민주주의에서 표의 불평등성: 국회의원 선거구획정의 왜곡도 분석

이상학,이성규 한국의정연구회 2015 의정논총 Vol.10 No.2

본 논문은 현행 국회의원 선거구획정 기준인 선거구 ‘인구수’를 기준으로 선거구획정의 왜곡도를 정치적 지니계수와 획정지수의 분산계수를 이용하여 측정하고자 한다. 측정 결과 인구기준으로 측정한 정치적 지니계수는 유권자기준 정치적 지니계수보다 더 큰 값을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 인구수를 기준으로 측정한 획정지수의 분산계수도 유권자수를 기준으로 한 분산계수보다 더 큰 값을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국의 국회의원 선거구획정이 이상학(2011)과 Lee·Lee(2013)의 측정 결과보다 더 왜곡되어 있음을 나타낸다. 또한 본 논문은 이와 같은 선거구획정의 왜곡이 잠재적으로 인구의 ‘세대별 대표성’에 왜곡을 초래할 가능성에 대해서도 분석하였다. 분석 결과 유아‧청소년층 및 청‧장년층은 전반적으로 과소 대표되고, 노년층은 ‘과다’ 대표되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 앞으로 지속적으로 늘어날 복지지출 등을 둘러싸고 세대 간 잠재적 갈등이 표출될 가능성을 시사하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 마지막으로, 본 논문은 향후 선거구획정의 평가와 관련하여 정치적 지니계수와 획정지수의 분산계수 등과 같은 객관적 기준을 활용할 것을 제안한다. This paper attempts to examine the mal-apportionment in National Assembly election in Korea by extending Lee, Sanghack(2011) and Lee‧Lee(2013). To measure the extent of mal-apportionment, we used both the coefficient of variation of the apportionment index and the political Gini coefficient that are calculated based on population rather than the number of electorate. It turns out that the extent of mal-apportionment based on population is greater than that calculated by the number of voters. In addition, the present paper examines the distortion in representation of age groups resulting from such mal-apportionment. It is shown that the mal-apportionment leads to under- representation of younger generations, but over-representation of old generation. This result implies that there will be potential conflict of interests between age groups in terms of welfare expenditures which are supposed to be increase in Korea. Finally, we suggests that the electoral apportionment be evaluated based on measurable indexes, such as political Gini coefficient and the coefficient of variation of the apportionment index, for more practical debate and consensus.

민주주의에서 표의 불평등성 : 국회의원 선거구획정의 왜곡도 분석

李相學,李城圭 한국의정연구회 2015 의정논총 Vol.10 No.2

본 논문은 현행 국회의원 선거구획정 기준인 선거구 ‘인구수’를 기준으로 선거구획정의 왜곡도를 정치적 지니계수와 획정지수의 분산계수를 이용하여 측정하고자 한다. 측정 결과 인구기준으로 측정한 정치적 지니계수는 유권자기준 정치적 지니계수보다 더 큰 값을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 인구수를 기준으로 측정한 획정지수의 분산계수도 유권자수를 기준으로 한 분산계수보다 더 큰 값을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국의 국회의원 선거구획정이 이상학(2011)과 Lee·Lee(2013)의 측정 결과보다 더 왜곡되어 있음을 나타낸다. 또한 본 논문은 이와 같은 선거구획정의 왜곡이 잠재적으로 인구의 ‘세대별 대표성’에 왜곡을 초래할 가능성에 대해서도 분석하였다. 분석 결과 유아‧청소년층 및 청‧장년층은 전반적으로 과소 대표되고, 노년층은 ‘과다’ 대표되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 앞으로 지속적으로 늘어날 복지지출 등을 둘러싸고 세대 간 잠재적 갈등이 표출될 가능성을 시사하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 마지막으로, 본 논문은 향후 선거구획정의 평가와 관련하여 정치적 지니계수와 획정지수의 분산계수 등과 같은 객관적 기준을 활용할 것을 제안한다. This paper attempts to examine the mal-apportionment in National Assembly election in Korea by extending Lee, Sanghack(2011) and Lee‧Lee(2013). To measure the extent of mal-apportionment, we used both the coefficient of variation of the apportionment index and the political Gini coefficient that are calculated based on population rather than the number of electorate. It turns out that the extent of mal-apportionment based on population is greater than that calculated by the number of voters. In addition, the present paper examines the distortion in representation of age groups resulting from such mal-apportionment. It is shown that the mal-apportionment leads to under- representation of younger generations, but over-representation of old generation. This result implies that there will be potential conflict of interests between age groups in terms of welfare expenditures which are supposed to be increase in Korea. Finally, we suggests that the electoral apportionment be evaluated based on measurable indexes, such as political Gini coefficient and the coefficient of variation of the apportionment index, for more practical debate and consensus.

