2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Theoretical and Empirical Analyses of Deregulation in the Taxi Industry towards the New Regulation
| Project/Area Number |
26380329
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Meiji Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | タクシー / 規制 / ライドシェア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this project was to investigate the ideal regulation in the taxi industry that has been facing a significant change since ride sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft entered the market. The achievement can be summarized as follows. First, I showed that the demand-supply adjustment policy in Japan created a significant number of traffic accidents. Because the regulatory authorities were reluctant to reduce the number of taxis despite the sharp decrease in demand, the vacancy rate increased and it resulted in many traffic accidents. Second, I conducted a simulational study to investigate how the Pigouvian tax on 'Pay As You Drive' auto insurance affects traffic volume and the number of traffic accidents, and then compared the results with the case in which Pigouvian tax were levied on gasoline.
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| Free Research Field |
実証産業組織
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