Optimal Design of Trade Liberalization and Product Safety Regulations - Trade and Welfare Analysis Using Firm, Consumer and Market Data

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03350
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: OTSUKI Tsunehiro 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (40397633)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 利 博友 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (40283460) ; 鍋嶋 郁 早稲田大学, 国際学術院(アジア太平洋研究科), 准教授 (70720647) ; 本田 圭市郎 熊本県立大学, 総合管理学部, 准教授 (20707848)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MICHIDA Etsuyo 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構, アジア経済研究所新領域研究センター, 副主任研究員 (10450529)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 国際経済学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The consciousness of consumers about product safety has been increasingly elevated, and the balance between trade and safety is one of the major policy agenda. This research project conducted highly professional studies on this matter including the building of individual and market-level data, development of analytical methods, and providing policy prescriptions. The major achievements of this project includes, for example, the estimation of the willingness to pay of Japanese consumers for veterinary drug residues and radioactive contaminations in imported poultry meat, the estimation of the impact of the EU RoHS and REACH regulations on the production cost and export competitiveness of development country firms.

Free Research Field

国際経済学、開発経済学、環境経済学