Theoretical and Empirical Analysis on Endogenous Regional Economic Growth and Inter-regional Disparity in Japan and China

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380339
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: ZHENG Xiao-Ping 立命館大学, 経済学部, 教授 (50251012)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 内生的経済成長 / 地域経済格差 / 市場経済の一体化 / 地方財政の分権化 / 政治経済制度の変革 / 日本と中国の比較研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project conducts theoretical and empirical analysis on endogenous regional economic growth and inter-regional disparity in Japan and China. It attempts to compare the market integration of the Nineteenth-Century Japan and China, and shows that the development of regional market economies leads to the evolution of political economic institutions, and the latter also promotes further development of regional economies. It also compares regional economic disparities in Japan and China, and indicates that there exists a trade-off relationship between national economic growth and regional economic disparity, which needs to be seriously taken into account in the consideration of regional economic development policies.

Free Research Field

経済政策