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Empirical Analysis of Public Choice in a Local Governments Setting: Retrospective Voting and the Behavior of Interest Group

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24530359
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Monetary economics
Research InstitutionAoyama Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

NISHIKAWA Masashi  青山学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90334143)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords公共選択論 / 地方財政 / 市町村 / 政治経済学 / 公共経済学 / 政治的意思決定 / 地方選挙 / 公共選択 / 首長選挙 / 業績投票 / 地方自治体 / 職員団体 / 公務員給与 / 入札制度 / 市町村合併 / 地方政治 / 原子力 / retrospective voting
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main results of this research project are as follows: (a) Municipal mayors tended to win elections through weakening their own local public finances, especially in the recession of 1980-2004. This implies that voters are less motivated to hold back on worsening local finances. (b) It has been demonstrated that labor unions of civil servants succeeded to reject or mitigate the wage reduction requested by the central government. This implies that the mayors and local council members cannot ignore the pressures from local interest groups. Local government officials who are unable to ignore the interests of voters and civil servants are willing to sacrifice the local fiscal situation to satisfy voters and civil servants preferring higher expenditures regardless of fiscal impact.
I doubt whether it is wise to delegate authority to local governments with such tendencies. We should understand the public effect on local government more carefully.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 地方公務員労組,賃上げ,フリーライド2015

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Journal Title

      青山経済論集

      Volume: 66巻4号 Pages: 157-191

    • NAID

      120005947740

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 再訪:公共工事における入札制度2014

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Journal Title

      地方財政

      Volume: 53(6) Pages: 4-12

    • NAID

      40020140358

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] A case study of economic incentives and local citizens' attitudes toward hosting a nuclear power plant in Japan: Impacts of the Fukushim aaccident2013

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Takaaki. Shogo Takahara, Masashi Nishikawa, and Toshimitsu Homma
    • Journal Title

      Energy Policy

      Volume: 59 Pages: 808-818

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.043

    • NAID

      120006683968

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 市町村議会選挙の基礎的分析2012

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Journal Title

      経済研究(青山学院大学経済研究所)

      Volume: 4 Pages: 165-190

    • NAID

      110009526642

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 地方自治体の業績投票:首長選挙と地方財政2012

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Journal Title

      青山経済論集

      Volume: 64(2) Pages: 75-106

    • NAID

      110009646666

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Wage Reform, Local Government Unions, and Intergovernmental Transfers: Evidence from the 2013 National Request in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      林正義
    • Organizer
      財政・公共経済ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Wage Reform, Local Government Unions, and Intergovernmental Transfers: Evidence from the 2013 National Request in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      林正義
    • Organizer
      六甲フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 共謀と癒着の官製談合2016

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Organizer
      日本財政学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都産業大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and Self-Determination: Counterfactual Evidence for Meiji Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      NBER Summer Institute
    • Place of Presentation
      Massachusetts, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-06 – 2015-07-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Retrospective Voting in Local Elections in Economic Downturns2013

    • Author(s)
      Masashi Nishikawa
    • Organizer
      European Public Choice Society
    • Place of Presentation
      ETZ, Zurich
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Retrospective Voting in Local Elections in Economic Downturns

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Organizer
      European Public Choice Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Zurich, Switzerland
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 原子力発電所に対する評価の変化:福島第一原子力発電所の事故の前後を比較する

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Organizer
      日本経済政策学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 公務員の労組と賃金

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Organizer
      計画行政学会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮城大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] リスク認知の変化:原発事故の前と後

    • Author(s)
      西川雅史
    • Organizer
      計画行政学会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮城大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 新しい地方行政におけるガバナンスの研究~多摩地域を事例として~2012

    • Author(s)
      面積制約下の市町村合併
    • Total Pages
      28
    • Publisher
      中央大学出版
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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

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