Public Goods Provision in the Declining Population Growth

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K18565
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economics, Business Administration, and related fields
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Takeuchi Kenji 神戸大学, 経済学研究科, 教授 (40299962)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Weese Eric 神戸大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (50777844)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 人口減少 / 公共財供給

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study found that the cost of waste treatment is 21% lower in municipalities that cooperating with other municipalities. Furthermore, the effect of cooperation is higher in municipalities with smaller population.

Free Research Field

環境経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果は人口減少下の廃棄物政策にとって、広域的な処理体制が非常に重要な役割を果たす可能性を示唆している。特に、広域処理により費用削減効果を定量的に示したことは政策の効果を理解する上で大きな意義を持っている。