Econometric analysis on the effectiveness of the enforcement of Japanese competition policy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730204
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Aoyama Gakuin University (2014-2016) Kanazawa University (2012-2013)
Principal Investigator	TSURUTA Yoshitaka 青山学院大学, 国際政治経済学部, 准教授 (00547086)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	競争政策 / リニエンシー / 課徴金減免制度 / 生産性 / 産業組織論
Outline of Final Research Achievements	I empirically investigate the effect of the enforcement of the Japanese competition policy on destabilizing cartels and reducing probe costs of JFTC. Through the natural experiment using the 2005 amendment of Antimonopoly Law, I find that increasing fines and introducing the leniency program does not have an impact on the weakening the influence of cartel groups. On the other hand, I show that this revision of the enforcement may contribute to the cost reduction of competition policy authority.