Public Policy Analysys of New Public Management of Local governments

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public finance/Monetary economics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: AKAI nobuo 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (50275301)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YUNOUE Hideo 兵庫県立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (10509590) ; HIROTA Haruaki 武蔵大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (10553141) ; SAITOU Shin 大阪学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (70093565) ; KURAMOTO Takashi 甲南大学, マネジメント創造学部・マネジメント創造学科, 講師 (70550309) ; ADACHI Yoshimi 甲南大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80734673)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 保健行政 / 交通 / 市町村合併 / 効率化 / 行財政改革評価 / 地方自治体の歳出行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has clarified how the introduction of new public management affects the fiscal managements on public health, social security and public transportation, from the viewpoint of the efficiency of the fiscal management. This research has also calcified how the introduction of policy evaluation methods and consolidation of municipalities affect the expenditure of the local government, in order to consider the role of the public sector (municipalities). Finally, the trend of the expenditure is also discussed.

Free Research Field

公共経済学、地方財政、地方行政、自治体経営