Kyung-Min Nam
Biographic Data
| ID | 6010837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyung-Min Nam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyung-Min |
| FAMILY NAME | Nam |
| SIGNATURE | NAM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4579-4815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Impacts of metro network configuration on on-road traffic intensity in Chinese cities
Network-specific design features are largely overlooked in the empirical literature, despite their potential role in strengthening urban rail transit as a net transport-sector decarbonizer. To address this gap, we examine the indirect contributions of these design features to the road-to-rail mode shift in China’s urban context, taking a structural equation modeling approach. In particular, we focus on three dimensions of physical network configu…
Can Property Taxation Fix China’s Housing Market: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
How does the housing market respond to a newly imposed value-based property tax? Based on individual property transaction data spanning seven years, we investigate the repercussions of a new property tax on the local housing market in Chongqing, China. In particular, we adopt a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach to examine the impact of the tax policy on house prices, transaction volumes, and the broader social welfare. We find that the prop…
Transport network changes and varying socioeconomic effects across China's Yangtze River Delta
Newly constructed transport infrastructure may have varying socioeconomic effects across cities and regions. This study employs a spatial equilibrium model to examine how the development of expressways and high-speed rails (HSRs) may induce changes in employed residents, housing rents, and consumer surplus within China's Yangtze River Delta region. Empirical findings indicate limited effects of transport infrastructure in reducing disparities, wh…
Delineating functional regions from road networks: The case of South Korea
We apply a percolation method to South Korea’s road networks and identify major urban clusters. The results show that Korea has developed a highly mono-centric spatial structure, in which the Seoul Metropolitan Area expands to northern Chungnam, far beyond the limits conventionally assumed. A percolation threshold of 1080 m is critical in delineating Korea’s functional regions, and the results at this threshold show great similarity to flow-based…
Environmental regulations as industrial policy: Vehicle emission standards and automotive industry performance
Impacts of air pollution on urban housing prices in China
Adaptation in cultural industry under conservation pressure: Case study of two Chinese embroidery clusters
In this study, we explore how tension between ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ can be effectively dealt with in promoting cultural industry, taking the Chinese embroidery sector as an example. The diverging performance of two leading centers of Chinese embroidery production suggests that local adaptive and networking capabilities are essential in creating a new path out of the tension, and these capabilities are largely determined by local openness/flexi…
Imperfect information and labor market bias against small and medium-sized enterprises: A Korean case
Optimal Urban Population Size: National vs Local Economic Efficiency
This paper explores whether the population size of the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) in Korea is efficient in terms of the national economy. To undertake this analysis, a recursively dynamic interregional computable general equilibrium (ICGE) model with a population module is developed. In this model, the explicit costs and benefits of population growth are estimated by using the industrial value added and consumer price inflation functions for e…
Carbon co-benefits of tighter SO2 and NOx regulations in China
City Size Distribution as a Function of Socioeconomic Conditions: An Eclectic Approach to Downscaling Global Population
This study introduces a new method of downscaling global population distribution. Its novelty is that it allows city size distributions to interact with socioeconomic variables. The contribution to the literature is twofold. One is a challenge to the conventional view that the proportionate growth dynamics underlies empirical rank–size regularities. It is shown that the city size distribution of a region can deviate substantially from a log-norma…
Health damages from air pollution in China
Global health and economic impacts of future ozone pollution
We assess the human health and economic impacts of projected 2000-2050 changes in ozone pollution using the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis-Health Effects (EPPA-HE) model, in combination with results from the GEOS-Chem global tropospheric chemistry model that simulated climate and chemistry effects of IPCC SRES emissions. We use EPPA to assess the human health damages (including acute mortality and morbidity outcomes) caused by ozone…
Health damages from air pollution in China
Carbon co-benefits of tighter SO2 and NOx regulations in China
Transport network changes and varying socioeconomic effects across China's Yangtze River Delta
Newly constructed transport infrastructure may have varying socioeconomic effects across cities and regions. This study employs a spatial equilibrium model to examine how the development of expressways and high-speed rails (HSRs) may induce changes in employed residents, housing rents, and consumer surplus within China's Yangtze River Delta region. Empirical findings indicate limited effects of transport infrastructure in reducing disparities, wh…
Impacts of air pollution on urban housing prices in China
City Size Distribution as a Function of Socioeconomic Conditions: An Eclectic Approach to Downscaling Global Population
