It is undisputable that crude oil and its price fluctuations are major components that affect most of the countries’ economies. Recent studies have demonstrated that beside the impact that crude oil price fluctuations have on common macroeconomic indicators like gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rates, exchange rates, unemployment rate, etc., it also has a strong influence on stock markets and their performance. This relationship has been examined in a number of settings, but it is yet to be unraveled in the Omani context. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to examine the possible effect of the oil price fluctuations on stock price movements. The study applies Toda and Yamamoto’s (1995) Granger non-causality test on the daily Oman stock index (Muscat Securities Market Index) and oil prices between the period of 2 January 2003 and 13 March 2016. The results indicated that the oil price fluctuations have a significant impact on stock index movements. However, the stock price movements do not have a significant impact on oil prices. These findings have significant implications not only for the Omani economy but also for the economy of similar countries, particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The latter should carefully consider their policies and strategies regarding crude oil production and the generated income allocation as it might potentially affect the financial markets performance in these countries.

This study provides basic data for the cost operating strategy of forest welfare infra facilities. We use the Price-Sensitivity Measurement technique (PSM) for a forest welfare infra facility (healing forest, wood camping, forest leisure sport, etc.). In addition, we conduct a survey in the four target locations (Kyung-gi, Kyung-sang, Chung-cheong, and Jeolla) and receive answer from 390. The results show that higher the price of present infra facilities, higher the price sensibility. The forest welfare infra facilities we include are healing forest 1,894 won, wood camping 5,625 won, mtb park 9,530 won, mountain horseback riding 14,556 won, paragliding 20,252 won, mountain ski 3,075won. However, we investigate zip-lines at lower than current price levels.

Three varieties of green pepper - Chungyang pepper, Cucumber-taste pepper and Nokgwang pepper - are competing with one another in consumption due to the overlapping shipment period. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of monthly variations of shipment quantities on the wholesale market prices. A Linear Approximated Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/IAIDS) is employed with monthly data set of three different varieties of green pepper consumption. The results show that if there is an excess supply in the market, the rate of the price decline is larger for forcing culture Chungyang pepper than other pepper varieties. On the contrary, change in supply of cucumber-taste pepper and Nokgwang pepper has little effect on the price of Chungyang pepper. The results of this study can be utilized as a basic information for enhancing the farm income and promoting agricultural policies related to the establishment of self-help funds by Chungyang pepper producer groups in Gyeongnam region.

This paper is the first of its kind using a non-linear approach based on cross-correlation function (CCF) to investigate the information arrival hypothesis in crude palm oil (CPO) futures market. Based on daily data from 1986 to 2010, our empirical results reveal that: First, the volume of volatility is not a proxy of information flow. Second, dependence causality running from current return to future volume in conditional variance exhibit an asymmetric pattern of time span with different signs of correlation between price and volume series. This finding indicates the presence of noise traders’ hypothesis of price-volume interaction in CPO futures market. Both findings suggest that this futures market is weak-form inefficiency. In terms of investors’ behavior, they tend to change their expectations on current return based on errors made in previous trade in generating abnormal volume in the subsequent period. As implied, it is advisable for the investors devise their future trading strategies according to time span and changes of return.

Purpose – The objective of this study is to investigate the differences and interaction effects on the perceived financial risk between Korean and Thai consumers according to the types of product(utilitarian and hedonic) and price discount (bundle and 50%off). Research design, Data and Methodology – This paper sets up 6 research subjects. Data collection was carried out in Korea and Thailand. Data was made of 154 Korean and 147 Thai consumers. As for the independent variables for this study, consumer types are composed of Korean and Thai consumers, price discount types were bundle(1+1) and 50% off price, and product types consist of utilitarian and hedonic product. The dependent variable is perceived as a financial risk. Each question is measured as a Likert-type five-point scale. Results – According to the price discount and product type, perceived financial risk of Thai consumers is confirmed to be a larger one than that of Korean consumers. Also, there are interaction effects in the perceived financial risk. Conclusion – Our findings can be used as useful information for global retail markets as marketing strategies in future Korean enterprise through a comparative study on Korean and Thai consumers.