지정토론 / 이상학

이상학 한국금융연구원 2009 韓國經濟의 分析 Vol.15 No.2

Import Quotas in the Stackelberg Trade Model

이상학 한양대학교 경제연구소 2007 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Vol.12 No.1

This note examines the effects of import quotas in the Stackelberg duopoly model of Baye (1992) in which a home firm is a leader and a foreign firm is a follower in the home market. This note shows that import quotas can increase social welfare of the importing country, measured by the sum of consumer surplus, producer surplus and quota rents accruing to the importing country, if the quotas are set at a sufficiently high level. An increase in binding quotas is also shown to increase social welfare of the importing country if it can extract more than half of the quota rents. Quotas are also compared to tariffs. Unlike in the competitive markets, optimal quotas are shown to be more conducive to trade than optimal tariffs in the Stackelberg trade model.

Optimal number of ports and implications for Korea’s port policy

이상학,조정란 한국무역학회 2017 Journal of Korea trade Vol.21 No.1

Purpose – Many governments around the world have strategically privatized their ports. The privatized ports try to maximize profits by setting higher charges for port services and attracting transship cargos. This paper shows that such privatization of ports can be complemented by adjusting the number of ports. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to derive the optimal number of ports in cases in which ports serve transship and domestic cargos. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a theoretical model in which ports compete with each other for transship and domestic cargos. In the first stage, the government determines the number of ports. In the second stage, the ports compete with each other in quantity to maximize profits. The authors have derived the optimal number of ports that maximizes national welfare. Findings – The optimal number of ports is expressed as a function of the slope of the demand curve, the slope of the supply curve, and the share of domestic demand relative to total demand for port services. It is shown that the optimal number of ports tends to increase as the share of domestic cargo increases. The optimal number of ports, n*, is given as n*¼1/(1−θ), where θ denotes the share of domestic demand in total demand for port services, when the unit cost of port services is constant. Research limitations/implications – The analysis in the present paper is confined to the case of unilateral intervention by the government of the domestic country. Analyzing interaction among governments via competition policy would offer valuable policy implications. Practical implications – The results of the current research offer important implications for Korean port policy in the context of maritime industrial changes, in particular, China’s New Silk Road initiative. In particular, the findings of this study suggest that Korea’s investment in ports should be concentrated on ports with competitive advantages. Originality/value – Relatively scant attention has been paid to the possibility, or need, of strategic privatization being complemented by governmental competition policy. Filling this knowledge gap, the authors have shown that the government can mitigate the negative effects of privatization on domestic consumer surplus by introducing competition in the supply of port services.

