Final version November 17, 2022

The 21st International Conferenceofthe Japan Economic Policy Association
Interdisciplinarity of Economic Policy Studies
Time Schedule and Program

Date: November 19~20, 2022
Host: Kobe University
Place: Kobe University and Online

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Time Schedule
November 19 (Sat)9:00-17:00

Registration

IDEMITSU SAZO Memorial Rokkodai
Auditorium

09:15-11:15

Regular Session (onsite) 1-6

Main Building (MB)11:25-13:25

Regular Session (onsite) 7-11

13:25-14:10

Lunch

14:10-14:20

Greetings

IDEMITSU SAZO Memorial Rokkodai

14:20-15:20

Keynote speech

Auditorium

15:30-17:00

Plenary Session

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MB 324

MB 332

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November 20 (Sun)09:00-12:50 Video session
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Regular Session (Report 20min.+Discussion 10min.+Reply 5min.+FloorQ&A 5min.=40min.)Regular Session (onsite)
1. Public Economics and Public Choice
2. Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅰ
3. Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅲ
4. Growth, Development and Population Policy
5. Labor Economics and Policy2

6. Resource and Environmental Policy
7. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
8. Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅱ
9. International Economic Policy
10. Industrial Organization and Structural Policy
11. Welfare and Social Security Policy
Regular Session (zoom)
Z-1 Public Finance and Welfare Policy
Z-2 Law and Economics
Z-3 Growth, Development and Population Policy
Z-4 Labor Economics and Policy
Z-5 Monetary and Financial Policy
Z-6 International Economic Policy
Z-7 Resource and Environmental Policy
Video Session

3Session Program
Greeting 1ST DAY NOVEMBER 19TH 14:10-14:20(IDEMITSU SAZO MEMORIAL ROKKODAI AUDITORIUM)
Professor Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE (President of the Japan Economic Policy
Association, Osaka University)
Professor Ryuzo MIYAO (Dean of the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe
University)
Professor Kazumi SUZUKI (Director of the Center for Social Systems
Innovation, Kobe University)
Master of Ceremonies: Shin KINOSHITA (Secretary General of the Program
Committee, Ryukoku University)

KEYNOTE SPEECH 1ST DAY NOVEMBER 19TH 14:20-15:20(IDEMITSU SAZO MEMORIAL ROKKODAI AUDITORIUM)

Chair: Professor Takashi YANAGAWA (Setsunan University)
Theme: “Multidisciplinary Public Policy Analysis and Methodological
Individualism”
Guest Speaker: Professor Roger CONGLETON (West Virginia University)

PLENARY SESSION 1ST DAY NOVEMBER 19TH 15:30-17:00(IDEMITSU SAZO MEMORIAL ROKKODAI AUDITORIUM)
Chair: Professor Masahiko YOSHII (Kobe University)
Theme: “Recursive Expectations Approach in Policymaking”
Speaker: Professor Keiichiro KOBAYASHI (Keio University)
Discussant: Professor Tomomi MIYAZAKI (Kobe University)
Theme: “Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Conservation”
Speaker: Professor Masayuki SATO (Kobe University)
Discussant: Professor Takahiro TSUGE (Sophia University)

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REGULAR SESSION (ONSITE) 1ST DAY NOVEMBER 19TH

Session 1:

09:15-11:15

Public Economics and Public Choice

MB 102Chair: Taro OZAWA (Professor, Keio University, Japan)
Less Voting Cost, More Turnout of Students: Evidence from the National Election in Japan
Speaker: Kenta KATAYAMA (Hiroshima University, Japan) and Daisaku GOTO (Professor,
Hiroshima University, Japan)
Discussant: Akihiro KAWASE (Professor, Toyo University, Japan)
The impact of smart agricultural input subsidy program on productivity: Evidence from
Tanzania
Speaker: Rehema KARATA (Ph.D. Student, Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Katsuyoshi OKUI (Professor, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan)
Impact of incentive policies for energy-efficient products in developing countries: Evidence
from Chinese households based on a mixed logit model
Speaker: Jiaxing WANG (Lecturer, Sapporo Gakuin University, Japan)
Discussant: Shin KINOSHITA (Associate Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan)

Session 2:

Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅰ

MB 230Chair: PARK Seung-Joon (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
A U-shaped relationship hypothesis on corporate financial performance and social
responsibility investment
Speaker: Akira MAEDA, (Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan), Hiroshi ISHIJIMA(Professor, Chuo University, Japan), Riku NEGISHI (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Kazuki MIURA (Associate professor, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan)
A Note on ESG Multifactor Asset Pricing Models
Speaker: Hiroshi ISHIJIMA (Professor, Chuo University, Japan), Akira MAEDA (Professor, The
University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE (Professor, Osaka University, Japan)
The over 30 Years History of the Capital Market in China---The Regional Financing
Efficiency Analysis and Listed Corporation Case Studies in Electric Vehicle Industry
5Speaker: Jianmin FENG (Professor, Business School, Shenzhen University, China)
Discussant: Mei JI (Lecturer, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)

Session 3:

Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅲ

MB 232Chair: Kazuyuki ISHIDA (Professor, Kansai University, Japan)
Defined Contribution Pension Plan and Financial Education
Speaker: Hiroyuki ONO (Professor, Toyo University, Japan)
Discussant: Kazuyuki ISHIDA (Professor Kansai University, Japan)
Minus Economic Growth in Japan - Serial Correlation and Shock Factor in Dollar Conversion
StandardSpeaker: Hiroyoshi KASAHARA (Independent, Japan)
Discussant: Kenichi TAMEGAWA (Associate Professor, Yamagata University, Japan)
Can Economic Policy Uncertainty Explain Changes in the Yen/Dollar Risk Premium?
Speaker: Wenti DU (Assistant Professor, Akita International University, Japan), Eric PENTECOST(Professor, Loughborough University, UK)
Discussant: Atsuyuki KATO (Associate professor, Kanazawa University, Japan)

Session 4:

Growth, Development and Population Policy

MB 320Chair: Terukazu SURUGA (Emeritus professor, Kobe University, Japan)
Impact of non-farm employment on technology adoption in rice production: Evidence from
VietnamSpeaker: NGUYEN Thi Thuy Hang (Lecturer, University of Economics, Hue University, Vietnam),Tadashi SONODA (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Kei TOYOZAWA (Assistant Professor, Tezukayama University, Japan)
Economic Analysis on Socio-Economic Growth by the Impact of Official Development
Assistance Income Enhancement by Instrumental Variables: A Case Study of Rice Farming
Production in Laos and Official Development Assistance
Speaker: Soulivanh CHANSOMBUTH (Ph.D. Student, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Discussant: Tadashi SONODA (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
IMPACT OF WTO ACESSION ON AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH OF THE
VIETNAMESE MANUFACTURING SETOR: A COMPARISON OF STATE, PRIVATEAND FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS, 2000 – 20156

Speaker: Tadashi SONODA (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan), VU Thi Bich Lien (Associate
Professor, Nagoya University of Economics, Japan)
Discussant: Yuko ARAYAMA (Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)

Session 5:

Labor Economics and Policy

MB 324Chair: Kei MURATA (Associate professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)
Empirical Study about the effect of Parental and Child Longevity on Child Education under
COVID-19
Speaker: Koji YASUDA (Associated Professor, Aomori Public University, Japan), Tomoko
KINUGASA (Professor, Kobe University, Japan), Shigeyuki HAMORI (Professor, Kobe
University, Japan), Kazufumi YUGAMI (Professor, Kobe University, Japan), Kouhei
MASUMOTO (Associate professor, Kobe University, Japan)
Discussant: Kei MURATA (Associate professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)
Japan’s Dual Labor Market and its Macroeconomic Characteristics
Speaker: Hirokazu MIZOBATA (Associate professor, Kansai University, Japan)
Discussant: Sayaka SAKODA (Associate professor, Doshisha University, Japan)
An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Platform Work in Japan
Speaker: Kunbo LI (Ph.D. Student, University of Tokyo, Japan), Soichiro TAKAGI (Professor,
University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Tsukasa MATSUURA (Associate professor, Chuo University, Japan)

Session 6:

