SEUNG ROK PARK: Economist — Productivity, Industrial Organization, Global Value Chains
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Economics (Econometrics / Industrial Organization), Northern Illinois University, USA
- M.A. in Economics, Graduate School, Korea University
- B.A. in Economics, Korea University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Director, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation (Current)
- Professor, Department of Economics, Hansung University
- Senior Research Fellow, Corporate Research Division, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI)
- Director, Center for Economic Development Research & Center for Corporate Research, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI)
- Principal Researcher, Industrial Research Division, Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI)
- Research Fellow, Industrial Research Division, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET)
- Visiting Scholar, Institute of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
AWARDS
- IBK-Korean Society of Small Business Studies Academic Award
- Maekyung BIT Academic Award
- Maekyung Economist Award
ACADEMIC SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
- Editorial Board Member, Korea Economic Research Association
- Editorial Board Member, Korean Society for Ordo-Economics
- Director (Board Member), Korea Northeast Asian Economic Association
- Editorial Board Member, Korea International Economic Association
DOMESTIC ACADEMIC PAPERS (Korean-language Journals)
- "A Study on Regional Manufacturing Productivity in Korea: Focusing on the Chungnam Region," Journal of Productivity Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2016, pp. 259-284.
- "A Study on the Determinants of Entrepreneurship and the Causal Relationship between Its Performance and Manifestation," Journal of Small and Medium Business Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2016, pp. 237-260.
- "A Study on the Determinants of the Winning Bid Ratio in Apartment Auctions," Journal of the Korea Housing Environment, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2015, pp. 193-209 (Co-author).
- "An Analysis of the Global Economic Spillover Effects of Renminbi Depreciation," Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, 2015 (Co-author).
- "A Study on the Relationship among Housing Mortgage Loans, Housing Prices, and the Business Cycle in the Chungbuk Region," Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2015 (Co-author).
- "The Use of Information and Communication Technology in the Creative Economy: Job Creation and Growth," Journal of Productivity Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2014, pp. 51-86.
- "A Study on Catch-up and Being Caught Up in Global Corporate Productivity," Journal of Productivity Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2013, pp. 193-234 (Co-author).
- "A Study on the Cost of Resolving Circular Shareholding in Korean Business Groups," Korea Business Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2013, pp. 347-371 (Co-author).
- "A Study on the Convergence of Per Capita Provincial Income in China," Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2012, pp. 249-286 (Co-author).
- "An Analysis of the Trickle-Down Effect of Large Firm Investment," Journal of Korean Economic Studies, 2011, pp. 209-237 (Co-author).
- "The Status and Implications of China's Cross-Border M&A of Global Firms," Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008, pp. 129-156 (Co-author).
- "Sources of Growth of Global Software Firms and Challenges for Korean Firms," Journal of Industrial Organization Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006, pp. 95-132 (Co-author).
- "A Study on the Development of and Obstacles to China's Venture Capital Industry," Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2005, pp. 27-50 (Co-author).
- "A Study on the Relationship between Financing Structure and Investment Decisions: A Panel Threshold Model Analysis," Journal of International Economic Studies, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2005 (Co-author).
- "The Effect of Bank-Specific Characteristics on Mergers and Acquisitions among Korean Commercial Banks: A Multinomial Logit Model Approach," Journal of International Economic Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2005, pp. 111-129 (Co-author).
- "An Analysis of Restructuring Performance among Public Enterprises, Chaebols, and Non-Chaebol Firms," Journal of International Economic Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2004, pp. 235-261.
- "The Effects of Foreign Investment and Provincial Government Investment on China's International Trade," Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2003, pp. 121-162 (Co-author).
- "Production Efficiency and Merger Effects of Korean Commercial Banks," Journal of Money & Finance, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2002, pp. 31-60.
- "A Study on Internal Transactions and Efficiency in Business Groups," Journal of Regulation Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2002, pp. 7-74.
- "An Analysis of Productivity in Public and Private Enterprises," Journal of Regulation Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2002, pp. 9-67.
- "Domestic and Foreign Factors in the Sources of Korea's Economic Growth," Journal of Money & Finance, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Special Issue), 2000, pp. 221-260.
- "Changes in the Flying-Geese Structure among Korea, China, and Japan as a Cause of Korea's Foreign Exchange Crisis," Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, Northeast Asian Economic Association, 1999, pp. 77-101.
- "The Growth of Korea's Heavy and Chemical Industry and Export-Oriented Policy," Journal of International Economic Studies, Korea International Economic Association, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1997, pp. 115-146.
- "A Study on the Optimal Scale of Social Overhead Capital and Investment Strategy," Journal of International Economic Studies, Korea International Economic Association, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997, pp. 81-118.
- "The Economic Significance of Social Overhead Capital in Korean Manufacturing," Journal of International Economic Studies, Korea International Economic Association, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1996, pp. 15-34.
- "Estimating Collusive Behavior in Korean Manufacturing," Journal of International Economic Studies, Korea International Economic Association, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1998, pp. 153-179 (Co-author).
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PAPERS
- "The Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Effects of a Weak Japanese Yen: A GVAR Approach," Korea and the World Economy, 2019, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 1-41 (Co-author).
- "Club Convergence and Factors of the Digital Divide across Countries," Special Issue on Creative Economy, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 2015, Vol. 96, pp. 92-100 (Co-author) [SSCI].
