Models for measuring the effects of Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) on bilateral foreign traffic inflow and on service export and import trades are constructed, and applied to Canada’s and United States’ bilateral foreign passenger inflow and service trade export and import data. The effects of US Open Skies agreement on Canada’s bilateral foreign traffic inflow and services trades are also investigated. We found Canada’s OSAs (US Open Skies) have strong positive (negative) effects on increasing (decreasing) travelers into Canada from the OSA partner countries; US Open Skies, on average, decreases the Canada’s traveler inflow from the US OSA partner countries. Canada’s OSAs (US Open Skies) have strong positive (negative) effects on increasing (decreasing) Canada’s total services export to the partner countries, and these effects on service trades also occur with longer than five year time lags. Our results suggest one major source of improving measurement on the effects of regulatory changes or free trade agreements is to incorporate the time lag effects of such policy changes properly.
Dr. Tae Oum focuses on research and teaching in economics, management strategy and policy analysis in transport/logistics and public utility sectors. He serves on Editorial Boards of twelve international journals including having served as an Editor of Journal of Transport Economics and Policy for 13 years (1998-2011). Also, he has been the founding chair of the ATRS Global Airport Performance benchmarking Task Force report project from its inception in 2002.
He has authored/co-authored 36 books, 130+ refereed journal papers, and numerous reports for international organizations including World Bank, OECD, International Transport Forum, APEC, ICAO and for many government agencies, regulatory commissions and major corporations (Canada, United States, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey). He has delivered over 350 keynote addresses, invited speeches/seminars, and presentations including two open addresses at the ICAO conferences (2012, 2014).
The honors and distinctions he received include Air Transport News (ATN) Distinguished Career Researcher Awards (2013); the Distinguished Career Research Achievement Award from the (US) Transportation Research Forum (TRF, 2006); Overall Best Paper Prize from the US TRF (2009); The Overall Best Paper Prize from The World Conference on Transport Research Society (1998); Killam Research Prize of Canada-Senior Science Category (2002); Killam Research Fellowship (1988); A Distinguished Fellow of the (US) Transportation & Public Utilities Group (AEA-TPUG) since 2004. He has also been decorated with a Medal of National Order of Merit by the President of Korea (South) in 2005.
Dr. Oum has advised and delivered keynote addresses, invited seminars and executive classes at numerous universities around the world, major international airports (Amsterdam-Schiphol, Seoul-Incheon, Korea Airports Corp, Beijing Capital, Osaka-Kansai, Nagoya-Centrair airports), World Bank, OECD, International Transport Forum, APEC, Transport Canada, Dutch Ministries of Transport and of Economic Affairs, UK Competition Commission, UK Civil Aviation Authority, UK Rail Regulator, AT&T, Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, JR-Central, Air Canada, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean air, Qantas, Virgin Blue, Turkish Airways, etc.
For Canada, Dr. Oum provided experts services to Royal Commission on National Passenger Services on air transport and passenger rail studies (1990-1993), and International Air Policy Task Force (1990s again), CTRC Experts on Long Distance Telecom Deregulation (1991-92). For British Columbia, he served as the Chairman of Korean Market Advisory Group (KMAG) for the Asia Pacific Trade Council for three years (2006-2009) and helped BC Government (under leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell to organize the Open Skies Summit Conference (organizers: three western Premiers of BC, Alberta and Saskachewan) in Sept, 2009.