Spatial economics and interfirm transaction network

• Project/Area Number: 23730228
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAJIMA Kentaro 東北大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (60507698)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
• Keywords: 空間経済学 / ネットワーク / 産業集積 / 企業間取引

Research Abstract

The purpose of this project is empirically investigating the agglomeration force of economic activities through interfirm transactions by using actual micro transaction relationship data. I obtained the results that there exist geographic frictions in interfirm transactions; there exist agglomeration force through interfirm transactions.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Role of Inter-firm Transactions on Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data (2013)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima, Yukiko Umeno Saito, and Iichiro Uesugi
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 13-E-21 Pages: 1-15
• [Journal Article] Highways and Development in the Peripheral Regions of China (2013)
  • Author(s): Xu Hantian and Kentaro Nakajima
  • Journal Title: PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series Volume: 33 Pages: 1-33
• [Journal Article] Agglomeration Effects of Inter-firm Backward and Forward Linkages: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Investment in China (2013)
  • Author(s): Nobuaki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Matsuura, and Kentaro Nakajima
  • Journal Title: Keio/Kyoto Global COE Discussion Paper Series Volume: 42 Pages: 1-25
  • NAID: 210000171057
• [Journal Article] Role of Inter-firm Transactions on Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data (2013)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima, Yukiko Saito, and Iichiro Uesugi
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 13-E-21 Pages: 1-15
• [Journal Article] Measuring Economic Localization: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data (with ) (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima, Yukiko Umeno Saito, and Iichiro Uesugi
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Volume: 26(2) Pages: 201-220
  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2012.02.002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Localization of Interfirm Transaction Relationships and Industry Agglomeration (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima, Yukiko Umeno Saito, and Iichiro Uesugi
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 12-E-23 Pages: 1-25
• [Journal Article] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 12-E-21 Pages: 1-17
  • URL: http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/12e021.pdf
• [Journal Article] Measuring Economic Localization : Evidence from Japanese firm-level data (2012)
  • Author(s): Nakajima, K., Saito, Y. and Uesugi, I.
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Volume: Vol. 26 Issue: 2 Pages: 201-220
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2012.02.002
  • NAID: 210000172864
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 産業集積と労働市場－労働プーリングを通じた集積効果 (2012)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎・岡崎哲二
  • Journal Title: 経済研究 Volume: 63 Pages: 227-235
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller matching in the Japanese manufacturing industry (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series Volume: 12-E-21 Pages: 1-24
• [Presentation] Geographic frictions on interfirm transactions, Western Economic Association International (2013)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Keio University
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-15
• [Presentation] Estimating Geographic Frictions on Interfirm Transactions (2013)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: Western Economic Association International, 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Keio university, Japan
• [Presentation] Geographical Concentration of Inter-Organizational Collaborations (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: 7th Meeting of the Urban EconomicsAssociation
  • Place of Presentation: Ottawa Westin
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-07
• [Presentation] Geographical Concentration of Inter-Organizational Collaborations (2012)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州産業大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-07
• [Presentation] Localization of Interfirm Transaction Relationships and Industry Agglomeration (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: The 2nd European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: University of Bratislava
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-22
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2012)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-23
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller matching in the Japanese manufacturing industry (2012)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
• [Presentation] Localization of Interfirm Transaction Relationships and Industry Agglomeration (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: University of Bratislava,Slovakia
• [Presentation] Geographical Concentration of Inter-Organizational Collaborations (2012)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: The 7th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: Ottawa Westin, Canada
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2011)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-04
• [Presentation] Geographical Concentration of Inter-Organizational Collaborations (2011)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-04
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2011)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: The 6th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: Hyatt Regency Miami
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-11
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-Seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2011)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: The 6th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
  • Place of Presentation: Hyatt Regency Miami, USA
• [Presentation] Transactions as a Source of Agglomeration Economies: Buyer-Seller Matching in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2011)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山大学
• [Presentation] 共同研究の地理的特性：距離の壁と企業の壁 (2011)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山大学