Overview
This project consists of three studies. The first study deals with the impact of globalization on the spatial system of Japanese industries. We will reveal the spatial structure of Japanese industries in East Asia based on an analysis of factors that have determined the choices made by Japanese companies for their locations in Japan and abroad in recent years. We will then analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively the agglomeration economies that influence regional economic growth and clarify their implications for regional policies. The second study will analyze how companies' full consideration of disaster risks for supply chains may affect the economic spatial structure. We will clarify lessons that can be learned from the cases of companies that have successfully recovered from the Great East Japan Earthquake. The third study will explore the ways regional policies ought to be by analyzing how the liberalization of agricultural trade--one of major issues in globalization--affects the regional gap in social welfare.
July 12, 2011 - June 30, 2013
Major Research Results
2015
RIETI Policy Discussion Papers
2014
RIETI Discussion Papers
- 15-E-008
"Natural Disasters, Industrial Clusters and Manufacturing Plant Survival" (Matthew A. COLE, Robert J R ELLIOTT, OKUBO Toshihiro and Eric STROBL) - 14-J-035
"Industrial Agglomeration in China: Case studies of the Chinese Silicon Valley and the coastal SEZ" (KURITA Kyosuke) - 14-J-034
"Enhancing Enterprise Power through Exporting: Verification of the learning effect by exporting" (KURITA Kyosuke)
2013
RIETI Discussion Papers
- 13-E-069
"Multi-Product Plants and Product Switching in Japan" (Andrew B. BERNARD and OKUBO Toshihiro) - 13-E-063
"Natural Disasters and Plant Survival: The impact of the Kobe earthquake" (Matthew A. COLE, Robert J R ELLIOTT, OKUBO Toshihiro and Eric STROBL) - 13-J-068
"Analyses of Disrupted Supply Chains by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Reconstruction of the Disaster-affected Region by the Cluster of the Automotive Industry: Utilizing the regional CGE model" (TOKUNAGA Suminori, OKIYAMA Mitsuru and AKUNE Yuko)