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North Korean Paradoxes : Circumstances, Costs, and Consequences of Korean Unification.
Title:
North Korean Paradoxes : Circumstances, Costs, and Consequences of Korean Unification.
Author:
Wolf, Charles.
ISBN:
9780833040787
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (94 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- CHAPTER ONE- Preamble: Purpose and Roadmap -- CHAPTER TWO- North Korea: Obscurities and Paradoxes -- Obscurities -- CHAPTER THREE- Size, Growth, and Structure of the North KoreanEconomy -- Data Problems -- The North Korean GDP -- Structural Characteristics of North Korea's Economy -- CHAPTER FOUR- How the System Might Unravel: Scenarios for Reunification -- Diminished Attention to Reunification -- Three Reunification Scenarios -- Scenario A: Unification Through System Evolution and Integration -- Scenario B: Unification Through Collapse and Absorption -- Scenario C: Unification Through Conflict -- CHAPTER FIVE- The Capital Costs of Korean Reunification:Estimation and Management -- Fluctuating Interest in Reunification -- Simulation and Uncertainties -- The Model -- Simulation Results -- Distributing the Costs of Korean Reunification -- CHAPTER SIX- Other Estimates of Reunification Costs -- Differing Sources and Types of Cost Estimates -- The Wide Range of Reunification Costs -- CHAPTER SEVEN- Is Germany's Reunification Experience Relevant? -- Germany's Reunification Costs -- Germany's Military Unification Experience -- CHAPTER EIGHT- Conclusions: Effects on Korean Security Policies and Programs -- WMD Capabilities and Programs -- Korea's Alliance with the United States -- APPENDIX - A Simple Simulation Model for Sizing Korean Reunification Costs -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
Analyzes the economic, political, and security issues associated with Korean unification and considers what the capital costs of unification would be under differing circumstances and assumptions.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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