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Partial privatization policy under multi-market competition

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01613
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionOita University

Principal Investigator

Kawasaki Akio  大分大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (10452723)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords部分民営化 / 複数市場競争 / 価格差別 / 均一価格 / 複数財生産 / 長期均衡 / 垂直統合 / 垂直分離 / 民営化 / 価格戦略 / 過剰参入 / 市場内競争 / 市場間競争
Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of a series of studies, we concluded that when public and private firms compete in multiple markets, unlike previous studies, the privatization of public firms creates a socially inefficient situation through an increase in the production of inefficient public firms. Considering its nature, privatization of public enterprises does not necessarily create a desirable situation.
In addition, when considering price competition, there are cases in which public enterprises have a common pricing system (uniform price) in several regions. We have studied whether full public management under uniform pricing is socially desirable or not, and confirmed that it is desirable depending on the degree of substitutes or complements between goods supplied by public and private enterprises.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年,主に交通の分野において公企業の民営化が進められている.交通市場では,公企業と私企業が競争に直面するのは単一の市場だけとは限らず,複数の市場で競争に直面することがある.注目すべきは,公企業は私企業と競争している市場だけではなく,公企業単独でサービスを供給する市場がある点である.
上記のような非対称な複数市場競争に直面した公企業を民営化するべきか否かについて本研究は検討を行い,費用効率性の改善を目的とした公企業の民営化が逆に全体の費用を増やす結果をもたらす可能性があることを示した点が本研究の社会的意義である.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Pricing Strategies and Partial Privatization Policy2023

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio
    • Journal Title

      Review of Industrial Organization

      Volume: ー Issue: 3 Pages: 293-319

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11151-023-09897-y

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Pricing Strategies and Partial Privatization Policy Based on Complementary Competitive Market2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

      Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Pages: 99-123

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10842-021-00375-3

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Optimal partial privatization in an endogenous timing game: a mixed oligopoly approach2022

    • Author(s)
      Akio Kawasaki, Takao Ohkawa, and Makoto Okamura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economics

      Volume: forthcoming Issue: 3 Pages: 227-250

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00712-022-00777-9

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Optimal number of privatised products in a differentiated mixed oligopoly with free market entry2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio
    • Journal Title

      Australian Economic Papers

      Volume: ー Issue: 4 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1111/1467-8454.12223

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Airport pricing strategy by hub airports: does the number of local airports matter?2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio
    • Journal Title

      Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science

      Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 835-857

    • DOI

      10.1007/s41685-020-00168-2

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Endogenous timing game in a mixed duopoly with partial foreign ownership and asymmetric increasing marginal costs2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio、Ohkawa Takao、Okamura Makoto
    • Journal Title

      Australian Economic Papers

      Volume: Forthcoming Issue: 2 Pages: 71-87

    • DOI

      10.1111/1467-8454.12170

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Privatization of a multi-product public firm2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio、Matsuzaki Shunichi
    • Journal Title

      Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics

      Volume: Forthcoming Issue: 1 Pages: 275-285

    • DOI

      10.1080/16081625.2020.1726776

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Partial Privatization under Asymmetric Multi-market Competition2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawasaki Akio and Tohru Naito
    • Journal Title

      Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

      Volume: 31(1-2) Issue: 1-2 Pages: 60-76

    • DOI

      10.1111/rurd.12098

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Inter-group competition through joint marketing effort and inter-group Cournot competition2019

    • Author(s)
      A. Kawasaki, T. Ohkawa and M. Okamura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economics

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-22

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00712-019-00654-y

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Privatization and optimal vertical structure in network industries2022

    • Author(s)
      川﨑晃央
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Partial privatization under multi-market competition and (dis)economies of scope2022

    • Author(s)
      川崎晃央
    • Organizer
      九州経済学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Privatization and optimal vertical structure in network industries2021

    • Author(s)
      川崎晃央
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-product public firm’s privatization and free entry of private firms2020

    • Author(s)
      川﨑晃央
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Pricing strategies and partial privatization policy; complementary goods case2020

    • Author(s)
      川﨑晃央
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Privatization of a multi-product public firm2019

    • Author(s)
      川崎晃央
    • Organizer
      日本応用経済学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The impact of universal service obligation on privatization policy2019

    • Author(s)
      川崎晃央
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-product public firm’s privatization and free-entry of private firms2018

    • Author(s)
      川﨑晃央
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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