Left- and Right-wing Ideologies and Economic-Policy Preference: Comparisons of Japan with Western European Countries and the United States
研究用调查数据比较日本、西欧和美国，发现日本政党间经济政策偏好差异较小，且日本公民的意识形态与政策偏好有一定一致性。
Representing political conflicts between left- and right-wing ideologies as those over economic policies is useful in evaluating the influence of politics on policies. This study considers whether such a model of endogenous policy formation is applicable to the Japanese economy. Therefore, a comparative study for Japan, Western Europe, and the United States was conducted using survey data of ideologies and preferences of economic policies. According to the results of this study, political parties in Japan have fewer differences in the preferences of economic policies than in other countries. Moreover, Japanese citizens have, to some extent, consistency between their ideologies and policy preferences.