Reconsidering David Ricardo on Public Finance and the abstractness

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23238
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
• Research Institution: Chuo University (2021-2023); Osaka International University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Wakamatsu Naoyuki 中央大学, 経済学部, 助教 (50847340)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: デイヴィッド・リカード / 財政論 / 課税 / 経済学方法論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of this research are as follows. Initially, the representative presented several research presentations on Ricardo’s public finance and its abstractions, both nationally and internationally. This has deepened the methodological significance of Ricardo’s theory from various points of view. Furthermore, the representative also published some of the findings that were obtained from those presentation in the forms of academic papers and a book chapter. This indeed advanced the research on the relationship between Ricardo’s public finance and methodology, which has been relatively little discussed in the past.

Free Research Field

経済学史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究期間を通じて行った本研究の意義は次のようになる。本研究の学術的意義として、従来、リカードの経済理論は良くも悪くも抽象度の高いものとみなされてきたが、本研究の各成果を通じて、それは、単に抽象度が高いだけでなく、実は、様々な議論への応用可能性を兼ね備えた、ある意味で現実的なものであったといえる。本研究の社会的意義としては、汎用性の高い理論は様々な現実の事象を説明する強力な一手段となることから、一般社会には、昨今ますますその注目度を増すデータサイエンスだけではなく、理論的研究・思考も必要であるといえる。