Theory and history in regional perspective: essays in honor of Yasuhiro Sakai

Intro -- Foreword: Professor Yasuhiro Sakai and His Personality -- Foreword: Yasuhiro Sakai and His Achievements -- List of Major Publications -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: History and Theory of Space -- Chapter 1: Geodemographics and Urban Planning Analysis: An Historical Review -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Precursors of Geodemographics -- 1.2.1 Charles Booth´s Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889 -- 1.2.2 Carter Goodrich and the Plane of Living -- 1.3 Exploring Urban Spatial Structure -- 1.3.1 United States -- 1.3.2 United Kingdom -- 1.4 Pioneering Geodemographic Classifications -- 1.4.1 The City of Los Angeles and its Urban Information System -- 1.4.2 Liverpool and its Social Area Analyses -- 1.5 Geodemographics in Action as an Evaluation Tool -- 1.5.1 Area-Based Urban Policy Initiatives (ABIs) -- 1.5.2 Characterising ABIs -- 1.5.3 Measures of Targeting Performance -- 1.5.4 Application to a Specific ABI -- 1.6 Geodemographics Now -- 1.6.1 Open Geodemographics -- 1.6.2 Geodemographics and Spatial Interaction Data -- References -- Chapter 2: When Is Competition Between Cities for Members of the Creative Class Efficient? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Model -- 2.2.1 Preliminaries -- 2.2.2 Equalization of Utility Levels -- 2.2.3 Policy Efficiency -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Revisiting Marshallian Versus Walrasian Stability in an Experimental Market -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 An Exchange Economy with Multiple Equilibria -- 3.3 The Experimental Design and Procedures -- 3.4 Experimental Results -- 3.5 Discussions -- 3.6 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Local Stability Conditions of Price and Quantity Adjustment Processes in Two-Consumer Two-Good Exchange Economies -- Appendix 2: Experimental Instruction -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Trading Rules -- 2.3 An Example -- Appendix 3: Payoff Tables -- References.

Chapter 4: Analysis of Spatial Economic System and Adaptive Transportation Policy for Regional Welfare Improvement -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Regional Economic Model -- 4.3 Hypothetical Analysis -- 4.4 Further Research -- 4.5 Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 5: Effects of Nominating an Area as the Candidate Place of a New NIMBY Facility: A Consideration -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Model and Analysis of Eguchi (2020) -- 5.2.1 Possible Causes and Results -- 5.3 When Announcing a Construction Plan with a Candidate Area for the Facility -- 5.3.1 The Case of Common Knowledge -- 5.3.2 The Case of Asymmetric Information -- 5.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: On the Existence and Sustainability of Long-Standing Japanese Shinise Firms -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature Review -- 6.3 Case Study: Competitive Strategy of Suzuyo -- 6.3.1 Business Crisis in Edo Period and Foundation Establishment in Meiji Period -- 6.3.2 Suzuyo´s Reform in the Transitions in Meiji Period -- 6.3.3 Business Expansion and Management Philosophy -- 6.3.4 The Chaotic Post-war Period, Rebirth, and the Rapid Economic Growth -- 6.3.5 Reforms and Breakthrough by the Eighth Generation -- 6.3.6 Carrying on Reforms in line with the Environment -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: The Formation Process and Logic of the Spin-off Governance Mode: A Case Analysis of the Morimura Zaibatsu -- 7.1 Previous Explanations of the Logic Behind Japanese Spin-Offs -- 7.1.1 What Are Japanese Spin-Offs? -- 7.1.2 Why Do Japanese Firms Tend to Adopt the Spin-off as a Type of Governance Mode? -- 7.2 A Case Analysis of the Morimura Zaibatsu -- 7.2.1 Dispute Resolution and Corporate Control Not Based on Capital Principles -- 7.2.2 Monitoring and Influence Not Based on Capital Principles -- 7.2.3 From Capital Split to the Japanese Spin-off Governance Mode -- 7.3 Findings.