주기 신호 검출을 통한 거짓 경보 제거 기능을 갖춘 비디오 화염 감지 기법

이상학,Lee, Sang-Hak 한국전자통신학회 2011 한국전자통신학회 논문지 Vol.6 No.4

A video flame detection method analyze the temporal and spatial characteristics of the regions which have the flame-like color and moving objects in the input video. The video flame detector should be able to reduce a false alarm rate without the degradation of flame detection capability. The conventional methods can reject the false alarm caused by the car lights and some electric lights. However they make the false alarm caused by the warning lights, neon sign, and some periodic flickering lights which have the flame-like color and temporal features. This paper propose the video flame detection method with periodicity analysis based false alarm rejection. The proposed method can detect the periodicity of the flickering electric lights and can reject the false alarm caused by the periodic electric lights. The computer simulation showed that the proposed method did not make the false alarm in the test video with the periodic electric lights. But the conventional methods made a false alarm in the same test video. 비디오 기반 화염 감지 기법은 입력 비디오 영상에서 화염과 비슷한 색상을 가지고 움직임이 있는 영역에 대해서 화소 단위로 화염의 특성을 가지고 있는지를 시간적, 공간적 특징 분석을 통하여 확인한다. 비디오 기반 화염 감지 기법 연구의 가장 중요한 부분 중 하나는 화염 감지 성능이 저하되지 않고 어떻게 거짓 경보의 빈도를 줄일 수 있는가 하는 것이다. 기존의 방법들은 전기 장치로 만들어진 불빛들 중에서 자동차 전조등과 같은 일반적인 움직임을 가진 전기 불빛에 의한 거짓 경보는 쉽게 제거하고 있다. 그러나 경광등, 경고등 그리고 네온사인과 같이 깜빡거림이 있는 전기 불빛은 색상과 시간적, 공간적인 특징이 실제 화염과 비슷할 경우 거짓 경보를 발생시키는 요인이 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 경광등, 경고등 그리고 네온사인과 같이 깜빡거림이 있는 전기 불빛 화소들의 주기 신호 검출을 통하여 진짜 화염이 아님을 확인하는 거짓 경보 제거 기능을 갖춘 비디오 화염 감지 기법을 제안한다. 실험 결과 화재 감지 성능은 기존의 방법과 비슷하였으나 기존의 방법이 거짓 경보를 발생시키는 시험 비디오에서 거짓 경보가 발생되지 않음을 볼 수 있었다.

Letter to the Editor: Relationship Between Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Activities of Daily Living in Alzheimer Disease

이상학,Seung-Han Suk 대한노인병학회 2018 Annals of geriatric medicine and research Vol.22 No.1

[Hot News] 170조 원 남북경협 청사진에 접경지 ‘들썩’

이상학 연합뉴스 동북아센터 2018 마이더스 Vol.2018 No.9

항고형암제의 활성평가를 위한 in vitro 삼차원 암세포 배양계의 확립

이상학,이주호,구효정 한국약제학회 2004 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation Vol.34 No.5

For the efficient determination of activity against solid tumors, an in vitro tumor model that resembles the condition of in vivo solid tumors, is required. The purpose of this study was to establish a rapid culture method and viability assay for an in vitro 3-dimensional tumor model, multicellular spheroid (MCS). Among 12 human cancer cell lines, a few cell lines including DUD-1 (human colorectal carcinoma cells) formed fully compact MCS which was adequate for in vitro viability assay. DLD-1 MCS showed steady growth reaching 700 pm diameter after 11 day culture. DUD-1 cells grown as MCS showed significant increase in G_(0)/G₁ phase compared to the monolayer cells (73.9% vs 45.7%). but necrotic regions or apoptotic cells were not observed. The cells cultured as MCS showed resistance to 5-FU (10.3 fold higher IC_(50)) compared to monolayers. however, tirapazamine (a hypotoxin) showed similar activity in both culture systems. In summary, MCS may be a valid in vitro model for activity screening of anticancer agents against human solid tumors and also exploitable for studying molecular markers of drug resistance in human solid tumors.

Allocation of Prizes in Contests with Size Effects

이상학,이시영 한국국제경제학회 2015 International Economic Journal Vol.29 No.2

We examine the allocation of prizes in contests in which the number of contenders affects the prizes and costs. We assume that there are two groups of contenders. The government allocates a prize to the two groups, and the contenders in each group respectively compete for the prize. Examining the prize allocation in such contests, we obtain the following results. The aggregate effort increases in the prize share of the larger group. In contests with size effects through costs, the aggregate resource expended in the contests and the aggregate payoffs are independent of group size distribution if the prize is allocated in proportion to group size. The integration of contests with size effects through prizes can yield higher aggregate effort and payoffs than the decentralized contests.