The Optimal Size of Municipalities from the Viewpoint of Public Goods Theory

公共产品理论视角下的城市最优规模

基本信息

批准号：
13630118
负责人：
NAGAMINE Junichi
金额：
$ 0.83万
依托单位：
Kwansei Gakuin University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2001
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2001 至 2002
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-13630118/
关键词：
Municipal Consolidation Optimal Size of Municipality Public Goods Decentralization

项目摘要

This research has intended to explore the optimal size of municipalities from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints and also to induce the implication for municipal consolidation preparing for the decentralized society. In 2001 and 2002 fiscal years, we performed the following research results.In 2001 fiscal year :(I) We examined all mayors in Hyogo prefecture through a mailing survey, and asked their idea about the optimal size of a municipality and the incentive for municipal consolidation. With survey data, we also tried the probit model to investigate their attitudes to fiscal and economic conditions.(ii) We focused Sasayama city as a progressive example of consolidation and examined both the merit and demerit of this case, particularly checking up the financial effects.(iii) Focusing the municipalities which have not received revenue sharing grants, we compared the financial structure of those cities with the one of regular cities which depend on this grants. Looking after the … More structure of government expenditure, we tried to induce the implication for an optimal municipal size.In 2002 fiscal year :(I) We also focused Hikami county which is the next area of Sasayama city mentioned above and surveyed all public employee in this area to explore their attitudes for consolidation.(ii) We surveyed the previous papers with respect to an optimal municipal size in Japan. Appling those similar method to Hyogo prefecture, we analyzed the size of minimizing the cost of supplying public services in the aspects of population, area and density. We pointed out that the area size is another important factor to think about an optimal municipal size.(iii) We surveyed the previous papers which intended to investigate the rivalry (or the congestion or crowding effect) of public goods consumption. We expected this crowding parameter could give us valuable information about an optimal municipal size.(iv) In making use of the idea mentioned above, we constructed the empirical model for fire services to estimate the crowding parameter in Hyogo prefecture. We continued the rival situation of fire services and the area size is anther important factor. Less

本研究旨在从理论和实证角度探讨市政当局的最佳规模，并归纳为分权型社会做准备的市政合并的意义。在2001和2002财政年度，我们进行了以下研究结果。 2001财政年度。：（一）我们通过邮寄调查的方式对兵库县的所有市长进行了调查，并询问了他们对市镇最佳规模和市镇合并动机的看法。根据调查数据，我们还尝试了概率。模型来调查他们对财政和经济状况的态度。（ii）我们将筱山市作为整合的进步范例，并审查了该案例的优点和缺点，特别是检查了财务影响。（iii）重点关注了那些已经进行了整合的城市。由于没有收到收入分享补助金，我们将这些城市的财政结构与依赖这种补助金的普通城市进行了比较。考虑到政府支出结构，我们试图得出最佳市政规模的影响。财政年度：(I) 我们还我们重点关注了日上县（即上述筱山市的下一个地区），并对该地区的所有公共雇员进行了调查，以探讨他们对合并的态度。（ii）我们调查了之前关于日本最佳市政规模的论文。与兵库县类似，我们从人口、面积和密度方面分析了提供公共服务成本的规模最小化，指出面积大小是考虑最佳城市规模的另一个重要因素。我们调查了之前的论文，其目的是研究公共物品消费的竞争（或拥挤或拥挤效应），我们期望这个拥挤参数可以为我们提供有关最佳城市规模的有价值的信息。（iv）利用上述想法，我们构建了经验模型。兵库县消防部门的拥挤参数我们继续了消防部门的竞争情况，面积大小是另一个重要因素。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（12）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

長峯純一, 松本誠, 森脇俊雅(共編著)他, 山田真裕, 小沢康英, 三上喜美男: "分権・合併最前線(第2章・第6章執筆)"文理閣. 187 (2002)

Junichi Nagamine、Makoto Matsumoto、Toshimasa Moriwaki（共同编辑）等人、Masahiro Yamada、Yasuhide Ozawa、Kimio Mikami：“权力下放和合并的前线（撰写第 2 章和第 6 章）”Bunrikaku 187 (2002)。