- "Has the Korean Chaebol Model Succeeded?," Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 39, Issue 2, 2012, pp. 260-274 (Co-author) [SCOPUS].
- "Information Technology, Organizational Transformation and Productivity Growth: An Examination of the Brynjolfsson-Hitt Proposition," Asian Economic Journal, 2010, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 87-108 (Co-author) [SSCI].
- "A Review of Total Factor Productivity Studies in Korea and a Discussion of Limits to National and Corporate Technology Strategies," International Journal of Technology Management, August 2001, pp. 524-538 [SSCI].
- "Rapid Economic Growth with Increasing Returns to Scale and Little or No Productivity Growth," Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT, May 1995, pp. 332-351 (Co-author) [SSCI].
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
- "Markups, Scale Economies, Capacity Utilization Rate and Their Implications on Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Korean Manufacturing Sectors," Northern Illinois University, May 1993 (Ph.D. Thesis).
BOOKS
- Econometrics with Machine Learning, Chaekeobsneun Segye, 2025 (e-book).
- Economics of Global Value Chain, Pakyoungsa, 2023.
- Overcoming Korea's Giant Neighbor China: Geukjungjigye 2, Gimm-Young Publishers, 2021 (Co-author).
- Applied Econometrics using Stata, Pakyoungsa, 2020.
- Economics of Productivity, Pakyoungsa, 2018.
- 50 Years of Korea-Japan Relations and the Future, Gimm-Young Publishers, 2014 (Co-author).
- The Korean Economy, Beyond the Wall: The Turning Point for the 2014 Economic Recovery, 21st Century Books, 2014 (Co-author).
- New Three Kingdoms: Korea amid the Wave of Sinicization, Maekyung Publishing, 2011 (Co-author).
- 60-Year History of the Korean Economy, Compilation Committee for the 60-Year History of the Korean Economy, 2010 (Co-author).
- China's Change after the Beijing Olympics and Korea's Challenges, Good Information, 2008 (Co-author).
- Science and Technology: The Path to a Creative Korea, National Academy of Engineering of Korea, 2008 (Co-author).
- In Search of China's Leading Firms, Good Information, 2005.
- Technology Is the Future Again, Tree of Thought, 2005 (Co-author).
- China's Economic Growth and Foreign Investment (中國的經濟增長和外商投資), China Higher Education Press, 2004.
- Let's Understand the World a Little, Hi-Vision, 2003 (Co-author).
- Econometric Methodology: Computer Analysis Techniques Using TSP, Biboo Publishing, 1989.
RESEARCH REPORTS
- A Study on the Relationship between the Global Trade Slowdown and Productivity: Focusing on the Role of Global Value Chains (GVCs), National Research Foundation of Korea, 2018.
- Status of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) in China and Other Southeast Asian Markets and Entry Strategies, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, 2017 (Co-author).
- Strategies for Entering China's Consumer Goods Market, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 2016 (Co-author).
- A Study on Manufacturing Productivity Levels in the Chungnam Region, Bank of Korea Daejeon-Chungnam Regional Office, 2016 (Co-author).
- Entrepreneurship in Economics, Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation & Small and Medium Business Administration, 2015.
- Changes in China's Industrial Structure and Directions for Korea's Industrial Policy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 2015 (Co-author).
- Evaluation of Korea's Growth Engine Policies and Future Development Tasks, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, 2015 (Co-author).
- Korea's Trade and Industrial Policy Using Value-Added Statistics, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 2014.
- Changes in the Paradigm of Korea-Japan Industrial Cooperation and Future Tasks, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, 2014 (Co-author).
- Industrial Development and Job Creation, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, 2012 (Co-author).
- Growth and Performance of Korean Firms, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2011.
- Mid-term Evaluation and Improvement of the Current Government's Policies for the Common People, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2010.
- Understanding China's Economic Law for Korean Firms Entering China, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2009 (Co-author).
- International Comparative Analysis of Korea's Industrial Competitiveness, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2009.
- Status of the Global M&A Market by Region and Its Implications, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2008.
- A National Vision for an Innovative Korea, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2008 (Co-author).
- The Status of China's Cross-Border M&A of Global Firms and Its Implications, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2007.
- Corporate Competitiveness of Korea, China, and Japan, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2007.
- Korea's Large Enterprise Policy (Vols. I & II), Korea Economic Research Institute, 2007 (Co-author).
- The Effects of Outbound Investment to China on Domestic Employment and Investment, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2005.
- A Study on Internal Transactions and Efficiency in Business Groups, Korea Economic Research Institute, 2001.
- An Analysis of Changes in Productivity and Its Determinants in Korean Manufacturing, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, 1989 (Co-author).
- Information Technology and Productivity Change in Korea, KERI (with Kiehyang Yuhn), 2004.
- Ownership Structure of Northeast Asian Countries, KERI (with Peter Drysdale, Shin Il Kang, and In Kie Hong), 2004.
- The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on China's International Trade, KERI (with Xinzhong Lee), 2003.
- International Technology Spillovers and Its Effects on Growth of China, KERI, 2003 (with Xinzhong Lee).
- Economic Performance of Korean Firms and Evaluation of Restructuring Tools during the Financial Crisis, KERI, 2003.