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Economic Analysis of Japanese Drinking Water Utilities: Plant Aging and Decline in Water Quality

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24530332
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionMomoyama Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Yane Shinji  桃山学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90174557)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Okamura Makoto  広島大学, 社会科学研究科, 教授 (30177084)
Noda Tomohiko  大阪府立大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30258321)
Okuda Mai  神奈川大学, 経済学部, 助教 (90711549)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords水道事業 / 効率性 / 確率フロンティア分析 / 包絡線分析 / 老朽化 / 水道事業の効率性 / 効率性フロンティア分析 / 水道事業の老朽化 / 民営化 / 自発的協力 / 確率的フロンティア分析 / 包絡分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We compared the differences between respective utilities and regions, by organizing the statistical data of Japan's water supply business and measuring the efficiency of production as well as aging degrees of water pipes. Utilities that distribute the same amount of drinking water using less resources are more efficient by the amount they are able to save. Moreover, utilities with older water pipes have a greater aging degree compared to those with fewer decrepit pipes, even if the pipes are the same length. As a result, there is a huge gap among the efficiencies of the utilities, and we found that the aging degrees are also growing.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 大阪の上水道供給問題-府・市レベルの上水道供給構造と水道管老朽化2015

    • Author(s)
      矢根真二
    • Journal Title

      総合研究所紀要(桃山学院大学)

      Volume: 41 Pages: 1-18

    • NAID

      110009988997

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Competition and Privatization Policies Revisited: The Payoff Interdependence Approach.2015

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Matsumura and Makoto Okamura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economics

      Volume: 116(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 137-150

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00712-015-0445-5

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 現代ベンチマーキングの普及と展望─社会科学研究・教育の今日的課題2015

    • Author(s)
      矢根真二
    • Journal Title

      総合研究所紀要(桃山学院大学)

      Volume: 40 Pages: 81-103

    • NAID

      110009893556

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Vertical separation between competing manufactures and their retailors2015

    • Author(s)
      成生達彦,、池田剛士,、岡村誠
    • Journal Title

      Kyoto Economic Papers

      Volume: 83 Pages: 58-69

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 現代ベンチマーキングの普及と展望2015

    • Author(s)
      矢根真二
    • Journal Title

      桃山学院大学総合研究所紀要

      Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Pages: 81-103

    • DOI

      10.1111/manc.12104

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Nonparametric Benchmarking of Japanese Water Utilities2014

    • Author(s)
      Yane, Shinji (with Marques, R.C. and S.V. Berg)
    • Journal Title

      Journal. of Water Resources Planning and Management

      Volume: 140 Issue: 5 Pages: 562-571

    • DOI

      10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0000366

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Partial tax coordination in a repeated game setting2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun-ichi Itaya, Makoto Okamura, Chikara Yamaguchi
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Political Economy

      Volume: 34 Pages: 263-278

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.02.004

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sensitivity Analysis of Efficiency Rankings to Distributional Assumptions: Applications to Japanese Water Utilities2013

    • Author(s)
      Shinji, and Sanford V. Berg
    • Journal Title

      Applied Economics

      Volume: 45 Issue: 17 Pages: 2337-48

    • DOI

      10.1080/00036846.2012.663475

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Tragedy of the Anti-commons in the Long Run in a Common-resource Economy2012

    • Author(s)
      Takao Ohkawa, Tetsuya Shinkai, Makoto Okamura, Kozo Harimaya
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: Forth-coming Issue: 2 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1468-5876.2012.00571.x

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Book] 公共経済学講義 (うち 第8章 非対称情報と保険)2014

    • Author(s)
      岡村 誠 (須賀晃一編)
    • Total Pages
      300
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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