This paper analyzes a mixed oligopoly model of two countries, each with public and private firms competing in an international market. The two-country model is compared with the conventional mixed oligopoly model with a single country to examine how the extent of privatization differs. By this...

This study deals with an analysis of allocation of government authority between local and central governments. Using a relatively simple model, we examine three classes of issues: First, what type of public project is implemented under a (de)centralized system? Second, is the size of governments...

Concentrating on the property of information infrastructure, this paper examines the impact of publicly funded technology development on the spatial allocation of population and social welfare. Information and communication technologies attract much attention as elements of change in regional...

This paper analyzes the endogenous choice problem of subsidy instruments as production expansion (export-promotion) policies. We consider a two-region economy in which firms produce a homogeneous good and sell it in a third region. The government in each region provides a production subsidy to...