Template-type: ReDIF-Archive 1.0 Handle: RePEc:snv Name: Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program(TEMEP), Seoul National University Maintainer-Email: heshmati@snu.ac.kr Description: This archive collects discussion papers from the Technology Managem ent, Economics and Policy Program(TEMEP), Seoul National University. Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP) is a graduate progra m at the Seoul National University. It includes both M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs wh ich are integrated into the graduate program at the College of Engineering. TEMEP Discussion Papers is intended to serve as an outlet for publishing researc h about theoretical, methodological and applied aspects of industrial economics, especially those related to the institute??s areas of specialization, namely ma nagement of technology, information and telecommunication, health and energy ind ustries, as well as development economics infrastructure. In particular submissi on of studies analyzing current technology and industry related issues and discu ssion of their implications and possible alternative policies are welcome. The o bjective is to gain insights into important policy issues and acquiring a balanc ed viewpoint of policymaking, technology management and economics which enable u s to identify the problems in the industries accurately and to come up with opti mal and effective guidelines. Another important aim with the series is to facili tate communication with external research institutes, individual researchers and policy makers. Research disseminated by TEMEP may include views on information and telecommunic ation, technology management, energy, health and development economics policy, b ut the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. When appropriat e the policy views of the institute are disseminated in separate policy briefs. Thus, any opinions expressed in TEMEP Discussion Papers are those of the author( s) and not necessarily the institutes. URL: ftp://ftp.temep.snu.ac.kr/RePEc/snv/ Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) http://repec.org