2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A theoretical nalysis of resale price maintenance in the book trade in Great Britain and Japan
| Project/Area Number |
23730422
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Commerce
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 再販売価格維持行為 / 再販制度 / 返品制 / フリーライダー / 学説史研究 |
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| Research Abstract |
This theoretical study found out the following facts.
Firstly, the theory of resale price maintenance in the Japanese book trade has nothing in common with the general theory of resale price maintenance in Japan which has been developed in the context of Keiretsu. And, Japanese legal restraints in the book trade has servived because it has never been exposed to any fair and intense criticism.
Secondly, almost all studies of Japanese return policy do not consider particular conditions accompanied with the book trade and causal connections between resale price maintenance and return policy. As a result, some economic rationales of return policy support the resale price maintenance in the Japanese book trade.
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