Evaluation and design of local innovation support systems using micro-econometrics

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03342
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Okamuro Hiroyuki 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (40251730)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西村 淳一 学習院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40612742)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IKEUCHI Kenta 経済産業研究所, 研究員 (20625496) ; SUZUKI Shinya 武蔵大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70637561)
• Research Collaborator: KATO Masatoshi 関西学院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 ; HONDA Tetsuo 大阪市立大学, 大学院創造都市研究科, 教授 ; KITAGAWA Fumi エディンバラ大学, ビジネススクール, 講師 ; Licht Georg ZEW, Senior Researcher ; Hud Martin ZEW, Researcher
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 政策評価 / 地方自治体 / イノベーション / 研究開発 / 補助金 / ミクロ計量分析 / 中小企業 / 地域経済

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We addressed innovation support policy (R&D subsidy) by local authorities in Japan and econometrically investigated, using original survey data for both local authorities and local firms, 1) the determinants of implementation and design of local R&D subsidy and 2) the effects of R&D subsidy by city, prefecture, and the central government on the recipients’ productivity. We found that supply-side factors (local authority’s conditions) affect program implementation, while demand-side factors (potential needs of local firms) affect program design. Moreover, we confirmed positive effect of multilevel subsidy on recipients’ productivity.

Free Research Field

産業組織論、イノベーション研究