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South Koreans' willingness to pay for Korean unification

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This paper analyses the willingness to pay (WTP) of South Koreans for Korean unification. To deal with zero WTP responses given by a large number of people, a mixture model is used. The mean annual WTP for Korean unification is 5765 Korean won (GBP 2.88) per person. The aggregate value to South Koreans would then be 194.62 billion Korean won (GBP 97.31 million) annually.

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  • Seung-Hoon Yoo, 2004. "South Koreans' willingness to pay for Korean unification," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 15-19.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:11:y:2004:i:1:p:15-19
    DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000187408
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