首都圏食品製造業における地域特化の生産力効果の実証分析

抄録

In this paper, we analyzed the impacts of industrial localization on the production of food industries using panel data analysis. The objective industries of this study were the “Food industry” as a whole, “Manufacturers of food” and “Manufacturers of beverages, tobacco and feed”, and the area of focus was the Tokyo metropolitan area consisting of 4 prefectures; Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo and Kanagawa.
In this study, we measured the industrial localization indices based on Ellison and Glaeser [3] and Mori et al. [13]. Then, we estimated the impacts of industrial localization of food industries on production in the Tokyo metropolitan area by estimating regional production functions. To estimate production function, the D-index was used as an industrial localization index. From the results of this estimation, we found the industrial localization of Japanese food industries has a positive effect on production.

JEL classification: R11, R30