| Project/Area Number |
17330070
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
HITOSHI Mitomo Waseda University, Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications Studies, Professor (00183963)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ONIKI Hajime Osaka Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics, Professor (40107107)
HIGUCHI Kiyohide Waseda University, Faculty of International Studies, Professor (30218698)
OTA Koshiro Hiroshima Shudo University, Faculty of Economics, Professor (90309617)
JITSUZUMI Toshiya Kyushu University, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor (20325690)
TAJIRI Nobuyuki Waseda University, Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications Studies, Associate Professor (10386675)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥11,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000)
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| Keywords | Market Mechanism / Information and Communications Technology / Consumer Behavior / Information Economics / Behavioral Economics |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this project is to theoretically and empirically study the impact of Information and Communication Tehchnology on consumers through market mechanisms.
From FY2005 to FY2007, the current research movement associated with the domestic and international community were investigated, the experts of various field related to ICT were interviewed, theoretical and analytical models were constricted, empirical data were collected by conducting a questionnaire survey, the hypotheses were tested with the empirical data, and imprecations were extracted from researches.
In the study, the following subtopics were dealt with:
1. Concluding a research on the impact of ICT on productivity of firms
2. Researching on the impact of ICT on consumer benefits
3. Researching consumer protection in association with the Internet
4. Researching a market uniting communications and broadcast
First, with respect to subtopic 1, results of studies pertaining to ICT related investments in the production sector were summarized and the relationship between the production sector and consumer sector were shown.
With respect to subtopic 2, the mechanisms by which the ICT provides consumer surplus was analyzed, especially using behavioral economics, and the characteristics of consumer behavior toward ICT services were explained.
With respect to subtopic 3, damages caused by Individual information leakage were estimated, and security measures under the Act for Protection of Computer Processed Personal Data held by Administrative Organs were considered.
Finally, with respect to subtopic 4, the changes that occur after termination of analog broadcasting and complete shift to digital broadcasting in 2011 were studied, and their impact on firms and consumers were forecasted.
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