Historical Data Analysis of the Effects of Common Forest Modernization Act

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03335
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAMURA Gakuto 立命館大学, 政策科学部, 教授 (80302785)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西出 崇 小樽商科大学, グローカル戦略推進センター, 准教授 (30513171)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: アンチ・コモンズ / 入会権

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of micro-data analysis of the 2000 Census and national survey of customary forest 1974, we found that the impact of registered ownership on forest management has increased over time, and that the existence of multiple co-owners who do not lose their rights even if they leave the village makes it difficult for the remaining villagers to make collective decisions. The results will be published as a refereed paper in the International Journal of the Commons and as a Ritsumeikan Policy Science discussion paper online.

Free Research Field

法社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

アンチ・コモンズ理論に基づき入会の過少利用の要因を政府のセンサスデータの二次分析という形で実証することができ、公的データに基づく法制度分析の研究方法を示すことができた。ディスカッションペーパーでまとめた成果は、政府統計のポータルサイトからも閲覧でき、これに基づき共有者不明問題への法的対応を議論できる形となった。