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+A Spatial Analysis of Local Administrative Crisis Management: Evidence from Japan : Working Paper

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Title	A Spatial Analysis of Local Administrative Crisis Management: Evidence from Japan
Japanese title
Authors	Keisuke Takano Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba SciREX Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Japan Society for the Promotion of Science So Morikawa Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo SciREX Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
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Date of publication	July 2020
Publisher	SciREX Center
Series No.	SciREX-WP-2020-#02
URL	https://scirex.grips.ac.jp/resources/2020/WP2020_02_July.pdf
Series name	SciREX Center Working Paper
Abstract	This study empirically investigates the determinants of the development of municipal business continuity planning (BCP) in Japan. The remarkable feature of our empirical analysis is the in-depth examination of the existence of policy diffusion in crisis management and the spatial haracteristics of trends in developing municipal BCP, covering Japanese municipalities. The results of a spatial probit model show the existence of prefecture-level heterogeneity in municipal BCP development, and spatial dependence in the BCP development status among municipalities which is not completely explained by the heterogeneity. The later particularly might imply the existence of the policy diffusion due to the reliance on the precedent in other governments and the necessity of cross-jurisdictional policymaking with the view of efficient and seamless actions against emergencies.