On free trade networks and industrial location
| Project/Area Number |
20760337
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
OTAZAWA Toshimori Tohoku University, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 准教授 (30374987)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | 土木計画 / 地域貿易協定 / ネットワーク形成ゲーム / 産業立地 / 土木計面 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I propose a novel framework that can consider the formation of free trade agreements (FTA networks) and industrial location patterns. I formulate a multi-countries monopolistic competition model to specify the industrial location pattern which appears on a given FTA network, and then I examine 1) countries' incentive to sign FTA and 2) pairwise stability of FTA networks. I declare that the complete FTA network is not always the unique stable network. When transportation cost is low, trade integration makes industry excessively agglomerated in more trade open countries and less trade open countries' incentive to sign FTA decreases. Due to the effect, FTAs might be "stumbling blocks" to global free trade.
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