Land price can be affected by convenience or psychological repulsion like PIMFY (Please In My Front Yard) or NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) for various facilities. Services related to public establishment, welfare, medical attention, and amenities in rural areas are comparatively poorer than those in urban areas. The purpose of this study is to estimate the implications of the accessibility to community facilities in rural areas for land prices using a hedonic price model. The accessibility to facilities is estimated by real road distances and the land prices are applied for four types of land usages: field, rice paddy, building lots, and village halls. Community facilities are classified from public and community services view: education, safety, culture, transport, environment, health care, and finance. The results show that the accessibility to health care and transport can positively affect land prices and the accessibility to environment (waste facilities and junkyard) and unpleasant services (funeral hall and charnel house) can negatively affect land prices. Especially, the accessibility to hospital is the most positive influential factor for all types of land usages.

The main purpose of the current study was to compare quality of eggs 1) produced from hens housed in battery cages vs. free range, 2) from young vs. old hens, and 3) tagged with the lowest vs. the highest price in a local franchised mart. The ages of hens, at which their eggs were used for the analysis of quality, were 70 weeks old in the experiment 1, 22 and 47 weeks old in the experiment 2, and were unknown in the experiment 3. Eggs were analyzed for weight, albumen height, Haugh unit, shell color, shell strength, shell thickness, shell weight, yolk color, yolk weight, and egg white weight. In the experiment 1, significant differences were detected between two housing systems in shell color, shell weight, yolk color, and yolk weight (P<0.05), but not in egg weight, albumen height, Haugh unit, shell strength, shell thickness, and egg white weight (P>0.05). Although egg weight was slightly but not significantly higher in battery cages by 2.2 g than in free range, yolk weight was significantly higher in battery cage (P<0.05). On the contrary, shell color was greatly increased in free range system by 68.5% compared with battery cage. In the experiment 2, there were significant differences between young and old hens in egg weight, albumen height, Haugh unit, shell strength, shell weight, yolk color and yolk weight (P<0.05). Egg weight, shell weight, yolk color and yolk weight were increased in old hens than young hensile albumen height, Haugh unit, and shell strength were decreased. In the experiment 3, egg weight, albumen height, Haugh unit, shell weight, and egg white weight were significantly higher in the highest priced eggs than the lowest ones (P<0.05), whereas shell strength and yolk color were lower (P<0.05) but shell color, shell thickness and yolk weight were not different (P>0.05). So, egg freshness was clearly higher in the highest priced ones than in the lowest (P<0.05). Due to the limited information on raising and husbandry of laying hens whose eggs were tested for egg quality in the current study, the present results should be cautiously interpreted while contributing to the future study as a basis in this field.

A Linear Approximated Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System, suggested by Eales and Unnevehr, is estimated with monthly data set of Korean fruits consumption. LA/IAIDS consists of 6 demand equations which correspond to domestically produced Hanrabong, overwintering mandarin, strawberry, melon and tomato with imported orange. The results indicate that price and scale flexibilities are negative, as expected. And the significance is that a 10% increase in imported orange quantity is associated with 5.5% declines in the price of Korean Hanrabong while the price of other fruits is minimally affected. In addition, the estimate of scale flexibility of Hanrabong (-2.96) is much smaller than any other fruit. Hanrabong farmer might be in the face of deficit operation as a consequence of the substitution effect if orange would be imported in accordance with the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.

This paper investigates the impact of oil price shock on three domestic price indices such as import price index(IPI), producer price index(PPI) and consumer price index(CPI). According to the results of estimated 5-variable VAR model which utilized monthly data from 2000.1 to 2014.7, international oil price does Granger-cause IPI and PPI, but the lags of oil price do not enter into the equation for CPI. The accumulated impulse response analysis shows that the responses of one standard deviation shock of oil price result in 1.435%, 0.319% and 0.107% increases in import, producer and consumer price index after three years, respectively. The results of variance decomposition indicate that the influence of oil price to producer price index is much bigger than the import and consumer price indices.

