수도권 규제완화 주장에 대한 반론

A Study on the Counter-argument for Deregulation to Capital Region

There has been a hot debate between the regulationist and deregulationist stances regarding regional policy for the capital region. The people who support the demolition of strict regulation in the capital region tend to understate the effect of the development restriction policy on regional balance, highlighting the frog-flight of capital by which the development regulation in the capital region would stimulate domestic capital to transfer overseas. Since the 1960s, a variety of policy measures have been employed to implement development restriction over the capital region, with their intensity of restriction being fluctuated. Then, it is concluded that development regulation in the capital region should be sustained to reduce the gaps in economic prosperity between the capital region and the lagging regions. In addition, more investment needs to be forwarded toward the neighboring regions. In particular, it is recommended that the neighboring regions still attempt to attract a large amount of manufacturing activities, while the capital region is specialized in international functions and cultural industries.