Empirical research on universal services policy reforms from cross-cutting perspectives

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330089
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAMURA AKIHIRO 横浜市立大学, 国際マネジメント研究科, 教授 (00368581)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Reiko Kumagai 帝塚山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20309511) ; Takemoto Toru 帝塚山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60551512)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ユニバーサルサービス / 公平性 / 地域格差 / 公益事業 / 通信 / 交通 / 実証分析 / 消費者選好

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we empirically analyze the public services which can serve as universal services from cross-cutting perspective. In this manner, we investigated substitutability and complementarity between the current services and the newly appeared services, and also compared preferences for each service in local areas. Our research results show that there was certain difference in preference each services and areas although each policy maker getting information of other areas’ universal service policy (if they are different among areas) tends to decrease the difference among areas. We concluded that there was the necessity of comprehensive view to discuss services to retain as universal services.

Free Research Field

経済政策