Moral motivation and environmental policy

• Project/Area Number: 23710052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: OKUSHIMA Shinichiro 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (20431653)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 環境政策 / 環境モラル / 政策分析 / 価格インセンティブ / 地球温暖化 / エネルギー / 分解分析 / エネルギー貧困 / 環境と開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines the roles of moral motivation in economic behavior in the context of environmental policy. It uses an economic model of moral motivation which reflects an idea from Kant's categorical imperative. The result shows that some environmental problems such as the tragedy of the commons can be improved due to the existence of Kantian-type of moral motivation in a society. The study also develops new evaluation methods concerning decomposition analysis and poverty analysis, and it performs various empirical analyses on price effects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] What Are the Forces that Drive the Change in Energy Poverty?: The Japanese Case (2015)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 家計の環境モラルを考慮したデマンドレスポンス手法：擬人化モデルによるアプローチ (2015)
  • Author(s): 中山知紀、大澤博隆、奥島真一郎
  • Journal Title: 平成27年電気学会全国大会講演論文集 Volume: 3 Pages: 40-41
• [Journal Article] 「Beyond GDP」論とこれからの政策科学 (2014)
  • Author(s): 奥島真一郎
  • Journal Title: 科学 Volume: 84(11) Pages: 1142-1146
• [Journal Article] A Study of the Actual Conditions of Renewable Energy Use in the Japanese Municipalities (2014)
  • Author(s): Kohei Fujii, Hidetoshi Yamashita and Shinichiro Okushima
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An Analysis of Energy Poverty in Japan: Evaluating its Potential Future (2014)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima
  • Journal Title: The 4th Asian Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Energy Poverty in Japan: How Does the Energy Price Escalation Affect Low Income and Vulnerable Households? (2013)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima and Azusa Okagawa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual North American Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics Volume: -
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「理論モデル」・「政策分析」・「政策科学者」 ～政策分析における倫理～ (2013)
  • Author(s): 奥島 真一郎
  • Journal Title: CCES Discussion Paper Series, No.53 Volume: -
• [Journal Article] 非経済的動機を導入した経済理論の可能性：カント的アプローチ (2012)
  • Author(s): 奥島真一郎、吉原直毅
  • Journal Title: 経済研究 Volume: 63 Pages: 346-364
  • NAID: 120005511149
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Identifying the Sources of Energy Use Change: Multiple Calibration Decomposition Analysis and Structural Decomposition Analysis (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima and Makoto Tamura
  • Journal Title: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Pages: 313-326
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2011.07.003
  • NAID: 120007128763
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An Inquiry into the Sources of Change in Industrial Energy Use in the Japanese Economy: Multiple Calibration Decomposition Analysis (2011)
  • Author(s): Makoto Tamura and Shinichiro Okushima
  • Journal Title: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden, 8-13 May, 2011, Linkoping, Sweden Volume: - Pages: 1590-1597
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] What Are the Forces that Drive the Change in Energy Poverty?: The Japanese Case (2015)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima
  • Organizer: The 38th International Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics
  • Place of Presentation: アンタルヤ（トルコ共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-27
• [Presentation] 家計の環境モラルを考慮したデマンドレスポンス手法：擬人化モデルによるアプローチ (2015)
  • Author(s): 中山知紀、大澤博隆、奥島真一郎
  • Organizer: 平成27年電気学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都市大学世田谷キャンパス（東京都世田谷区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-26
• [Presentation] A Study of the Actual Conditions of Renewable Energy Use in the Japanese Municipalities (2014)
  • Author(s): Kohei Fujii, Hidetoshi Yamashita and Shinichiro Okushima
  • Organizer: The 14th European Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics
  • Place of Presentation: ローマ（イタリア共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-31
• [Presentation] An Analysis of Energy Poverty in Japan: Evaluating its Potential Future (2014)
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima
  • Organizer: The 4th Asian Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics
  • Place of Presentation: 北京（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-21
• [Presentation] An Inquiry into the Sources of Change in Industrial Energy Use in the Japanese Economy: Multiple Calibration Decomposition Analysis (2011)
  • Author(s): Makoto Tamura and Shinichiro Okushima
  • Organizer: World Renewable Energy Congress 2011
  • Place of Presentation: Linkoping Konsert & Kongress（スウェーデン王国）
• [Presentation] Energy Poverty in Japan: How Does the Energy Price Escalation Affect Low Income and Vulnerable Households?
  • Author(s): Shinichiro Okushima and Azusa Okagawa
  • Organizer: The 32nd Annual North American Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage （アメリカ合衆国）
• [Presentation] 日本におけるエネルギー貧困問題の可能性
  • Author(s): 奥島真一郎、岡川梓
  • Organizer: 環境経済・政策学会2013年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学