The influence of public and private fund on external knowledge network

Abstract

In Edo Japan, “hanko," schools in prefectures called “han," had an external knowledge network of academic disciplines in a hanko. This study focuses on expence types of “yugaku," a system of studying outside a han. There are two types of expence for yugaku such as public and private. This research collects 10 sets of hanko and han panel data (from 1736 to 1835). In the analysis, this research employs network analysis, random-effects model analysis and geographically weighted regression. The result demonstrates that the geographical factors of a han influence the relationship between the expence type of yugaku and the efficient knowledge acquisition positioning in a network. Furthermore, the different types of the expense for yugaku have the different effects on the network position in turbulence environment.