| Project/Area Number |
17402021
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | University of Hyogo |
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Principal Investigator |
MIKAMI Kazuhiko University of Hyogo, 経済学部, Professor of Economics (30229653)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
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| Keywords | UK nonprofit and cooperative sector / Medical services / Enterprise form / Membership market / Capital procurement / Housing cooperatives / 教育 / 財務構造 |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) Research on enterprise forms of medical institutions
UK medical institutions are roughly divided into the national institution called the NHS (National Health Service) and private institutions. I investigated current situations of these two types of institutions as well as cooperation between them.
(2) Housing cooperatives
I investigated housing cooperatives in and around London. A housing cooperative is an institution where residents form an association that finance, construct and maintain apartment houses. Capital procurement and the pattern of goods and services in housing cooperatives are an important instance for my research on the economic system of consumer cooperatives and their membership market.
One analytical difficulty was that, historically, UK housing cooperatives has developed as a welfare policy for the poor. By this reason, the current situation of UK housing cooperatives cannot be seen as a purely natural consequence of transactions in the market.
(3) Theoretical work
I presented a theory paper on the economic system of consumer cooperatives and their membership market at a department seminar of Royal Holloway, University of London. After some revisions, I published it as a working paper of the department. I plan to further revise the paper by incorporating empirical results on housing cooperatives.
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