International Master Programs in Economics

Guidelines for the Submission and Format ofMaster's Thesis
Please read carefully this document before submitting a Master's thesis.
All Programs: 1 copy

You must strictly follow the instructions on the format of a thesis, which are given on pages
2-5. Please submit to the BEEF+Venture, Graduate School of Economics, by the deadline
shown below.

(WARNING) Thesis will NOT be accepted after the deadline.

【Submission Deadline】

17:00 Monday, 22 July 2024

【Submission Period】
Sat, 22 June 2024 ～ Mon, 22 July 2024

Even if just a word is changed from your thesis title, you must submit a change
form to the Academic/Student Affairs Office by BEEF+Venture before submitting
your thesis.

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I. General Guidelines
１. A thesis must be written in English.
２. The text must be word-processed the plain white A4 size.
３. The abstract and the table of contents must be created.
４. The order of the papers should be: title page, abstract, table of contents, preface, text,
afterword, and references. Please change pages by section.
５. Page numbers should be placed below each page of text, etc. The title page, abstract,
and table of contents are not included in the total number of pages and should not benumbered.
６. A thesis must 520~550 words with 40 lines per page. Please follow the instructions ofyour main thesis supervisor regarding how diagrams, equations, symbols, etc. arecounted as lines or words. You are also required to obtain permission from yoursupervisor, if a page contains less than 40 lines as a result of using footnotes.
The total number of pages should be at least 18, not including the title page, abstract,and table of contents.
７. Before submitting your thesis, please make sure that you have prepared it according
to the format. Failure to meet the formatting requirements may result in your thesis
not being accepted.

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II. Format of Master’s Thesis

1.

Title Page
Title Page (first page)

平成Submitted:
年 Month/Day/Year
月 日提出○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○-○○○○○-〇〇〇〇〇-

指導教員：○○ ○○Advising professor: 〇〇〇〇学籍番号：○○○○○
Student number: 〇〇〇〇〇

Full Name

○○ ○○
〇〇

〇〇

※ Please create the title page, as shown above, with the date ofsubmission (date/month/year), thesis title, the name of your main thesis
supervisor, your student number and your name on each of them.

2.

Abstract
Abstracts should not exceed one page.
For fonts, please do the same as in I.

Abstract○○○・・・・・・・・・・・・○○○○○○

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3.

Table of Contents (Example)
Contents
Introduction・・・・・・・・・・・1

Please do the following in preparing the table of contents.

Chapter 1 〇〇〇〇

① Write the title of each chapter/section/subsection....

・・・・・・3

Section 1.1 〇〇〇〇〇・・・・・７
Section 1.2 ○○○○

Chapter 2○○○○○・・・・15subsection....

・・・・16

Section 2.1 ○○○○○ ・・・・18
Section 2.2 ○○○○

② Write the page number of each chapter/section/(Please insert the page numbers)

・・・・20

Post script/Last Chapter・・・40

4.

References(Examples)
References・・・・・・・・・42※ Please consult your main thesis supervisor for detailed informationa) Books
ItalicAuthor Name (year of publication) Title of the book, Place of publication:
Publisher
Ex.）N.H.Borden(1942) The Economic Effects of Advertising, London: Homewood.
b) MiscellaniesItalic

Author Name (year of publication) “Title of subject” in editor name ,in ed, nameof miscellany, Publishing office, page number
Ex.）K.J.Arrow(1968) “Optimal Capital with Irreversible Investment,” inJ.N.Wolfe, ed., Value, Capital and Growth and Growth, O.U.P., pp.1-20.
c) Journal Articles
ItalicAuthor Name (year of publication) “title of subject”, name of journal,Volume/Number, page number
Ex.）T.M.Brown(1952) ”Habit, Persistence and Lags,” Econometrica, Vol.38, No.3,
pp.355-81.
(Note 1) Repeated author(s) names may be replaced with "――――".
Ex.）――――, The Economic Effects of …

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International Master Programs in Economics(Note 2) If you use materials on the Internet, write the URL and the date of access.
Ex）Japan bank president press conference summary（10/16/2005）
http://www.boj.or.jp/press/05/kk0510c_f.htm (accessed: 12/10/2005)

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