본 연구는 국내 방사선사와 고가의료장비의 분포 현황과 증가 추이를 조사하여 방사선사 수급 계획 및 대학생들의 취업 상담 등을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행되었으며, 관련 협회 및 국가기관 등에서 제공하는 자료를 2014년 8월부터 9월까지 조사하여 활용하였다. 조사결과 국내 요양기관에서 근무하는 방사선사는 2014년 현재 총 18,988명, 인구 10만 명당 37.3명으로 전년 대비 계속 증가하고 있는 추세로 확인되었으나 매년 방사선사 면허취득자 보다 적은 수였다. 고가의료장비의 분포 현황은 2014년 기준 CT 총 1,873대로 전년대비 감소하였고, MRI와 PET는 각각 1,261대와 207대로 전년대비 증가하였으나 증가 폭이 감소하고 있어 고가의료장비의 증가 추세는 둔화될 것으로 사료된다. 앞으로 방사선사들이 일할 수 있는 다양한 일자리 창출과 함께 질적인 향상은 물론 방사선사 인력 현황의 꾸준한 모니터링이 필요할 것이다.

This paper attempts to measure the impact of non-financial factors including analyst practices and broker resources on performance of sell side research. Results reveal that these non-financial factors have a measurable impact on performance of target price forecasts. Number of pages written by an analyst (surrogate for analyst practice) is significantly and directly linked with target price accuracy indicating a more elaborate analyst produces better target price forecasts. Analyst compensation (surrogate for broker resource) is significantly and inversely linked with target price accuracy. Out performance by analysts working with lower paying firms is possibly associated with motivation to migrate to higher paying broking firms. The study finds that employing more number of analysts per research report has no significant impact on target price accuracy –negative coefficient indicates that team work may not result in better target price forecasts. Though insignificant, long term forecast horizon negatively affects target price accuracy while stock volatility improves target price accuracy.

This study aims to examine the dynamics of price changes and trading volume of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) from 2000 to 2008. With augmented analysis, our results support two hypotheses. First, under information spillover, our findings support noise traders’ hypothesis as the time span for variance of past trading volume to cause variance of current return is found to be asymmetric under bull and bear markets. Second, looking at the dynamic relation between volume and volatility of price changes, our findings support Liquidity-Driven Trade hypothesis as past trading volume and subsequent volatility of return exhibit positive correlation. In terms of investors’ behavior in response to the news, we find that investors are more risk taking in bull market and more risk reverse in bear market. Our study suggests that investors should adjust their strategy in the futures market in a dynamic manner as the time span of new information arrival is not consistent. Also, uninformed investors with information asymmetry should expect noninformational trading from informed investors to establish their desired positions for better liquid position.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the reduction costs of waste treatment and the increasing benefits of recyclableaccording to the volume-based waste fee system. The effects of waste treating costs reduction is calculated by the collectionand transport costs, Landfill costs and Incineration costs. These are calculated by each reduction amounts and disposal unitprices through year 1995~2009. The effects of recycling benefits of each item is calculated by variation amount of eachrecycling items and each unit prices. The time value of money is also considered to get both total waste treating reductioncosts and the present value of recycling items. In addition, the improvement in low percentage of ‘financial independenceof cleaning’ and ‘residents burden rate’ are needed to actualize the volume-based waste fee system. The reason is that thesemake hard to cover whole cleaning budget by itself. Therefore, it is true that raising the price of bag of the volume-basedwaste fee is unavoidable and differential rate of raising the price of bag is needed. This paper deducts three suggestions toraise the price of Volume-based Waste Fee System bag to develop the Volume-based Waste Fee System further more.

