2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical analysis : Effectiveness of Residencies accountability with local election for municipal public choice.
| Project/Area Number |
19730214
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Public finance/Monetary economics
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University (2008-2010)
Saitama University (2007) |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIKAWA Masashi Aoyama Gakuin University, 経済学部, 准教授 (90334143)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 地方財政 / 地方選挙 / 足による投票 / 市町村議会選挙 |
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| Research Abstract |
Each municipal public choice should be bound by the threat of "voting with feet" and/or "voting with hands (election). Even though these theoretical bindings are reasonable, we doubt the real effectiveness of them. Our research project attempted to clarify the relationship between the condition of municipal public finance and the turnout of local elections. Some of findings in our research suggested that residencies did not inevitably punish the incumbents who had financial mistakes in some local elections.
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