Theoretical and empirical analysis of soft budget constraint problem in local public finance

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20530272
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public finance/Monetary economics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: AKAI Nobuo Osaka University, 大学院・国際公共政策研究科, 准教授 (50275301)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 地方財政 / ソフトな予算制約 / 理論分析 / 実証分析

Research Abstract

This research clarifies various mechanisms behind soft budget constraint problem in the context of local public finance. The outcomes from this research have been published in various domestic and international journals, including the top journal in the field of urban economics.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] バランスシート・行政コスト計算書による財政評価-大阪府の事例- (2011)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎、大川裕介
  • Journal Title: 会計検査研究 No.43 Pages: 87-109
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Endogenous Choice on Tax Instruments in a Tax Competition Model : Unit Tax versus Ad Valorem Tax (2011)
  • Author(s): Nobuo Akai, Hikaru Osaga, Yoshitomo Osgawa
  • Journal Title: forthcoming to International Tax and Public Finance
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Simple Dynamic Decentralized Leadership Model with Private Savings and Local Borrowing Regulation (2011)
  • Author(s): Nobuo Akai, Motohiro Sato
  • Journal Title: forthcoming to Journal of Urban Economics
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 垂直的租税外部性効果と経済成長 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎、金坂成通、宮下量久
  • Journal Title: 財政研究 Pages: 118-130
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 国立大学法人化によるガバナンスと財務運営-法人化後の大学内部のガバナンス改革は大学財務運営の改善に寄与するのか- (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎、中村悦広
  • Journal Title: 国際公共政策研究 第15巻第1号 Pages: 1-18
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Incentive Transfer Schemes with Marketable and Nonmarketable Public Services (2010)
  • Author(s): Nobuo Akai, Hiroshi Osano, Mizuno Keizo
  • Journal Title: Journal of Institutional and Theortical Economics Vol.166(4) Pages: 614-640
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Commitment and Inter-County Inequality in US states (2009)
  • Author(s): Nobuo Akai, Masayo Hosoi, Fiscal Decentralization
  • Journal Title: Journal of Income Distribution Vol.18, No.1 Pages: 113-129
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Too Big or Too Small? A Synthetic View of the Commitment Problem of Interregional Transfers (2008)
  • Author(s): Nobuo Akai, Motohiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of Urban Economics Volume64, Issue3 Pages: 551-559
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] バランスシート・行政コスト計算書から見た大阪府財政の現状 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本地方財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 青山学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-19
• [Presentation] 地方公共団体の文化関係予算(芸術文化経費・文化財保護経費)の決定要因分析 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本地方財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 青山学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-19
• [Presentation] 提言:「地域主権」実現のための一括交付金の導入 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本地方財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 青山学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-19
• [Presentation] Endogenous Choice on Tax Instruments in a Tax Competition Model : Unit Tax versus Ad Valorem Tax (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: Workshop in Public Economics
  • Place of Presentation: Paris、France
  • Year and Date: 2010-04-14
• [Presentation] Endogenous Choice on Tax Instruments in a Tax Competition Model (2009)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-17
• [Presentation] 税目別地方分権度と経済成長 (2009)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-17
• [Presentation] Soft budgets and local borrowing regulation in a dynamic decentralized leadership model with saving and free mobility (2009)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: IEB III WORKSHOP ON FISCAL FEDERALISM
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona、Spain
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-18
• [Presentation] Soft budgets and local borrowing regulation in a dynamic decentralized leadership model with saving and free mobility (2009)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-06
• [Presentation] 人口減少と少子高齢化が地方財政収支に与える影響の分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-25
• [Presentation] 国立大学運営費交付金の実態と評価-独立行政法人化以後の交付金の要因・影響分析- (2008)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-25
• [Presentation] Interregional Redistribution as a Cure to the Soft Budget Syndrome in Federations Extension (2008)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: Conference of Public Economic Theory 08
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul、Korea
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-27
• [Presentation] 人口減少と少子高齢化が地方財政収支に与える影響の分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本地方財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大東文化大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-31
• [Presentation] 地方道路公社の保有する有料道路の効率性と政策コストの要因分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Organizer: 日本地方財政学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大東文化大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-31
• [Book] 交通インフラとガバナンスの経済学-空港・港湾・地方有料道路の財政分析- (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
  • Total Pages: 250
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
• [Book]
  • Author(s): 赤井伸郎
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
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