Benefit Incidence and Cost Burden of the Local Public Investments

Recently, society needs more efficient public investments because of the financial difficulty in both of the central and the local governments. To make an efficient public investment plan, planner should understand quantitative structure of benefit incidence and cost burden of the local public investments. In this study, we propose measurement methods of benefit incidence and cost burden of the local public investments between regions. Finally, we apply this model to Japanese capital investment policy in order to understand the policy target of national spatial planning in Japan.