Resource and Environmental Policy

MB 332Chair: Shigeru MATSUMOTO (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
How Can Research and Development and Subsidies on Electric Vehicles Affect the Fossil
Energy Market?: The Derived Demand Approach
Speaker: Kohei TAKENAKA (Program-Specific Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan), Yuko
ARAYAMA (Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)
Discussant: Masayuki SATO (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)
A Future Projection of Residential Energy Consumption in Japan: Focused on the Effects ofan Aging Population
Speaker: Nozomu INOUE (Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security
Research, Japan), Shigeru MATSUMOTO (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan), andKozo MAYUMI (Professor, Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Japan)
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Discussant: Daiju NARITA (Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan)
A Comparative Analysis of Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean Attitudes toward Nuclear
Safety in East Asia: the Evidence from Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing residentsSpeaker: Soocheol LEE (Professor, Meijo University, Japan), Yanmin HE (Associate professor,
Otemon Gakuin University, Japan), Jong-min CHOI (Seoul National University, Korea), Hyelim
YOU (Lecture, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan), Ken'ichi MATSUMOTO(Associate professor, Toyo University, Japan), Tae-Yeoun LEE (Professor, Ryukoku University,
Japan), Kenji OTSUKA (Director, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economics,
Japan), Wakana TAKAHASHI (Associate professor, Utsunomia University, Japan), Jusen ASUKA(Professor, Tohoku University, Japan)
Discussant: Satoshi WATANABE (Associate professor, Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan)

REGULAR SESSION (ONSITE)

Session 7:

1ST DAY NOVEMBER 19TH

Public Finance and Fiscal Policy

11:25-13:25

MB 230Chair: Masao TSURI (Professor, Musashi University, Japan)
Fiscal Shocks in a Two Assets RBC Model: A Simulation of the Guinean Economy
Speaker: Cece Cherif DELAMOU (Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant, Nagoya University,
Japan)
Discussant: Kazuki HIRAGA (Associate professor, Nagoya City University, Japan)
A re-examination of Granger causality between increase in government spending and GDP
growthSpeaker: Seung-Joon PARK (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Discussant: Masao TSURI (Professor, Musashi University, Japan)

Session 8:

Monetary and Financial Policy Ⅱ

MB 232Chair: Kenichi TAMEGAWA (Associate Professor, Yamagata University, Japan)
The Japanese Regional Banks Operation in the Ultra-Low Interest Rate and Aging Population
Environment
Speaker: Suppaleuk SARPPHAITOON (Professor, Akita International University, Japan)
Discussant: Naoki OHGO (CEO, Rootf Inc., Japan)
Are regional bank consolidations allowed within a prefecture from the viewpoint of the profit
sustainability? --- Human factor models
Speaker: Naoki OHGO (CEO, Rootf Inc., Japan)
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Discussant: Suppaleuk SARPPHAITOON (Professor, Akita International University, Japan)

Session 9:

International Economic Policy

MB 320Chair: Hiroshi ISHIWATA (Assistant professor, Shukutoku University, Japan)
The Impact of Global and Major Trading Partners’ Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on
Macroeconomic Performances of Myanmar
Speaker: Mi Moe THUZAR (Ph.D. Student, Okayama University, Japan)
Discussant: Yusuke SHIBATA (Lecture, Meiji University, Japan)
Change in economic structure of Agriculture & Food sectors over last decade in Bangladesh &South Asian LIDCs: Evidence from new Structural Decomposition Analysis using input output
tablesSpeaker: Muhammad Tashfiq HUQ (Ph.D. Student, Hiroshima University, Japan), Masaru
ICHIHASHI (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Discussant: Tadashi SONODA (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)

Session 10:

Industrial Organization and Structural Policy

MB 324Chair: Reiko MURAKAMI (Associate professor, Kindai University, Japan)
The Impact of Special Economic Zones on Structural Change
Speaker: Christian S. OTCHIA (Associate Professor, Nagoya University, Japan), Bangkit A.
WIRYAWAN (Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Xingyuan ZHANG (Professor, Okayama University, Japan)
Labor Productivity in Vietnam’s Enterprises 2010-2018
Speaker: Souksavanh VIXATHEP (Associate Professor, University of Hyogo, Japan), Khoi Van
LUONG (Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam), Do Van LAM (Ministry of Planning andInvestment, Vietnam), and Viet Dung NGUYEN (Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam)
Discussant: Tomokazu NOMURA (Associate professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan)
A Research on China's New Energy Vehicle Industry policy: A Case Study under theframework of new structural economics
Speaker: Mei JI (Lecturer, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)
Discussant: Kana MOROGA (Lecturer, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Japan)

Session 11:

