Abstract
This study presents an analysis of factors influencing the development of community currencies based on an independently generated survey of Japanese Prefectures conducted in 2001. A Poisson regression model is used to identify the factors associated with the emergence of community currencies based on a narrow definition, a broad definition, and a network definition. Although there are differences in the qualities of community currencies narrowly defined and the network definition of community currencies, the emergence of both is association with a large presence of students and women homemakers. Network type community currencies are more likely to emerge in prefectures where a higher value is placed on time and there is a stronger presence of opposition members in the House of Representatives.
