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Kuwahara mika

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Affiliation Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
Title Professor
Room Faculty of Economics 508 (Extension2508)
E-mail kuwamika ( at = @ )
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Education Hiroshima University
Degree
Academic Societies Japan Institute of Public Finance
Japan Association of Local Public Finance
Japan Public Choice Society
The Association for Northeast Asia Regional Studies
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association
Public Policy in Local Governments
Career 2005 Fukui Prefectural University lecturer
2010 Fukui Prefectural University Associate Professor

Research Interest

Research Field
Research Summary Now we are the ancestor of “legacies”: a pile of debt and a stock of social capital. Are these a “legacy treasury” or “legacy of tragedy”? We should consider abolishing or keeping local public facilities.
Keywords Decentralization, local public facilities’ administration efficiency measurement and evaluation includes maintenance cost

Selected Publications

co-authored book1 (with two others)：”Chapter3 Resource allocation function, and Chaputer5cinancial relationship between central and local government”, Standard Public Finance ,Chuokeizai-sha, inc. 2008. (in Japanese).
co-authored book2 (with seven others)：”Public finances’ sustainability from the view point of maintenance cost of local public facilities”, Keiso Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd, Japan Association of Local Public FinanceNo.10, pp.146-168, 2005. (in Japanese).

Ryo Haruna, Mika Kuwahara and Yurika Shiotsu, “Evaluation of Middle and Long Term Management Efficiency of Public Museums by Network DEA”, Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Sciences, Vol.17, No.1, 2011, pp.11-17.(in English).
Mika Kuwahara, “Measuring operational efficiency of cultural facilities in Japan”, Journal of Urban Management and Local Government Research, vol.24, No.1, pp.50-60、2009. (in Japanese)
Mika Kuwahara and Tsunekazu Toda, “Designated administrator system and local issues in Japan” Economics Bulletin (Hiroshima University), Vol.32, Ｎｏ2. pp. 67-76, November 2008 (in Japanese).

Community Engagement

Educational Activites

Classes Public Finance, Local Public Finance
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Available Topics Decentralization, local public facilities’ administration efficiency measurement and evaluation includes maintenance cost

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