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1 online resource (155 pages) |
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Kobe University monograph series in social science research |
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Kobe University monograph series in social science research.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Privatization of Public City Gas Utilities in Japan: Reasons, Objectives, and Methods -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Liberalization and Privatization of City Gas -- 1.2.1 Market Structure of the City Gas Industry in Japan -- 1.2.2 City Gas Liberalization -- 1.2.3 Background of Privatization of Publicly Owned City Gas Industry -- 1.3 Privatization of Fukui City Gas -- 1.4 Privatization of Otsu City Gas -- 1.5 Privatization Status of Other Publicly Owned Gas Utilities |
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1.6 Reasons, Objectives, and Methods of Privatization of Publicly Owned Gas Utilities -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Survival Analysis of Public Gas Utility Firms in the Japanese City Gas Industry -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Survival Analysis of Public Gas Utilities -- 2.3 Estimation of the Cox Proportional Hazards Model -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Concession in Infrastructure Management: A Case of Public Gas Service in Japan -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction of Concession Rights and Concession Project in Japan |
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3.2 Use of Concession Rights in Public Infrastructure Sectors -- 3.2.1 Government's Report on the Reform of PFI -- 3.2.2 Developments After the Amendment of the PFI Act -- 3.2.3 Cases of Utilization of Concession -- 3.3 Public Gas Concession Project in Otsu City -- 3.3.1 Public Gas Service in Otsu City -- 3.3.2 Limitations to Continuing Public Gas Business -- 3.3.3 Structure of Public Gas Concession Project -- 3.3.3.1 Reason for Choosing Concession -- 3.3.3.2 Roles of the City and the Concessionaire -- 3.3.3.3 Result of the Bidding Process |
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3.3.3.4 Monitoring to Ensure Public Governance of the Project -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 A Study on the Background and Issues of Privatization of Public City Gas Utilities in Japan-Implications by Comparing Several Business Analysis Indicators -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Overview of the Transition -- 4.3 Background and Aim of Privatization -- 4.3.1 Previous Research -- 4.3.2 Background of Privatization Examination -- 4.4 Comparison of Management Indicators Before and After Privatization -- 4.4.1 Target Company -- 4.4.2 Comparison Index -- 4.4.3 Comparison Result |
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4.5 Various Issues Surrounding the Public City Gas Business and the Future Way of Management -- 4.5.1 Various Issues Surrounding the Public City Gas Business -- 4.5.2 Re-Municipalization in the Energy Field or Local Government Investment -- 4.5.3 Future Management Style -- References -- 5 Privatization of Public Utilities: Results from the UK Experiment -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Drastic Reform in the Electricity Industry -- 5.2.1 Competitive Market by Unbundling Transmission -- 5.2.2 Renewable Energy and Nuclear Power Plants -- 5.2.3 Prospect of Cross-Border Interconnection Projects |
| Summary |
This book is a study on the Japanese city gas industry, which has been rapidly liberalized in recent years. Especially, it focuses on the background, reasons, methods, and effects of the privatization of publicly owned city gas utilities in Japan. In Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the liberalization of the electric power and gas business has progressed rapidly. There are a number of studies on the reform of Japan's electricity market, but there are few studies on city gas business. This book describes the state of Japan's public city gas utilities and the necessity of their privatization. And it explains the role of concession as a method of privatization. Then it verifies that the effects of past privatization cases are insufficient. The book also covers deregulation of public utilities in Europe, which triggered Japan's liberalization of its energy and other public utility sectors, and privatization of electricity and gas businesses in India, a developing country in Asia. Finally, this book explores future regulation and business of city gas industry. Pipeline network should be regulated to comply with future unbundling starting from 2022, and gas business altogether with electricity and water businesses need more digitization |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 4, 2021) |
| Subject |
Gas companies -- Japan
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Gas companies -- Privatization -- Japan
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Public utilities -- Japan
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Public utilities -- Privatization -- Japan
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Gas companies
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Public utilities
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kusanagi, Shinichi, editor
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Yanagawa, Takashi, editor
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| ISBN |
9789811584077 |
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9811584079 |
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