2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Assessing the Effects of Policy Competition on Industry Location Patterns and Economic Growth
| Project/Area Number |
22K01511
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
DAVIS COLIN 同志社大学, 国際教育インスティテュート, 教授 (70432557)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
橋本 賢一 神戸大学, 経済学研究科, 教授 (70403219)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Policy Competition / Industry Location / R&D Location / Economic Growth / National Welfare |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This research project studies how regional policy competition influences the geographic location patterns of industry and R&D.
The first stage of the project has completed a theoretical analysis of the effects of national union labor orientation and bargaining power on location patterns, economics growth, and national welfare. The results have been presented at a conference and submitted to a journal for review.
Work is progressing on the second stage of the project, with a theoretical framework that considers the implications of national R&D subsidy competition for innovation location patterns, economic growth, and national welfare. An intermediate set of results has been presented at an academic conference, and a complete set of results will soon be presented in a discussion paper.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Publications:
(i) Davis, Colin and Hashimoto, Ken-ichi. (2022)"Productivity Growth, Industry Location Patterns, and Labor Market Frictions," Regional Science and Urban Economics 97, 1-13.
Presentations:
(i) "Unionization, Industry Concentration, and Economic Growth," Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of International Economics, Kinki University, 2022.
(ii) "Optimal R&D Policy, Industry Location, and Productivity Growth," International Conference on International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics, Kobe University, 2023.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The project members will continue to revise the research results associated with the second stage of the project in preparation for the creation of a discussion paper and publication in a formal academic journal. In addition, project members will begin work on the third stage of the project, with the construction of a theoretical framework that allows for an analysis of how strategic tariff policy affects industry and innovation location patterns, economic growth, and national welfare.
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| Causes of Carryover |
A small portion of the budget remained at the end of the 2022 fiscal year. This budget will be used to cover a portion of the submissions fees for articles submitted to academic journals during the 2023 fiscal year.
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