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Evidence of municipal mergers and fiscal rules

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01662
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07050:Public economics and labor economics-related
Research InstitutionMusashi University

Principal Investigator

Hirota Haruaki  武蔵大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10553141)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords財政ルール / 地方財政健全化法 / ストック・フロー調整 / コモン・プール問題 / 市町村合併 / 広域連携 / 自治体クラウド / 差の差の分析 / 財政調整 / 差の差の推定 / DID / Synthetic Control Method / 旧再建団体 / SUR with DID / 行政広域化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

First, I analyze a new fiscal rule and creative accounting using stock-flow adjustments. The paper contributes to the literature on creative accounting by using Japanese municipal and prefectural data. I focus on stock-flow adjustments by considering the relationship between the increase in the change in debt stock and the decrease in the deficit to measure creative accounting. In particular, my contribution on the municipal level is the finding that municipalities engage in stock-flow adjustments by increasing their expenditures and revenues through intergovernmental transfers. Second, my paper is to identify the fiscal effects of cloud computing systems on municipal expenditure in Japan. As a result, municipalities that introduce the inter-governmental cooperation cloud systems decrease their total expenditures a few years. I find that the introduction of the inter-governmental cooperation cloud systems of municipalities obtains the decrease in total expenditures.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

財政ルールの研究では,地方財政健全化法が地方公共団体の財政状況に与えた影響を実証的に検証するため,同法で監視対象となる健全化指標のみならず,監視対象ではない財政指標についても焦点を当てて検証を実施した。健全化法の導入は,監視対象である健全化指標を改善させる一方で,監視対象ではない財務指標の改善に寄与しないという懸念もある。財政ルール回避の先行研究の文脈の中で,財政ルールにおいて監視対象ではない指標に焦点を当てて分析することは,学術的な貢献があると考える。特に,ストック・フロー調整の検証により,フローの赤字は改善する一方で,ストックの債務残高はあまり改善していないことが明らかになった。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (26 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities2022

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Haruaki、Yunoue Hideo
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

      Volume: 63 Pages: 101172-101172

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jjie.2021.101172

    • NAID

      210000183116

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 自治体クラウドと市町村歳出-自治体クラウドと単独クラウドに着目した実証分析-2021

    • Author(s)
      野津成希,広田啓朗
    • Journal Title

      地域学研究

      Volume: 51 Pages: 235-253

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] "Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities"2021

    • Author(s)
      Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota
    • Journal Title

      CIRJE Discussion paper

      Volume: CIRJE-F-1172 Pages: 1-58

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities2021

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Haruaki and Yunoue Hideo
    • Journal Title

      MPRA paper

      Volume: 105694 Pages: 1-45

    • NAID

      210000183116

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Public investment and the fiscal common pool problem on municipal mergers in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Haruaki、Yunoue Hideo
    • Journal Title

      Economic Analysis and Policy

      Volume: 67 Pages: 124-135

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.eap.2020.07.001

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities2020

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Haruaki and Yunoue Hideo
    • Journal Title

      MPRA paper

      Volume: 98861 Pages: 1-37

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Public investment and the fiscal common pool problem on municipal mergers in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Haruaki and Yunoue Hideo
    • Journal Title

      MPRA paper

      Volume: 98862 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 「地方財政健全化指標における相互依存関係の実証分析」2018

    • Author(s)
      広田啓朗・湯之上英雄
    • Journal Title

      経済分析

      Volume: 198号 Pages: 1-21

    • NAID

      40021779914

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities2018

    • Author(s)
      広田啓朗・湯之上英雄
    • Journal Title

      MPRA

      Volume: 89160 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] "Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities"2022

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      神戸大学六甲台財政・公共経済セミナー
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 自治体クラウドと市町村歳出2022

    • Author(s)
      野津成希・広田啓朗
    • Organizer
      2021年度第5回関西公共経済学研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] "Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities"2021

    • Author(s)
      Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会2021年度春季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] "Fiscal rules and creative accounting: Evidence from Japanese municipalities2021

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      東京大学CIRJE財政ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities2020

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      76th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities2020

    • Author(s)
      Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota
    • Organizer
      日本財政学会第77回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do public account financial statements matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities2020

    • Author(s)
      Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota
    • Organizer
      76th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Do Fiscal Statements Matter? Evidence from Japanese municipalities2020

    • Author(s)
      Shun-ichiro Bessho and Haruaki Hirota
    • Organizer
      95th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association International
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities2019

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      2019年度第1回地方財政研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities2019

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      2019 Australasian Public Choice Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Under control vs self-reconstruction after fiscal bankruptcy on municipalities2019

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      応用経済学ワークショップ,慶應義塾大学経済研究所
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 財政学・公共経済学分野における疑似実験手法の適用について2019

    • Author(s)
      広田啓朗
    • Organizer
      日本ファイナンス学会第1回秋季研究大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities"2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Municipal Mergers and Local Public Finance, VATT Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities"2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      The 74th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities"2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) seminar, Australian National University
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities"2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      Public Economics workshop, University of Adelaide
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "The effects of the new fiscal rule and creative accounting: Empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities"2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruaki Hirota and Hideo Yunoue
    • Organizer
      Japan-Taiwan Seminar on Public Finance, National Chengchi University
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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