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Political Business Cycles at the Local Level: An Empirical Study using Japanese Prefectural Data

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13675
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionUniversity of Kochi

Principal Investigator

Shimizu Naoki  高知県立大学, 文化学部, 准教授 (20508725)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords政治的景気循環 / 地方政府 / 選挙 / 党派性 / 財政政策 / 政治的予算循環 / 中央地方関係 / 政治経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to show that political business cycles occur at the local level to analyze the data from elections for prefectural governors in Japan. The conclusions, based on the analytical results in this study, are as follows. First, this study does not show the causes of Nordhaus's political business cycles at elections for prefectural governors. Second, this study indicates the causes of partisan political business cycles at elections for prefectural governors of the Liberal Democratic Party. Namely, prefectural governors who were supported by the Liberal Democratic Party manipulated public investments before elections for prefectural governors from 1990 through 2004.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

部分的ではあるが、日本の地方レベルで党派的景気循環が生じていることが解明されたことにより、これまで日本の政治的景気循環を研究対象とした議論に対して、1つの解答を示すことができる。すなわち、先行研究では、Nordhausの提示する選挙サイクルが経済に与える影響を否定してきたが、それは地方選挙の時期と参議院選挙のタイミングが異なることにより、国政と地方の政策操作が、拡張的な経済政策と緊縮的な経済政策という形でミスマッチをもたらし、国全体として経済に影響を与えるまでには至らなかったと考えられる。

Report

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

    (5 results)

All 2018 2017

All Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Manipulations of Local Elections by the National-Level Party: Political Business Cycles at the Prefectural Level in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu, Naoki
    • Organizer
      International Political Science Association World Congress 2018, Brisbane, Australia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 国政の政権党による地方の政策操作:都道府県レベルの政治的景気循環2018

    • Author(s)
      清水 直樹
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本政治学会(関西大学)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Political Business Cycles at the Local Level in Japan: An Analysis using Prefectural Data2017

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu, Naoki
    • Organizer
      European Consortium for Political Research 2017 General Conference (Oslo, Norway)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 政治的貨幣循環を用いた中央銀行の独立性の測定:日本の選挙と金融政策の分析2017

    • Author(s)
      清水 直樹
    • Organizer
      2017年度日本選挙学会(香川大学)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 政策過程論:政策科学総論入門2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤満編
    • Total Pages
      222
    • Publisher
      慈学社
    • ISBN
      9784903425870
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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