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Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research Fumitoshi Mizutani Takuya Urakami Eri Nakamura Editors Current Issues in Public Utilities and Public Policy Empirical Studies Focusing on Japan Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research Series Editors Noritsugu Nakanishi, Kobe University Graduate School of Economics, Kobe, Japan Shigeyuki Hamori, Kobe University Graduate School of Economics, Kobe, Japan Editorial Board Kazumi Suzuki, Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe, Japan Hiroki Yasui, Kobe University Graduate School of Law, Kobe, Japan Tomoko Kinugasa, Kobe University Graduate School of Economics, Kobe, Japan Yuka Kaneko, Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation, Kobe, Japan Takahiro Sato, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan The Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research is an exciting interdisciplinary collection of monographs, both authored and edited, that encompass scholarly research not only in the economics but also in law, political science, busi- ness and management, accounting, international relations, and other sub-disciplines within the social sciences. As a national university with a special strength in the social sciences, Kobe University actively promotes interdisciplinary research. This series is not limited only to research emerging from Kobe University’s faculties of social sciences but also welcomes cross-disciplinary research that integrates studies in the arts and sciences. Kobe University, founded in 1902, is the second oldest national higher educa- tion institution for commerce in Japan and is now a preeminent institution for social science research and education in the country. Currently, the social sciences section includes four faculties—Law, Economics, Business Administration, and Interna- tional Cooperation Studies—and the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB). There are some 230-plus researchers who belong to these faculties and conduct joint research through the Center for Social Systems Innovation and the Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research, Kobe University. This book series comprises academic works by researchers in the social sciences at Kobe University as well as their collaborators at affiliated institutions, Kobe University alumni and their colleagues, and renowned scholars from around the world who have worked with academic staff at Kobe University. Although traditionally the research of Japanese scholars has been publicized mainly in the Japanese language, Kobe University strives to promote publication and dissemination of works in English in order to further contribute to the global academic community. · · Fumitoshi Mizutani Takuya Urakami Eri Nakamura Editors Current Issues in Public Utilities and Public Policy Empirical Studies Focusing on Japan Editors Fumitoshi Mizutani Takuya Urakami Graduate School of Business Faculty of Business Administration Administration Kindai University Kobe Universtiy Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan Kobe, Japan Eri Nakamura Graduate School of Business Administration Kobe University Kobe, Japan ISSN 2524-504X ISSN 2524-5058 (electronic) Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research ISBN 978-981-19-7488-5 ISBN 978-981-19-7489-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7489-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023 This work is subject to copyright. 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The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore Contents 1 Introduction .................................................. 1 Fumitoshi Mizutani Part I Public Utilities and Infrastructure 2 An Analysis of the Effect of Demand Response on Electricity Consumption: Assessing Households’ Heterogeneous Reaction to Dynamic Pricing ................................... 17 Fumitoshi Mizutani, Takuro Tanaka, and Eri Nakamura 3 Estimation of Tap Water Demand in Japan: A Panel Data Analysis ...................................................... 37 Noriyoshi Nakayama and Takuya Urakami 4 Economies of Scale and Consolidation Effects in the Japanese Sewerage Industry ............................................ 47 Tomoyasu Tanaka 5 Productivity Measurement and Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity in Japan’s Postal and Parcel Delivery Industry ....... 71 Shuji Uranishi 6 Preferential Slot Allocation for LCCs at a Congested Airport, and Airfare: The Case of Haneda Airport in Tokyo ............... 97 Jun Mizutani 7 The Impact of Airport Concession on Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Major Airports in Japan ......................... 113 Koji Adachi v vi Contents Part II Transportation 8 Travel-Based Multitasking in Japan Between 2001 and 2016: Descriptive Analysis ........................................... 131 Nobuhiro Sanko 9 Understanding the Relationship Between Daily Travel and Long-Term Subjective Well-Being .......................... 149 Chikako Keumi 10 The Relationship Between Bicycle Accidents and Urban Structure in Cities in Japan .................................... 191 Yusuke Suzuki 11 Brand Strategy in Airline Mergers: Simulation Examples with Delta and Northwest ...................................... 203 Ryohei Yamamoto 12 The Impact of Cooperation on the Multimarket Contact Effect in the U.S. Airline Industry .............................. 231 Ryota Asahi Part III Governance and Policy 13 The Japanese Sewerage Industry: Institutional Aspects and the Governance Systems ................................... 245 Takuya Urakami 14 EvaluatingtheInstitutionalReformsandPrivateParticipation in Japanese Container Ports—Evidence from Multi-stage DEA Analysis ................................................. 267 Hiroki Sakai 15 Industrial Structure Change and Corporate Strategy: The Case of the Japanese Apparel Industry .......................... 299 Xueying Wu 16 Effects of Sustainable Development Goals Engagement on Profit in Public Utilities: Comparison with General Private Companies ................................................... 311 Eri Nakamura 17 The Relationship Among Corporate Social Responsibility, Network Cooperation, Green Innovation, Environmental Performance and Firm Performance: Evidences in Viet Nam ...... 329 Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and Hoang Anh Vien Editors and Contributors About the Editors Fumitoshi Mizutani is a professor at the Graduate School of Business Administra- tion, Kobe University, where he has worked since obtaining a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1993. Currently, he is serving as the president of the Japan Society of Public Utility Economics and the Japan Society of Transport Economics. His main research has focused on the economic analysis of regulatory changes in public utility industries. He has also been involved in international research projects such as with the World Bank, and he has published in books and international journals such as Journal of Regulatory Economics, Empirical Economics, and Review of Network Economics. He has been awarded academic prizes. Takuya Urakami is a professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University. His interest is in productivity, efficiency, and performance analysis, espe- cially in the water and sewerage industry. He currently serves on council committees for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Land, Infras- tructure, Transport and Tourism as well as various municipal governments. He is now a research representative for Kindai University, cooperating with the Centre for Productivity and Performance of Loughborough University, UK. He has published in international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Urban Studies, and Papers in Regional Science. Eri Nakamura has been an associate professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, since 2014. After obtaining her Ph.D. from Kobe University in 2011, she worked as a lecturer at Shinshu University until 2013. She was a visiting researcher at Vienna University of Economics and Business from 2016 to 2018. She has been engaged in research on efficiency, organizational management, governance, and corporate social responsibility in public utilities as well as general private companies. She has published in international journals such as Utilities Policy, vii viii EditorsandContributors Journal of Business and Industrial Economics, and Journal of Management and Governance. Contributors Koji Adachi Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka Sangyo University, Daito, Japan Ryota Asahi Faculty of Commerce, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan Chikako Keumi Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University, Higash- iosaka, Japan Fumitoshi Mizutani Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe Univer- sity, Kobe, Japan Jun Mizutani Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Eri Nakamura Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Noriyoshi Nakayama Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, The University of Danang, Da Nang City, Vietnam Hiroki Sakai Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Higashinada, Kobe, Japan Nobuhiro Sanko Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Yusuke Suzuki Faculty of Commerce, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan Takuro Tanaka Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Socio- economic Research Center, Tokyo, Japan Tomoyasu Tanaka Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University, Higash- iosaka, Japan Takuya Urakami Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University, Higash- iosaka, Japan Shuji Uranishi Graduate School of Economics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan Hoang Anh Vien Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Campus in Quang Ngai, Quang Ngai city, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam EditorsandContributors ix Xueying Wu Institute for Promotion of Higher Education, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Ryohei Yamamoto College of Foreign Studies, Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
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