Empirical study of deregulation in energy industry

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730240
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Economic policy
Research Institution	Ryukoku University
Principal Investigator	KINOSHITA Shin 龍谷大学, 経済学部, 講師 (60396265)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	エネルギー産業 / 規制改革 / 実証研究 / 費用効率化 / 価格分析
Research Abstract	In Japan the deregulation in the power industry was held since 1995 gradually. I analyze the effect empirically. The goal of the deregulation is reducing the price of electricity and improving efficiency. In this research I analyze production efficiency. As a result I find improvement of efficiency and reduction of price after deregulation. I also analyze gas company. Now deregulation in gas industry does not start. We have to discuss energy industry including power and gas company. Now improvement of gas industry is not found.