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Technological Innovation and Public Policy

The Automotive Industry

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series (PAMABS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Hiroaki Miyoshi, Masanobu Kii
    Pages 1-14
  3. Automotive Technology and Public Policy in Japan: A Historical Survey

    • Masayuki Sano, Masanobu Kii, Hiroaki Miyoshi
    Pages 15-43
  4. Optimal Market Penetration Rates of VICS

    • Hiroaki Miyoshi, Masayoshi Tanishita
    Pages 126-145
  5. Market Penetration of Safety-Related ITSs

    • Masanobu Kii, Hiroaki Miyoshi
    Pages 146-169
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 198-205

About this book

Focusing on safety and environmental protection issues, this book provides incisive, cutting-edge theoretical analysis that evaluates the impact of new automotive technologies, and the associated public policies, on social welfare.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness (ITEC), Doshisha University, Japan

    Hiroaki Miyoshi

  • Engineering of Kagawa University, Japan

    Masanobu Kii

About the editors

 
HIROAKI MIYOSHI is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Technology, Enterprise and Competiveness at Doshisha University, Japan. Before joining Doshisha University in 2003, he worked at a major private-sector think tank for ten years. His principal research interests lie in the field of the economic analysis of new technology.

MASANOBU KII is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering of Kagawa University, Japan. He has conducted various analyses of the impact of public policy in the transportation sector, including fuel economy regulation, public transport policy, and urban land-use planning. His research interests include the sustainability of energy and environment systems.

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