Purpose The paper tested the – relationship between the stock markets of the Middle East and the USA with the oil price and US dollar index as threshold variables. Research design, data, and methodology – The stock price indices of the USA, the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Jordan), WTI spot crude oil price, and US dollar index were daily returns in the research period from May 21, 2001 to August 9, 2012. Following Hansen (1999), the panel threshold regression model was used. Results – With the US dollar index as the threshold variable, a negative relationship existed between the stock price indices of Jordan and the USA but no significant result was found between the stock price indices of Abu Dhabi and the USA. Conclusions – The USA is an economic power today:even if it has a closer relationship with the US stock market, the dynamic US economy can learn about subsequent developments and plan in advance. Conversely, if it has an estranged relationship with the US stock market, thinking in a different direction and different investment strategies will achieve good results

Started in early 2011, China’s new round of real estate regulation policy, aiming to bring down housing price to a reasonable level, suppressed the speculative and investment housing demand remarkably. Under the purchase control policy, housing prices in some cities fell in 2012 compared to a year ago, but housing prices in a number of megacities still remained in high level. Through introducing the housing price income ratio, the article talks about the algorithm for calculating reasonable housing price and price income ratio, thus determines the upper limit of reasonable price income ratio for different kinds of cities. It also calculates the degrees of exceeding the upper limit of the reasonable price income ratio, on the basis of which, the control standards of housing price are determined and the housing price control strategy model is established for the first time. At the end of this article, effective long-term measures for stabilizing the housing price after the reasonable return of housing prices are also presented.

국제해사기구(IMO)에서는 선박매매 시 정비이력 및 고장정보를 신규 선주에게 이관하도록 ISM Code를 개정하기 위한 움직임이 있다. 이에 대비하여 해운산업에 미치는 영향을 관련 분야 종사자들에 대한 인터뷰와 설문지 조사를 통해 실증분석을 하였다. 그 결과 부정적인 영향보다는 ISM Code의 고유목적인 선박안전의 측면에 긍정적인 영향이 더 많은 것으로 나타났다. 선박매매가격, 선박보험에 전반적인 영향은 크지 않지만 선박관리가 잘 된 선박에 대해서는 긍정적인 영향을 줄 것이라고 예측되었다. 응답자 그룹별 인식차이분석에서는 실제 선박을 운영하고 매매하는 해운회사와 물류회사가 포워더나 화주사에 비해 개정의 영향을 더욱 의미 있게 받아들이고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 정비기록 및 고장이력 열람이 매수자 및 매도자에게 동일하게 적용됨으로써, 선박매매 시 정보 편향성이 해소되어 공정한 시장(Clean Market)을 형성할 수 있고, 해운기업들은 정비기록정보를 통해 미래에 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 예방하고 해결점을 찾는데 소요되는 시간과 비용 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 이러한 정보를 활용하여 선박의 리스크 분석 및 위험예방관리가 가능함으로 선박의 유지 보수 능력이 증대되어 선박안전 역량제고 및 환경오염 예방에 기여할 것이라고 판단된다.

아이템 현금 거래가 이루어지는 방법으로는 게임 동호회에서의 거래, 직거래 등 여러 방법이 있다. 그러나 현실에서는 수수료를 부담해야 하는 아이템중개사이트가 가장 많이 이용되고 있는 것으로 보인다. 본 연구에서는 아이템중개사이트와 기타 거래에서의 아이템 현금 거래 가격을 분석함으로써, 소비자들이 아이템 중개사이트를 주로 활용하는 이유를 살펴보고자 하였다. 아이템중개사이트에서의 거래 가격과 기타 아이템 현금 거래방법에서의 거래 가격을 비교 분석한 결과, 아이템중개사이트에서의 가격이 평균 6% 더 비싼 것으로 나타났다. 구매자들은 6%더 비싼 가격을 지불하고 아이템중개사이트를 이용하고 있었는데, 이는 거래의 안전성과 편리성에 대한 대가로 볼 수 있다. 그리고 판매자들은 아이템중개사이트를 이용하는 것이 다른 거래 방법에서보다 0.7% 정도 더 높은 가격으로 판매할 수 있었다. 구매자와 판매자가 아이템중개사이트를 이용하는 것은 충분한 이유가 있는 것으로 파악될 수 있다.