田中 智泰
地域学研究 38 4 953 - 965 JAPAN SECTION OF THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL 2008年
[査読有り] Since the 1980s, in manufacturing industry the number of new establishment closure has been more than that of establishment foundation. New establishment foundation contributes to the creation of employment and promotes competition. It is one of important factors that stimulate the regional economy. Therefore local governments explicitly implement policies related to promotion of the creation and opening of new businesses, invitation of firms and so on. It is important to verify whether or not local governments' industrial policies contribute to the increase of new establishment foundation in order to evaluate local industrial policies. In this paper, we examine whether or not local governments' industrial policies promote new establishment foundation in manufacturing industry. We use a pooled data set covering 47 prefectures and 5 time periods in Japan. Previous studies present demand, cost, human capital, agglomeration, industrial structure, accessibility of public transportation, public service and so on as the regional factors that determine new establishment foundation rate. However, there are few studies that focus on the relationships between new establishment foundation rate and industrial policies. In this study, we focus on industrial policies. We test whether or not prefectural industrial policies increase new establishment foundation rate. We obtained the following results. Firstly, prefectural industrial policies have contributed to raising new establishment foundation rate since the 1990s. Secondly, suitable sites for a factory that local governments prepare do not have a positive impact on new establish formation rate. Thirdly, except for industrial policies, the factors that determine new establishment foundation rate are growth of regional demand and labor force, agglomeration, existing large-scale establishments, transportation infrastructure and regional wage level.JEL Classification: R11, R58, H76