2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing policy evaluation methods based on the microeconomic foundations of agglomeration economies
| Project/Area Number |
23330076
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KIDOKORO Yukihiro 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 教授 (90283811)
MURATA Yasusada 日本大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (40336508)
NAKAJIMA Kentaro 東北大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60507698)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 集積の経済 / 費用便益分析 / 新地理経済学 / 交通投資 / 独占的競争 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research project is to develop the methodologies for second-best cost-benefit analysis in the presence of urban agglomeration. We build a spatial model of urban agglomeration with transportation investment, and analyze the indirect benefits that arise in the differentiated good market. We also examine estimation methods that can be applied to indirect benefits. When the variety of differentiated good is fixed, the indirect benefits can be estimated using price markups. When the variety is endogenous, the results are more complicated, and the indirect benefit can be negative.
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