RCIE, AKES, and KDI

Seattle, December 10-11, 2005

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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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