Sustainable Growth and Development in a Regional Economy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction and Summary

   • Tohru Naito

   Pages 1-13

3. The Basic Model of Regional Economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Regional Agglomeration and Spatial Economics

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      Pages 17-30

   3. Urban Unemployment and Urban–Rural Migration

      • Tohru Naito

      Pages 31-43

   4. Neoclassical Economic Growth and Public Policy

      • Tatsuya Omori

      Pages 45-60

   5. Endogenous Growth Model with Public Financed R&D

      • Daisuke Ikazaki

      Pages 61-69

   6. Emission Tax Timing and a Monopoly Market

      • Yasunori Ouchida

      Pages 71-92

   7. The Basic Model of Illegal Dumping and Recycling of Wastes

      • Hirofumi Fukuyama, Daisuke Ikazaki

      Pages 93-108

   8. The Basic Model of Airline Network

      • Akio Kawasaki

      Pages 109-128

4. Sustainable Growth and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Urban Unemployment, Privatization Policy, and a Differentiated Mixed Oligopoly

      • Tohru Naito

      Pages 131-148

   3. The Network Analysis of Transportation

      • Akio Kawasaki

      Pages 149-172

   4. R&D Policy and Political Corruption in a Growing Economy

      • Daisuke Ikazaki

      Pages 173-186

   5. Fertility, Costs for Children and Public Policy

      • Tatsuya Omori

      Pages 187-213

   6. Environmental R&D Organization in a Differentiated Cournot Duopoly

      • Yasunori Ouchida

      Pages 215-238

   7. Recycling Activities and Unemployment in Economically Developing Countries

      • Hirofumi Fukuyama

      Pages 239-269

5. Back Matter

   Pages 271-275

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This is the first book to provide readers with a theoretical and empirical analysis of sustainable economic growth in Asian countries. Recently, most Asian countries have achieved rapid economic growth and their existence cannot be ignored in the world economy. However, these countries now face the serious problems that have confronted more developed countries such as environmental problems, social security and unemployment. Rapid economic growth has brought environmental pollution, regional disparities, and serious congestion due to insufficient infrastructure. Thus, it is necessary to understand the background economic mechanism in order to find the prescription for each problem. This book is intended not only for the researcher but also for the policy maker, for both of whom it provides the basic methods for analyzing regional problems from the points of view of endogenous economic growth theory, environmental economics, and spatial economics. This work presents theoretical as well as empirical analyses. Particularly, we cite the examples of Asian countries: Japan, China, Korea, Thailand and others. The aim is for readers to apply the theories in this book to the above-mentioned problems in Asian countries as an aid in policy making. The authors are specialists in macroeconomics, public economics, environmental economics, transportation economics and spatial economics, all of which are important aspects of regional science.

• Environment problem
• Migration and unemployment between urban area and rural area
• Regional economics
• Regional network analysis
• Sustainability of regional growth

• The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

  Tohru Naito

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