Under the current fiscal conditions in many local, regional as well as the national government, the public schools face the substantial budget short falls . In order to alleviate the substantial budget shortage, it is important to raise efficiency, particularly in primary education as the costs...

This paper explores the mutual reference behavior of local governments in Japan. The Japanese public education system was decentralized in the previous decade. For example, actual fixed number of classes was relaxed in 2001 and 2003. This relaxation of regulations caused an increase in the...

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本論文は、2008 年と2009 年に約2,000 の世帯に対して継続して実施したアンケート調査に基づきながら、家計の公的・民間地震保険に対する選択行動におけるコンテクスト効果を検証している。2008...