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2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Simulations of Municipal Mergers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H06968
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Weese Eric  神戸大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (50777844)

Project Period (FY) 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
KeywordsMunicipal mergers / Integer programming / Coalition formation / Fractional games
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

There is joint work with Masayoshi Hayashi (U Tokyo) and Masashi Nishikawa (Aoyama Gakuin) dealing with Meiji-era municipal mergers. This project involves the use of 19th century data as well as computational techniques. An electronic version of the historical data exists, but we discovered that a fairly large number of data entry errors had been made during the transcription of the database. At the same time, we discovered that during the Showa period, an edition of the original data had been prepared. We paid a data entry firm to digitize the Showa edition of the data, resulting in two copies of the data. We then hired an RA to examine the cases where there were differences between the original version and this new version of the dataset. We have completed half of this last step: the result will be a database of 19th century municipal data with a close to zero error rate due to the double entry approach. The paper using this data was submitted to the Review of Economic Studies. We received a "reject and resumbit" decision, with positive referee reports. We plan to resubmit the paper to Restud in the coming year.

A second project consists of using the same techniques to examine changes in political boundaries in Europe. This is joint work with David Schonholzer (UC Berkeley grad student) and involves the use of a large commercial dataset describing national boundaries in Europe over the past 1000 years, at a month-by-month level of detail. We completed an initial working paper version of this paper, and aim to submit to journals within the next few months.

Research Progress Status

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Berkeley/Northwestern University(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of California, Berkeley/Northwestern University
  • [Journal Article] Meiji Era Local Government2018

    • Author(s)
      Masashi Nishikawa, Masayoshi Hayashi, Eric Weese
    • Journal Title

      国民経済雑誌

      Volume: 217 Pages: 101-125

  • [Presentation] State Power and Urban Growth2018

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Political Economy Workshop, CREI (Barcelona)
  • [Presentation] Meiji-era Municipal Mergers2018

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Mathematical and geographical modelling for environmental humanities in Kyoto university
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and Self-Determination2017

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      Osaka Economics Department Workshop
  • [Presentation] Inefficiency and Self-Determination2017

    • Author(s)
      Eric Weese
    • Organizer
      VATT (Helsinki) Economics Workshop

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Published: 2018-12-17   Modified: 2022-05-23  

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