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THE DETERMINANTS OF JAPANESE LOCAL‐BENEFIT SEEKING
Author(s) -
MEYER STEVEN A.,
NAKA SHIGETO
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1999.tb00666.x
Subject(s) - per capita , economics , government (linguistics) , geography , demographic economics , development economics , demography , population , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
This paper examines the determinants of the allocation of Japan's central government spending across its prefectures. Using the framework developed by Atlas et al. (American Economic Review, 85: 3, June 1995, 624–629 ), the paper examines whether over‐represented Japanese prefectures receive larger real per capita transfers than under‐represented prefectures. A broad concern of the paper is whether institutions matter. Per capita representation of prefectures, party affiliation, and intra‐party characteristics are found to be determinants of Japan's central government transfers. The results suggest that institutions do matter. ( JEL H3, H5, H6, H7)