2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
On the Sustainable Development of Cities and Regions by a Dynamic Approach of Spatial Economics
| Project/Area Number |
22330073
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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 |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
ZENG Dao-Zhi 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (60284345)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KONO Tatsuhito 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (00344713)
TAKATSUKA Hajime 香川大学, 大学院・地域マネジメント研究科, 教授 (50304572)
ZHANG Yang 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (60302204)
NAKAJIMA Kentaro 東北大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (60507698)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 空間経済学 / 国際経済学 / 交通政策 / 動学モデル / 持続可能な発展 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project develops spatial economics and considers policies to realize sustainable growth of urban and regional economics from the following four aspects. 1. We formulate models of spatial economics which can be applied to examine urban and regional policies for economic growth. In particular, we reveal a new mechanism of spatial income inequality which is related to the research of economic inequality and growth theory. 2. We examine policies for sustainable development of cities and regions. We investigate the role of tourism industry, the behavior of city developers and land use. 3. We study transport policies from the viewpoints of industrial agglomeration and disaster prevention. 4. In empirical studies, we examine interregional utility differentials, agglomeration effect of inter-firm backward and forward linkages and decreasing transportation costs by use of firm-level data.
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