Economic analysis of local government consolidation: Impact analysis of the Great Heisei Consolidation

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25705007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Takasaki City University of Economics
• Principal Investigator: Iwata Kazuyuki 高崎経済大学, 地域政策学部, 准教授 (90590042)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 自治体 / 合併 / 水道 / アンケート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines effects of the Japanese local government consolidations from the viewpoints of water supply services and land prices. In addition, we conducted a local government survey to reveal their self evaluation for their consolidations. Our results show that the consolidation improved local governmental management such as water supply services, whereas their residents did not evaluate the consolidations well because they simultaneously generated weak community ties. Therefore, when local governments intend to make a consolidation, they should pay more attentions on residents' satisfactions.

Free Research Field

環境経済学