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Regional Competition and Residents' Participation in Policy Decision- Voting Behavior, Voice & Exit and Yardstick Competition

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K03527
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionRyukoku University

Principal Investigator

Nishigaki Yasuyuki  龍谷大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20180599)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 牧 大樹  同志社大学, 商学部, 教授 (60423737)
西本 秀樹  龍谷大学, 経済学部, 教授 (70164605)
加藤 秀弥  龍谷大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80434629)
Research Collaborator HIGASHI Yuzo  
YASUGI Naoya  
Wong Meng Seng  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsヤードスティック競争 / Voice & Exit / 地方公共財 / アカウンタビリティ / モラルハザード / エージェンシーコスト / Nash交渉 / ヤードスティック競争モデル / Voice and Exit / エージェンシー・コスト / Nash 交渉 / プリンシパル、エージェント関係 / Voice & Exit モデル / 投票行動モデル / Voice and Exit モデル
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The major advantages of the decentralization are efficiency of providing optimal public goods which meets the preferences of the local residents at the lowest cost. This study addresses the effects of residents’ participation in policy making process by focusing voting behavior and ‘Voice & Exit’ options of the residents, and investigates the efficiency of the yardstick competition from the viewpoints of especially cost efficiency and performance evaluation. Moreover, we conducted the empirical studies on the efficiency of yardstick competition and the roles of E-government to provides policy information for accountability and to enhance commitment of the residents.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、地方分権の理論的基礎として住民が地方選挙を通じて政策形成、運営に参加するという地方政府間のヤードスティック競争の観点を基盤として展開していること、また、その考え方を一層進めて、投票行動モデルやVoice & Exitモデルとの接合により住民の政策形成、政策運営への参加を明示的に取り扱うという新たな観点から地方政府活動に関する最適性や行政効率に関する理論的、実証的研究に取り組むこと、また、社会科学分野ではこれまで取り扱ってこなかった電子政府推進政策に焦点を当てていることなど、多くの独創的な観点を持つ取り組みである。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (53 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (32 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Open Access: 24 results,  Peer Reviewed: 20 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 14 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Consumption Tax and its Effects on Economic Growth and Income Distribution: A Comparative Study Using Capital and Labor Income taxes2019

    • Author(s)
      Ling Ling Sun and Yasuyuki Nishigaki
    • Journal Title

      The Bulletin of the Graduate School of Economics

      Volume: 19 Pages: 19-32

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Free-Entry Cournot Oligopoly, Environmental Policies and the Role of Public Enterprises in a Mixed Economy2019

    • Author(s)
      Xin Zhi Yu and Yasuyuki Nishigaki
    • Journal Title

      Theoretical and Empirical Analysis in Environmental Economics

      Volume: Forth Comming Pages: 1-14

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Quantitative Assessment of the Finance-Growth-Innovation Nexus in EEA Countries: Evidence from a Multivariate VECM2019

    • Author(s)
      Pradhan, R., Hall, J., Gupta, A. Nishigaki, Y. Filho, P. and E. Toit
    • Journal Title

      Journal of East-West Business

      Volume: Forth Comming Pages: 1-37

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ヤードスティック競争、垂直外部性と地方公共財の最適供給2018

    • Author(s)
      西垣泰幸・東裕三・西本秀樹
    • Journal Title

      社会科学年報(龍谷大学社会科学研究所)

      Volume: 48 Pages: 65-78

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Yardstick Competition, Tax Competition and the Optimal Provision of Local Public Goods2018

    • Author(s)
      Nishigaki, Y., Higashi, Y. and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 74th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-23

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Voice, Exit and Yardstick Competition in Local Public Goods Provision2018

    • Author(s)
      Nishigaki, Y. and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 65th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-16

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Incorporation of Social Media in an Emergency Supply and Demand Framework in Disaster Response2018

    • Author(s)
      Meng Seng Wong, Nishimoto, H.and Y. Nishigaki
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking 2018

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-6

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Cross-border Shopping in Fiscal Externalities2018

    • Author(s)
      Hideya Kato
    • Journal Title

      Kunizaki, M., Nakamura, K., Sugahara, K. and M. Yanagihara Eds. Advance in Local Public Economics

      Volume: 1 Pages: 17-28

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Coordinated Tax Reform under Vertical and Horizontal Externalities in an Overlapping Generations Model2018

    • Author(s)
      Hideya Kato
    • Journal Title

      Kunizaki, M., Nakamura, K., Sugahara, K and M. Yanagihara Eds.Advance in Local Public Economics