This study introduces a new method of downscaling global population distribution. Its novelty is that it allows city size distributions to interact with socioeconomic variables. The contribution to the literature is twofold. One is a challenge to the conventional view that the proportionate growth dynamics underlies empirical rank–size regularities. It is shown that the city size distribution of a region can deviate substantially from a log-norma…
Environmental regulations as industrial policy: Vehicle emission standards and automotive industry performance
Adaptation in cultural industry under conservation pressure: Case study of two Chinese embroidery clusters
In this study, we explore how tension between ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ can be effectively dealt with in promoting cultural industry, taking the Chinese embroidery sector as an example. The diverging performance of two leading centers of Chinese embroidery production suggests that local adaptive and networking capabilities are essential in creating a new path out of the tension, and these capabilities are largely determined by local openness/flexi…
Global health and economic impacts of future ozone pollution
We assess the human health and economic impacts of projected 2000-2050 changes in ozone pollution using the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis-Health Effects (EPPA-HE) model, in combination with results from the GEOS-Chem global tropospheric chemistry model that simulated climate and chemistry effects of IPCC SRES emissions. We use EPPA to assess the human health damages (including acute mortality and morbidity outcomes) caused by ozone…
Health damages from air pollution in China
Carbon co-benefits of tighter SO2 and NOx regulations in China
City Size Distribution as a Function of Socioeconomic Conditions: An Eclectic Approach to Downscaling Global Population
This study introduces a new method of downscaling global population distribution. Its novelty is that it allows city size distributions to interact with socioeconomic variables. The contribution to the literature is twofold. One is a challenge to the conventional view that the proportionate growth dynamics underlies empirical rank–size regularities. It is shown that the city size distribution of a region can deviate substantially from a log-norma…
Imperfect information and labor market bias against small and medium-sized enterprises: A Korean case
Optimal Urban Population Size: National vs Local Economic Efficiency
This paper explores whether the population size of the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) in Korea is efficient in terms of the national economy. To undertake this analysis, a recursively dynamic interregional computable general equilibrium (ICGE) model with a population module is developed. In this model, the explicit costs and benefits of population growth are estimated by using the industrial value added and consumer price inflation functions for e…
Adaptation in cultural industry under conservation pressure: Case study of two Chinese embroidery clusters
In this study, we explore how tension between ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ can be effectively dealt with in promoting cultural industry, taking the Chinese embroidery sector as an example. The diverging performance of two leading centers of Chinese embroidery production suggests that local adaptive and networking capabilities are essential in creating a new path out of the tension, and these capabilities are largely determined by local openness/flexi…
Impacts of air pollution on urban housing prices in China
Environmental regulations as industrial policy: Vehicle emission standards and automotive industry performance
Delineating functional regions from road networks: The case of South Korea
We apply a percolation method to South Korea’s road networks and identify major urban clusters. The results show that Korea has developed a highly mono-centric spatial structure, in which the Seoul Metropolitan Area expands to northern Chungnam, far beyond the limits conventionally assumed. A percolation threshold of 1080 m is critical in delineating Korea’s functional regions, and the results at this threshold show great similarity to flow-based…
Transport network changes and varying socioeconomic effects across China's Yangtze River Delta
Newly constructed transport infrastructure may have varying socioeconomic effects across cities and regions. This study employs a spatial equilibrium model to examine how the development of expressways and high-speed rails (HSRs) may induce changes in employed residents, housing rents, and consumer surplus within China's Yangtze River Delta region. Empirical findings indicate limited effects of transport infrastructure in reducing disparities, wh…
Can Property Taxation Fix China’s Housing Market: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
How does the housing market respond to a newly imposed value-based property tax? Based on individual property transaction data spanning seven years, we investigate the repercussions of a new property tax on the local housing market in Chongqing, China. In particular, we adopt a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach to examine the impact of the tax policy on house prices, transaction volumes, and the broader social welfare. We find that the prop…
Impacts of metro network configuration on on-road traffic intensity in Chinese cities
Network-specific design features are largely overlooked in the empirical literature, despite their potential role in strengthening urban rail transit as a net transport-sector decarbonizer. To address this gap, we examine the indirect contributions of these design features to the road-to-rail mode shift in China’s urban context, taking a structural equation modeling approach. In particular, we focus on three dimensions of physical network configu…
Economics (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · China (6 works) · Air pollution (4 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Microeconomics (4 works) · Pollution (4 works)