2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The rationalization of the circulation and the distribution industry under the war and postwar controlled economy
| Project/Area Number |
19530312
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAZAKI Shiro Tokyo Metropolitan University, 社会科学研究科, 教授 (10202376)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 統制経済 / 配給統制 / 企業整備 / 合理化 / 需給調整 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project we studied the distribution system 1941-1948 which was established the foundation of the wartime controlled economy in Japan. Our conclusions are as follows.
(1) Transporting capacity was the base of the material mobilization plan (busshi-douin-keikaku) and the capacity expanding plan (seisanryoku-kakuju-keikaku). So the cause of the collapse of the wartime economy was the sharp decrease of shipping in 1941, by the requisition of the army and the navy.
(2) During the Pacific War, shipping agents were integrated into one operating organization (Senpaku-un-eikai), and many kind of materials were mobilized into the shipbuilding industry thoroughly.
(3) National Rebirth Bank (kokumin-kousei-kinko) one of the closed institutes directed by GHQ, promoted the liquidation of smaller business especially commerce business, and brought forth much labor and scrap for reuse.
(4) Wholesale dealers merger and rationalization had been very significant in the distribution system during the wartime and the post wartime controlled economy.
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