      Volume: 1 Pages: 29-47

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Volatility spillover effect on nonlinear causality tests2018

    • Author(s)
      Daiki Maki
    • Journal Title

      Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics

      Volume: 54 Issue: 4 Pages: 407-425

    • DOI

      10.17654/ts054040407

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Multivariate Dynamic Causal Relations between Financial Depth, Inflation, and Economic Growth2017

    • Author(s)
      Pradhan, R., Nishigaki, Y. and J. Hall
    • Journal Title

      The Philippine Review of Economics

      Volume: Vol.59 Pages: 63-93

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Yardstick Competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods, and Fiscal Transfers: Welfare Improvement and Implications for Fiscal Equalization2017

    • Author(s)
      Nishigaki, Y., Higashi, Y. and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-22

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ヤードスティック競争,地方公共財の効率性および厚生効果-非対称地域における基本モデルの提示-2017

    • Author(s)
      西垣泰幸、東裕三、西本秀樹
    • Journal Title

      社会科学研究年報(龍谷大学)

      Volume: 第47号 Pages: 33-42

    • NAID

      120007154950

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 貨幣と景気循環―均衡の不決定性とリミットサイクルの計量分析2017

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸、佐竹光彦、牧大樹
    • Journal Title

      松本昭夫編著『経済理論・応用・実証の新展開』

      Volume: 1 Pages: 259-289

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Use of Satisfaction-Satisfaction Matrix (SSM) to Evaluate E-Government Services from the Perspective of Japanese Citizens and Government Service Providers2017

    • Author(s)
      Wong Meng Seng, Hideki Nishimoto , Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Stephen Jackson
    • Journal Title

      Electronic Journal of Information System Evaluation

      Volume: In Printing Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Yardstick Competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods and Fiscal Transfer2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 72nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Increasing Product Variety and Innovations in Tertiary Sector: Impacts on Economic Growth"2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki and Leisa C. S. Moreno
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research

      Volume: 7 Pages: 235-245

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 「地方政府間のヤードスティック評価とパフフォーマンス評価」2016

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸、東 祐三
    • Journal Title

      『龍谷大学社会科学研究年報』

      Volume: 46 Pages: 1-8

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] ヤードスティック競争、地方公共財の効率性と財政均等化2016

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸、東 祐三、西本 秀樹
    • Journal Title

      『龍谷大学社会科学研究年報』

      Volume: 46 Pages: 27-40

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] ウェブ・アセスメントによる自治体の電子政府サービス調査(報告)2016

    • Author(s)
      西本 秀樹
    • Journal Title

      『龍谷大学社会科学研究年報』

      Volume: 46 Pages: 237-246

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Properties of time-varying causality tests in the presence of multivariate stochastic volatility2016

    • Author(s)
      Daiki Maki
    • Journal Title

      Open Journal of Statistics

      Volume: 6 Issue: 05 Pages: 777-788

    • DOI

      10.4236/ojs.2016.65064

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Time-varying asymmetric error correction mechanism: An application to the relationship between the oil price and economic activity2016

    • Author(s)
      Daiki Maki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods

      Volume: 5 Pages: 49-67

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 'Bequeathed tastes and fertility in an endogenous growth model2016

    • Author(s)
      Akihiko Kaneko and Hideya Kato and Tsuyoshi Shinozaki and Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara
    • Journal Title

      Economics Bulletin

      Volume: 36 Pages: 1422-1429

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] “Yardstick Competition and Tax Competition-Intergovernmental Relations and Efficiency of Public Goods-“2016

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nishigaki, Y. Higashi and H. Kato
    • Journal Title

      Procedia

      Volume: 31 Pages: 1-18

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] “Yardstick Competition, Performance Evaluation and the Efficient Provision of Local Public Goods”2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi, Hideki Nishimoto, Naoya Yasugi, and Wong Meng Seng
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Advanced Management Science

      Volume: 4 Pages: 141-145

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] “Increasing Product Variety and Innovation in Tertiary Sector: Impacts on Economic Growth”2016

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nishigaki and L.C.S. Moreno
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of International Conference on Business and Finance 2016

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] "Fiscal disparities, yardstick competition, and the welfare effects of fiscal equalization transfer"2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nishigaki, Y. Higashi and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Annual Bulletin of Research Institute for Social Sciences (Ryukoku University)

      Volume: No. 45 Pages: 1-11

    • NAID

      110009958250

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 「地方政府間におけるヤードスティック競争に関する研究の展望」2015

