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Simulations of Municipal Mergers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H06968
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Weese Eric  神戸大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (50777844)

Project Period (FY) 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordsMunicipal mergers / Coalition formation / Integer programming / Hedonic game / Fractional games / Simulations / Municipal Mergers / Hedonic games / Moment inequalities / Markov chains / Jurisdiction formation / Maximum score
Outline of Final Research Achievements

How should patterns of municipal mergers be decided? The recent Heisei mergers were determined voluntarily by municipalities, based on incentives offered by the national government. However, the earlier Meiji mergers were decided by central government officials. How does the merger pattern differ when decision-making is centralized rather than decentralized?
We examine the Meiji municipal mergers as they actually occurred, and assume that the central planners were attempting to choose patterns of mergers that would benefit local residents. Some areas were richer than others, however, and thus some of the centrally decided mergers resulted in richer areas having to share resources with poorer areas. Using computer simulations, we then show that if municipalities had been allowed to choose their own merger partners, the result would have been a large number of geographically bizarre mergers, as municipalities avoided poorer neighbours and merged instead with more distant partners.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Berkeley/Northwestern University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Nancy Qian, Northwestern University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] David Schonholzer, UC Berkeley(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Meiji Era Local Government2018

    • Author(s)
      Masashi Nishikawa, Masayoshi Hayashi, Eric Weese
    • Journal Title

      国民経済雑誌

      Volume: 217 Pages: 101-125

    • NAID

      120006576472

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Inefficiency and Self-Determination: Simulation-based evidence from Meiji Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      E. Weese, M. Hayashi, and M. Nishikawa
    • Journal Title

      Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University Discussion Papers

      Volume: 1627 Pages: 1-121

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Insurgency and Small Wars: Estimation of Unobserved Coalition Structures2016

    • Author(s)
      F. Trebbi and E. Weese
    • Journal Title

      Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University Discussion Papers

      Volume: 1628 Pages: 1-79

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] European Political Boundaries as the Outcome of a Self-Organizing Process2016

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Journal Title

      Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University Discussion Papers

      Volume: 1629 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] State Power and Urban Growth2018

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Political Economy Workshop, CREI (Barcelona)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Meiji-era Municipal Mergers2018

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Mathematical and geographical modelling for environmental humanities in Kyoto university
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and Self-Determination2017

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Osaka Economics Department Workshop
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and Self-Determination2017

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      VATT (Helsinki) Economics Workshop
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and self-determination2017

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      VATT Helsinki Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      VATT Helsinki
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and self-determination2016

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会2016年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Insurgency and Small Wars: Estimation of Unobserved Coalition Structures2016

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Quantitative Economics & Finance Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      Fudan University
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rational Learning in Insurgencies: The Case of Afghanistan2016

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      11th Defence and Security Economics Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Carleton University
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-09-02   Modified: 2022-05-23  

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