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International Product Standards and Firm Structure: Impact on Cost, Productivity and Mark-up

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K17117
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionPrefectural University of Kumamoto

Principal Investigator

Honda Keiichiro  熊本県立大学, 総合管理学部, 准教授 (20707848)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords非関税障壁 / 費用構造 / 輸出行動 / 需要関数 / BLP / RoHS指令 / 残留農薬基準(MRL) / 需要構造 / マークアップ率 / AIDSモデル / 国際経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to confirm the influence of international product standards on both producer and consumer, this research conducted firm-level analysis on export behavior and cost structure, and estimation of demand function for confirming consumer's response to safety.
As for firm behavior, it can be seen that while the cost of international product standards is increased, the effect of export expansion can also be expected. Moreover, the demand-enhancing effect and trade-cost effect were separated and compared, is also became clear that the trade-cost effect was large.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国際貿易の自由化の観点からは、非関税障壁は削減・撤廃すべきだが、これらの政策は消費者や環境の保護など、別の重要な目的を持っており、その最適水準を定量的に検討していくことが重要になっている。本研究成果によると、費用拡大に伴う貿易パターンの歪みの方が影響が大きくなっており、国際製品規格に企業が対応するインセンティブがあまり大きくないことが考えられる。非関税障壁の観点からは、現状よりもより規制を緩める、あるいは統一して追加コストを削減するのが望ましいと考えられるが、一方で保護の目的も同時に達成するためには、より需要喚起につながる施策をとるべきだと考えられる。

Report

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

    (5 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Structural demand estimation of the response to food safety regulations in the Japanese poultry market2019

    • Author(s)
      Yang, Qizhong, Keiichiro Honda, Tsunehiro Otsuki
    • Journal Title

      Eurasian Business Review

      Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-19

    • DOI

      10.1007/s40821-018-00117-2

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structure Demand Estimation of the Response to Food Safety Regulations in the Japanese Poultry Market2018

    • Author(s)
      Quzhong Yang, Keiichiro Honda and Tsunehiro Otsuki
    • Journal Title

      OSIPP Discussion Paper

      Volume: - Pages: 1-35

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Welfare Assessment of Entry of New Retail Formats and Deregulation for Restriction of Large Retail Scale Stores in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Keiichiro Honda, Toshiyuki Matsuura and Takeshi Mizuta
    • Journal Title

      経済分析

      Volume: 194 Pages: 45-64

    • NAID

      40021965469

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Book] Consumer Perception of Food Attributes2018

    • Author(s)
      Shigeru Matsumoto and Tsunehiro Otsuki
    • Total Pages
      298
    • Publisher
      CRC Press
    • ISBN
      1138196843
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Regulations and International Trade2017

    • Author(s)
      Estuyo Michida, John Humphrey and Kaoru Nabeshima
    • Total Pages
      321
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • ISBN
      9783319550411
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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