    • Author(s)
      東裕三、西垣泰幸
    • Journal Title

      『社会科学研究年報』

      Volume: 第45巻 Pages: 35-52

    • NAID

      120007152646

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Capital Adjustment and Limit Cycles: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Threshold Autoregressive Model2015

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Daiki Maki, and Mitsuhiko Satake
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

      Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Pages: 52-59

    • DOI

      10.11648/j.ijebo.s.2015030201.19

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] "Questing the two key growth determinants: financial depth and information communication technology depth in Asian countries"2015

    • Author(s)
      R. P. Pradhan, J. H. Hall, Y. Nishigaki
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

      Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Pages: 248-276

    • DOI

      10.1504/ijtpm.2015.071035

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] "Yardstick Competition and Efficiency of Local Public Goods"2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nishigaki, Y. Higashi and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of The 71st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

      Volume: On line Pages: 1-18

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] “Yardstick competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods, and Fiscal Transfers”2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nishigaki, Y. Higashi and H. Nishimoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of IRES International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences

      Volume: 1 Pages: 66-71

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Yardstick Competition and Tax Competition in Local Public Goods Provision2018

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      The 74th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Yardstick competition, vertical fiscal externality, and efficiency of local public goods2018

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      日本財政学会 第75回全国大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Voice, Exit and Yardstick Competition in Local Public Goods Provision2018

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      65th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Incorporation of Social Media in an Emergency Supply and Demand Framework in Disaster Response2018

    • Author(s)
      Meng Seng Wong, Nishimoto Hideki, Nishigaki Yasuyuki
    • Organizer
      The 11th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cross-border shopping with fiscal externalities2018

    • Author(s)
      加藤秀弥
    • Organizer
      日本地域学会 第55回(2018年)年次大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Coordinated state capital tax reform in an overlapping generations model2018

    • Author(s)
      加藤秀弥
    • Organizer
      日本地域学会 第55回(2018年)年次大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Yardstick Competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods, and Fiscal Transfers: Welfare Improvement and Implications for Fiscal Equalization2017

    • Author(s)
      Nishigaki, Y., Higashi, Y. and H. Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      The 73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regional Differences and Privatization2017

    • Author(s)
      Hideya Kato and Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara
    • Organizer
      73th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Economic growth and parental aspiration for children’s human capital2017

    • Author(s)
      Kato, H., Shinozaki, Y. and M. Yanagihara
    • Organizer
      日本地域学会 第54回(2017年)年次大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ヤードスティック競争、地方公共財の効率性と財政均等化補助金2016

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸、東 祐三
    • Organizer
      日本財政学会2016年度大会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都産業大学、京都市
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Yardstick Competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods and Fiscal Transfer2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      72nd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Place of Presentation
      Lake Tahoe, Nevada, U.S.A.
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Increasing Product Variety and Innovations in Tertiary Sector: Impacts on Economic Growth2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki and Leisa C. S. Moreno
    • Organizer
      ICBF 2016 Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Increasing Product Variety and Innovation in Tertiary Sector: Impacts on Economic Growth”2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki and Leisa C.S. Moreno
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Business and Finance
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Yardstick Competition and Tax Competition -Intergovernmental Relations and Efficiency of Public Goods-“2016

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideya Kato
    • Organizer
      5th Economics & Finance Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tax Audit System and Fiscal Federalism2016

    • Author(s)
      Hideya Kato and Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara
    • Organizer
      2016 China Meeting of Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Yardstick competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods, and Fiscal Transfers”2015

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      IRES International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Amsterdam, Netherland
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "Yardstick Competition, Efficiency of Local Public Goods and fiscal transfers"2015

    • Author(s)
      東裕三、西垣泰幸、西本秀樹
    • Organizer
      日本財政学会 第72回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      中央大学、東京
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "Yardstick Competition and Efficiency of Local Public Goods"2015

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Nishigaki, Yuzo Higashi and Hideki Nishimoto
    • Organizer
      The 71st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Place of Presentation
      Dublin, Ireland
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 災害時の情報伝達と地方自治体2019

    • Author(s)
      西本秀樹、西垣泰幸、遠山元道、Wong Meng Seng, 東祐三、根本潤
    • Publisher
      日本経済評論
    • ISBN
      9784818825215
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 地域間ヤードスティック競争の経済学2017

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸
    • Publisher
      日本経済評論社
    • ISBN
      9784818824843
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 地方分権と政策評価2017

    • Author(s)
      西垣 泰幸(編著)
    • Total Pages
      229
    • Publisher
      日本経済評論社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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