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A Theoretical Study on the choice of product quality and the associated costs by MNEs

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25380329
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

MATSUBARA Kiyoshi  日本大学, 商学部, 准教授 (40336699)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords国際経済学 / 所得と貿易 / 製品の品質にかかわる費用 / 海外直接投資 / スピルオーバー / スピルオーバー防止費用 / 製品の品質に関わる費用 / 商社 / 貿易仲介
Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are two strands of criticism towards the main article of this study titled “Home-Market and Cost Effects of International Product-Quality Allocation.” One is to criticize the assumption that consumers’ utility in home and foreign countries, especially the parameters of product-quality valuation, depends on the income level of each country, from the previous theoretical/empirical literature of economics and business science. The other is that a possibility that Bertrand competition between two home firms results in zero price in case of zero marginal cost cannot be excluded.
To tackle with these problems, two related models have been developed: (1) technological spillovers to FDI host-country firms depending on efforts of spillover-prevention with costs, and (2) exporting costs depending on trade intermediation by a trading company. Moreover, extending the original two-country model to symmetric one has been prepared.

Report

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

    (5 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] General Trading Companies and International Trade: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives2014

    • Author(s)
      Kiyoshi Matsubara
    • Journal Title

      商学研究

      Volume: 30 Pages: 5-20

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Trading Company and Indirect Exports2015

    • Author(s)
      Kiyoshi Matsubara
    • Organizer
      55th ERSA Congress in Lisbon
    • Place of Presentation
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Endogenous FDI Spillovers from Japan to Russia and China with Spillover-Prevention Costs2014

    • Author(s)
      Kiyoshi Matsubara
    • Organizer
      European Regional Science Associattion (ERSA) 54th Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      ロシア・サンクトペテルブルク大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-26 – 2014-08-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Trading Company and Indirect Exports2013

    • Author(s)
      Kiyoshi Matsubara
    • Organizer
      European Regional Science Association (ERSA) 53rd Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      イタリア・パレルモ大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] MATSUBARA, Kiyoshi

    • URL

      http://www.geocities.jp/kiyoshim_00/

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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