Optimal Design of Trade Liberalization and Product Safety Regulations - Trade and Welfare Analysis Using Firm, Consumer and Market Data

• Project/Area Number: 15H03350
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: OTSUKI Tsunehiro 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (40397633)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 利 博友 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (40283460) ; 鍋嶋 郁 早稲田大学, 国際学術院(アジア太平洋研究科), 准教授 (70720647) ; 本田 圭市郎 熊本県立大学, 総合管理学部, 准教授 (20707848)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MICHIDA Etsuyo 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構, アジア経済研究所新領域研究センター, 副主任研究員 (10450529)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
• Keywords: 国際経済学 / 経済政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The consciousness of consumers about product safety has been increasingly elevated, and the balance between trade and safety is one of the major policy agenda. This research project conducted highly professional studies on this matter including the building of individual and market-level data, development of analytical methods, and providing policy prescriptions. The major achievements of this project includes, for example, the estimation of the willingness to pay of Japanese consumers for veterinary drug residues and radioactive contaminations in imported poultry meat, the estimation of the impact of the EU RoHS and REACH regulations on the production cost and export competitiveness of development country firms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Structure Demand Estimation of the Response to Food Safety Regulations in the Japanese Poultry Market (2018)
  • Author(s): Qizhong Yang, Keiichiro Honda, Tsunehiro Otsuki
  • Journal Title: OSIPP Discussion Paper Volume: DP-2018-E-003 Pages: 1-35
• [Journal Article] The welfare and sectoral adjustment effects of mega-regional trade agreements on ASEAN countries (2018)
  • Author(s): Lee Hiro、Itakura Ken
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Economics Volume: 55 Pages: 20-32
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2017.09.001
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Product-Related Environmental Regulation, Innovation, and Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian and Vietnamese Firms (2017)
  • Author(s): Qizhong Yang, Tsunehiro Otsuki
  • Journal Title: OSIPP Discussion Paper Volume: DP-2017-E-007 Pages: 1-37
• [Journal Article] The rise and fall of multinational enterprises in Vietnam: survival analysis using census data during 2000-2011 (2017)
  • Author(s): Tien Vu Manh, Hiroyuki Yamada and Tsunehiro Otsuki
  • Journal Title: Asian Economic Journal Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Pages: 83-109
  • DOI: 10.1111/asej.12114
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Assessing the Impacts of Deeper Trade Reform in Vietnam in a General Equilibrium Framework (2015)
  • Author(s): To, Minh Thu and Hiro Lee
  • Journal Title: Journal of Southeast Asian Economies Volume: 32(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 140-162
  • DOI: 10.1355/ae32-1h
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for Japan: Agricultural Policy Reforms and Productivity Gains (2015)
  • Author(s): Itakura, Ken, and Hiro Lee
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics Volume: - Pages: 1-23
• [Presentation] Non-tariff Measures in Motor Vehicle Trade (2018)
  • Author(s): 鍋嶋 郁
  • Organizer: Public Seminar: Growing Protectionism and Future of the World Trading System
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Consumer Safety and Technical Regulations (2017)
  • Author(s): 大槻恒裕
  • Organizer: 国際経済学セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都府・京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-23
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Consumer Reaction to Food Safety Standards on Imported Foods (2017)
  • Author(s): Tsunehiro Otsuki
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Food Credence Attributes
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Potential Costs of U.S. Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (2017)
  • Author(s): Hiro Lee
  • Organizer: 20th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Analysis of the Trade Impact of Food Safety Standards using the Generalized Gravity Model (2017)
  • Author(s): Tsunehiro Otsuki
  • Organizer: 日本国際経済学会2017年度関西支部第3回研究会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Consumer Safety and Technical Regulation -消費者の安全と技術規制- (2016)
  • Author(s): 大槻恒裕
  • Organizer: リスク研究センター開発経済学先端セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 滋賀大学（滋賀県・彦根市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-24
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Mega-Regional Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific and Their Implications for the US, China and Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Lee, Hiro
  • Organizer: The 2016 Allied Social Science Association / American Economic Association meetings
  • Place of Presentation: サンフランシスコ（アメリカ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Regulatory impacts on production costs and trade through global supply chains (2015)
  • Author(s): Otsuki, Tsunehiro
  • Organizer: IDE-Haas Workshop 「Global Governance of Regulations and Private Standards in Asia」
  • Place of Presentation: バークリー(アメリカ)
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Applied General Equilibrium Analysis of Mega-Regional Free Trade Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific (2015)
  • Author(s): Lee, Hiro
  • Organizer: The XIVth Conference of Korea and the World Economy
  • Place of Presentation: 北京（中国）
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Mega-regional Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: How Do Productivity Gains, Cost Mitigations and Agricultural Policy Reforms Affect the Results? (2015)
  • Author(s): Lee, Hiro
  • Organizer: The 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis
  • Place of Presentation: メルボルン（ｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱ）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 富の共有と公共政策 (シリーズ「グローバリズムと公共政策の責任」) (2018)
  • Author(s): 星野俊也(編集)、大槻恒裕(編集)、村上正直(編集)、赤井伸郎、後藤正之、蓮生郁代、野村美明、内記香子、松本充郎、神谷祐介、伊庭将也、Hawkins Virgil、新開潤一
  • Total Pages: 280
  • Publisher: 大阪大学出版会
  • ISBN: 4872595440
• [Book] 地方創生への挑戦 (2018)
  • Author(s): 熊本県立大学総合管理学部COC事業プロジェクトチーム (編集)、丸山泰、上拂耕生、藤井資子、望月信幸、本田圭市郎、石橋賢
  • Total Pages: 288
  • Publisher: 中央経済社
  • ISBN: 4502253715
• [Book] Consumer Perception of Food Attributes (2018)
  • Author(s): Shigeru Matsumoto and Tsunehiro Otsuki (eds.), Celine Giner, Anne Wilcock, Brita Ball, Jana Gorveatt, Doo Bong Han, Jung Yun Choi, William K. Hallman, Masashi Yamamoto, John C. Beghin, Keiichiro Honda, Bin Ni, Manabu Fujimura, Muditha Karunarathna, Clevo Wilson
  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • ISBN: 1138196843
• [Book] Regulations and International Trade (5, 6, 8, 9章） (2017)
  • Author(s): Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey, Kaoru Nabeshima, Keiichiro Honda, Tsunehiro Otsuki (Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey, Kaoru Nabeshima eds.)
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Book] Food Safety, Market Organization, Trade and Development (2015)
  • Author(s): A. Alemanno, M. Webb, T. Havinga, A. Hammoudi, M.A. Fontes, J. Swinnen, K. Honda, T. Otsuki, J.S. Wilson, H.H. Jensen, M. Schuster, J.J. Okello, T. Vural, S. Akgüngör, C. Grazia, Y. Surry, J.B. Traversac
  • Total Pages: 254
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Funded Workshop] Consumer Reaction to Food Safety Standards on Imported Foods (2017)