Applied Approaches to Societal Institutions and Economics

摘要: This book is written to commemorate the studies, the education, and the 70 years of age of Professor Moriki Hosoe, who is an emeritus professor in Kyushu University and is a designated professor in Kumamoto Gakuen University. Since Professor Hosoe has been always interested in the applicability of economic theory to reality and has proceeded to research many fields of economics and published many books or papers on many kinds of applied economics, which include information economics, law and economics, environmental economics, and regional science. Therefore, his contribution to applied economics is respectfully appreciated. Professor Hosoe particularly has contributed to the development of applied economics, established the Japan Association for Applied Economics (JAAE) in 2006, and became the first president of JAAE. Although the Western Association of Economics was a local economics …