7.4 Discussion -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Dynamic Model of Urbanization with Public Goods -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Basic Model -- 8.3 Welfare Analysis -- 8.3.1 Specialization of the Model -- 8.3.2 Steady State Equilibrium Analysis -- 8.3.3 Optimal Path of the Transient State -- 8.3.4 The Henry George Theorem -- 8.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9: Optimal Openness -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Model of Human Interaction -- 9.3 Human Interaction Constrained by Energy, Environmental, Technological, and Economic Restrictions -- 9.3.1 Technological and Economic Constraints -- 9.3.2 Energy Constraint -- 9.3.3 Environmental Constraints -- 9.4 Discussion of the Optimal Openness -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Applied Spatial Studies -- Chapter 10: Settlement and Migration Patterns of Immigrants by Visa Class in Australia -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Prior Studies -- 10.3 Migration Data -- 10.4 Spatial Patterns of Immigrant Settlement -- 10.5 Level of Internal Migration -- 10.6 Redistribution of Population Through Migration -- 10.7 Spatial Patterns of Migration -- 10.8 Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Visa Types, Classes and Sub-Classes -- Appendix 2: Median Age by Visa Type -- References -- Chapter 11: Culture and the City: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Cultural Performance -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Recent Interest in Culture in the City: A Capability Approach -- 11.3 Database and Analysis Framework -- 11.4 Results of the DEA Approach -- 11.5 Regression Results of Urban Cultural Performance and Efficiency in Terms of Size and Prosperity -- 11.6 Conclusion -- Annex 1: Cultural Performance Results for Four Classes of Cities -- Annex 2: SE-DEA Cultural Efficiency Results for Four Classes of Cities -- References.

Chapter 12: Government Intervention in Real Estate Market: Is Tax Reform Effective in Seoul Housing Market? -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Background Information and Literature Review -- 12.3 Analysis -- 12.3.1 Housing CGE Model -- 12.3.2 Policy Simulation -- 12.4 Summary and Further Research Issues -- References -- Chapter 13: The Economic Effects on Regional Australia of RUN-Member Universities -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Study Method -- 13.2.1 The Economic Model: VU-TERM -- 13.2.2 Treatment of Foreign Students with VU-TERM -- 13.2.3 Demand-Side Effects -- 13.2.4 Supply-Side Effects -- 13.2.5 Labour Productivity -- 13.2.6 Research Productivity -- 13.3 Simulation Assumptions and Results -- 13.3.1 Simulation Results -- 13.4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 14: Financial Literacy and Consumer Debt: An Empirical Analysis Based on the CHFS Data -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Literature Review -- 14.3 Summary of the Data and Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics -- 14.4 Model and Variables -- 14.4.1 The Model -- 14.4.2 Estimated Results and Their Interpretation -- 14.4.3 Robustness Check -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Regional Economies Through Japan´s Fr... -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Estimation of Regional Fruit Tree Production and Future Temperatures -- 15.2.1 Changes in Fruit Tree Production for 1995-2017 and Temperatures for 1990-2017 -- 15.2.2 Estimation of a Panel Data Model on Fruit Tree Production -- 15.2.3 Prediction of Temperature and the Regional Fruit Tree Production -- 15.3 Structure of the Nine Regional CGE Model -- 15.4 Results of the Simulation Analysis -- 15.4.1 Setting Simulation Data -- 15.4.2 Simulation Results -- 15.5 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 16: Economic Value of Coral Reefs in Palau.

16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Methods -- 16.3 Focus Group Meetings and Interviews -- 16.4 Hypothetical Change of Coral Reefs in the Future -- 16.5 Hypothetical Measurement -- 16.6 How to Estimate the Total Value -- 16.7 Results -- 16.8 Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix: CVM Part of the Survey Sheet (English Version) -- Description of the Hypothetical Scenario -- References -- Chapter 17: International Trade in Environmental Goods and Environmental Regulation in the Presence of Lobbying -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 The Economic Model -- 17.3 Political Model -- 17.4 Politically Optimal Pollution Abatement Subsidy -- 17.5 Comparative Statics -- 17.5.1 Impact on Politically Optimal Pollution Abatement Subsidy Rate -- 17.5.2 Impact on Difference Between Two Subsidy Rates -- 17.5.3 Impact on Global Environmental Pollution Level -- 17.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Spatial Data Analytics -- Chapter 18: A Test for the Herfindahl Index -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The Herfindahl Index -- 18.2.1 An Example -- 18.2.2 Some Background -- 18.2.3 Calculating the Mean -- 18.2.4 Calculating the Standard Deviation -- 18.3 Some Applications of the Herfindahl Index -- 18.3.1 Schools in Toronto -- 18.3.2 Patents in US Metropolitan Areas -- 18.4 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 19: Risk Culture: Comparative Analysis of Risk Management -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Risk Perception in Japan -- 19.3 Risk Management Standard in Japan -- 19.4 Corporate Risk Management in Japan -- 19.5 Risk Sharing Within a Group or Organization -- 19.6 Anglo-Saxon Countries: USA, UK, Canada, and Australia -- 19.7 European Countries -- 19.8 Comparative Study in Insurance Industries -- 19.9 Risk Avoidance and Elimination -- 19.10 Reserving Monetary Fund for Risk -- 19.11 Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 20: What Is Our Study of Risk for? The Case of the Japanese ``Go To Campaign´´.