Based on the gravity model of international trade, this paper initially analyzes North Korea's international trade pattern, which tends to follow the prediction of the gravity model: a positive relationship between trade and trading partners' GDP, and negative relationship between trade and...

Using a gravity model, this study examines trade patterns of two isolated economies - Myanmar and North Korea. This study finds that two countries' trade is basically consistent with the prediction of the gravity model. However, economic sanctions toward these countries imposed by the U.S. and...

Based on the gravity model, this paper analyzes China and South Korea¡¯s tourism patterns. Using a panel data set of China¡¯s international tourism flows from 32 countries for 1995-2012, and Korea¡¯s international tourism flows from 152 countries for 2005-2013, this study finds that the...

This paper is to analyze the effect of trade openness on regional inequality of South Korea. Trade has been the driving force of Korea¡¯s economic growth since the 1960¡¯s and it still expands its trade openness through active participation on bilateral and multilateral free trade...

Purpose: This study examines the impacts of health expenditures on infant mortality. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a comprehensive panel data of 100 countries (31 developed and 69 developing countries) for 18 years (2000-2017) and, based on the Hausman Test, applies fixed...

Purpose: This study examines Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) trade and tourism as the country's key business for sustainable financing and growth. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a panel dataset of DRC's trade and tourism flows from 165 countries over two years (2014-2015). An...

Purpose: This study examines Myanmar's international trade pattern in terms of suggesting strategies to accelerate the country's economic growth. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a panel dataset of Myanmar's 85 trading partners covering a period of a 25-year period (1994-2018). An...

Purpose: This paper empirically examines determinants of Saudi Arabia's development finance allocation and seeks implications. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the OLS and Tobit estimation, this paper analyzes a dataset covering Saudi Arabia's 111 bilateral aid recipient countries during...