Empirical analysis on law school's competition and development of econometric models

• Project/Area Number: 22730181
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic statistics
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: KANO Shigeki 大阪府立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80382232)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 高等教育 / 教育の経済学 / 離散選択モデル / パネルデータ / 法科大学院

Research Abstract

The purposes of this research project are (a) empirical analyses on the performances of Japanese law schools and the behavior of applicants to the schools and (b) developing econometric methods for these types of empirical researches. In this report, I give an overview of the main results presented at academic conferences during the research period. First I proposed the method for estimating efficiency distribution when the outcome is nonlinear in the efficiency factors. The pass rate of Japanese Bar Examination by school is a typical example. Second I generalized nonlinear dynamic regression model to be estimated by panel data.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Quasi-maximum Likelihood Estimation of Panel Markov Dynamic Probit Models with Unrestricted ErrorCovariance (2013)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-14
• [Presentation] Nonlinear simultaneous equations approach for panel Markov dynamic probit models with unrestricted error covariance (2013)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore National University
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-03
• [Presentation] Nonlinear simultaneous equations approach for panel Markov dynamic probit models with unrestricted error covariance (2013)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: The 2013 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore National University
• [Presentation] Quasi-maximum Likelihood Estimation of Panel Markov Dynamic Probit Models with Unrestricted Error Covariance（上記1と同内容） (2013)
  • Author(s): 鹿野繁樹
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2013年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川大学
• [Presentation] Ordered Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Application to the PSID Health Status Data (2011)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: Korea University
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-12
• [Presentation] Ordered Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Application to the PSID Health Status Data (2011)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: Econometric Society Asian Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: 高麗大学(韓国、ソウル)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-12
• [Presentation] A Two-way Correlated Random Effects Approach for Panel Probit Models with Heterogeneous Time Trends
  • Author(s): Shigeki Kano
  • Organizer: 第10回経済理論・政策ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 青山学院大学