Title :
Consolidation of network infrastructure by competitive local governments
Author :
Fukuyama, Kei ; Tamura, Masafumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Human-Social Information Sci., Graduate Scool of Information Sci., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This study tries to analyze the efficiency and fairness of multiple participant decisional scheme of highway network consolidation. More specifically, two regional general equilibrium models analyze a decision rule with distributed decision by local governments on highway network consolidation theoretically. The role of central government in the bargaining results among local governments is clarified.
Keywords :
distributed decision making; economic cybernetics; local government; central government; competitive local governments; distributed decision; general equilibrium model; multiple decisional scheme; network infrastructure consolidation; Cities and towns; Decision making; Economic indicators; Employment; Feedback; Information analysis; Local government; Power generation economics; Reservoirs; Road transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7952-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1245678
