Impacts of Social Capital on Regional Revitalization-A Spatial Econometric Analysis Using Local Municiparity GIS Data-

Katsuya Tanaka (), Katsura Nakano and Hiroya Michigami

Economic Analysis, 2018, vol. 197, 55-68

Abstract: Anticipating the rapid population decline and aging society, possible measures for regional re-vitalizations (so called “chihou sousei”) have been actively discussed in Japan. Focusing on the role of social capital, we investigate how bridging social capital (number of nonprofit organizations per population) contributes to population migration and regional economy using the municipality-level cross section data in 2010. Considering potential spatial dependence (spatial autocorrelation) among municipalities, we develop three spatial Durbin models for two population indicators (numbers of population inflow and outflow) and an economic indicator (amount of taxable income per tax payer). Our results show that bridging social capital contributes to promote both population inflow and regional economy. A positive and significant spatial autocorrelation is identified for bridging social capital in an economic model. Positive and significant spatial autocorrelation are also identified for all three dependent variables. From those results, we suggest that regional revitalization planning should be considered at a wider regional level rather than an individual municipality level, taking spatial dependence and spill-over effects among municipalities. JEL Classification Codes: R11; R15; R58

Keywords: regional revitalization; social capital; spatial Durbin model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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