The Social Order of Trade in a Japanese Market: Governance,Alliance, and Transaction at the Tsukiji Wholesale Fish Market, Tokyo

该奖项将支持一位文化人类学家研究 社会关系经济活动中的主要鱼类批发 市场在日本东京。 要测试的理论涉及 经济关系的性质，因为市场有许多 个性化的、纵向协调的经济联系。 正常 市场理论这样的市场应该是由许多短期的 竞争关系，但这个市场是惊人的， 合作关系的制度化 显然是竞争对手。 方法包括参与者 观察和正式访谈以及市场调查 参与者 这项研究很重要，因为它将揭示如何 合作可以促进经济活动， 环境 它也将具有现实意义， 展示了日本海关如何在一个非常大的， 资本雄厚的鱼市。

This award will support a cultural anthropologist studying the social relations of economic activity in the main wholesale fish market in Tokyo, Japan. The theory to be tested involves the nature of economic relationships, since the market has many personalized, vertically-coordinated economic ties. In normal market theory such a market should be composed of many short-term competitive relations, yet this market is striking for its institutionalization of cooperative relationships between apparently competing firms. The methodology includes participant observation and formal interviews as well as a survey of market participants. This research is important because it will shed light on how cooperation can facilitate economic activity in a competitive environment. It will also have practical significance in illustrating how Japanese customs operate in a very large, heavily capitalized fish market.