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Population Stabilization and National Spatial Policy of Public Investment: The Japanese Experience

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  • Koichi Mera

    (The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433 USA)

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Spatial investment decisions of a government may be the result of a clearly stated and pursued policy. Often, however, investment decisions are made without such a policy, in contradiction to it, or ignoring it. This paper presents a new method that can be used to reveal the policy objectives with which actual public investment decisions are consistent. Japanese regional investment expenditures from 1958 to 1978 are analyzed, and the dominant policies in effect during this period are identified using this method. A connection between Japanese regional public investment policies and the convergence of population growth across regions is suggested.

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  • Koichi Mera, 1986. "Population Stabilization and National Spatial Policy of Public Investment: The Japanese Experience," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 10(1), pages 47-65, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:10:y:1986:i:1:p:47-65
    DOI: 10.1177/016001768601000102
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    1. Mera, Koichi, 1973. "On the Urban Agglomeration and Economic Efficiency," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 21(2), pages 309-324, January.
    2. Daniel R. Vining JR & Thomas Kontuly, 1978. "Population Dispersal From Major Metropolitan Regions: Great Britain Is No Exception," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 3(2), pages 182-182, December.
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    1. Servet Mutlu, 1991. "Regional Disparities, Industry and Government Policy in Japan," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 22(3), pages 547-586, July.

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