Welfare and Social Security Policy

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MB 332

Chair: Toshiaki KONO (Associate professor, Senshu University, Japan)
The effect of human heterogeneity on income inequality: how does social diversity affectinequality?
Speaker: Kei TOYOZAWA (Assistant Professor, Tezukayama University, Japan), Tomoko
KINUGASA (Professor, Kobe University, Japan), Yoichi MATSUBAYASHI (Professor, Kobe
University, Japan)
Discussant: Ryokichi CHIDA (Professor, Meiji University, Japan)
Using statistical analysis to explore the relationship among healthcare systems, healthcare
resources, and health outcomes in European countries
Speaker: Cholada KITTIPITTAYAKORN (Ph.D. Student, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Discussant: Koji YASUDA (Associated Professor, Aomori Public University, Japan)

REGULAR SESSION (ZOOM)

Session Z-1:

2ND DAY NOVEMBER 20TH

Public Finance and Welfare Policy

12:50-14:50

ZOOM A

Chair: Yirui XU (Professor, Senshu University, Japan)
Ageing Out” of Crime in the United States: A Counter-Argument
Speaker: Rajarshi MITRA (Associate Professor, Tokyo International University, Japan), Md.
Thasinul ABEDIN (Assistant Professor, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh), Kanon Kumar SEN(Lecturer, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
Discussant: Toshiaki HIROMITSU (Visiting Scholar, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance,
USA)
Influence of education territorial inequalities on inclusive and sustainable development in DCs_Case of Morocco_
Speaker: Aomar IBOURK (PhD student, Cadi Ayyad University, Morroco), Soukaina Raoui(Professor, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco)
Discussant: Kenichi KASHIWAGI (Professor, Tsukuba University, Japan)
Implementing luck egalitarianism in social safety nets: Selecting social contracts underresource constraints and resolving practical challenges
Speaker: Toshiaki HIROMITSU (Visiting Scholar, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance,
USA)
Discussant: Hirokuni IIJIMA (Professor, Chuo University)
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Session Z-2:

Law and Economics

ZOOM B

Chair: Takashi YANAGAWA (Professor, Setsunan University, Japan)
Polish Investment Zone as an effective measure of a state interventionism
Speaker: Jarosław OSMOLAK (Project Manager at Kamienna Góra SEZ, Wrocław University of
Economics and Business, Poland)
Discussant: Masaru ICHIHASHI (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Who changed dietary behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Speaker: Shigeru MATSUMOTO (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan), Tsunehiro
OTSUKI (Professor, Osaka University, Japan)
Discussant: Daisaku GOTO (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)

Session Z-3:

Growth, Development and Population Policy

ZOOM C

Chair: Tomoko KINUGASA (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)
A New Macroeconomic Measure of Human Capital Exploiting PISA and PIAAC: Linking
Education Policies to Productivity
Speaker: Balázs ÉGERT (Senior economist, OECD Economics Department, France), Christine dela MAISONNEUVE (OECD Economics Department, France), David TURNER (OECDEconomics Department, France)
Discussant: Toshimitsu SUZUKI (Chuo University, Japan)
Exogenous Wage Decline, Endogenous Fertility, and Human Capital Accumulation Childcare and Public Education Policies for Simultaneous Achievement of Economic Growthand Fiscal SoundnessSpeaker: Kei MURATA (Associate Professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)
Discussant: Masami SAITO (Lecturer, Meiji University, Japan)

Session Z-4:

Labor Economics and Policy

ZOOM D

Chair: Yukio MIYATA (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Explaining International Students’ Willingness to Stay in Japan Upon Their Graduation: The
Role of Skills Proficiency
Speaker: Chung-Khain WYE (Senior Lecturer, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Elya
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Nabila Abdul BAHRI (Senior Lecturer, University Malaya, Malaysia)
Discussant: Maria Reinaruth D. CARLOS (Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan)
The Equilibrium Wage Between Employers and Employees and Minimum Wage Adjustment
Measure in Amidst of Covid-19 In Malaysia
Speaker: Elya Nabila Abdul BAHRI (Senior Lecturer, University Malaya, Malaysia), Chung-Khain
WYE (Senior Lecturer, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Discussant: Martina BAUMANN (Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories,
Germany)
The Impact of Minimum Wages on Secondary and Marginal Jobs
Speaker: Martina BAUMANN (Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Germany),
Matthias UMKEHRER (Institute for Employment Research, Germany), Phillip von BERGE(Institute for Employment Research, Germany)
Discussant: Gong HAOJUN (Lecturer, Kobe International University)

REGULAR SESSION (ZOOM)

Session Z-5:

2ND DAY NOVEMBER 20TH

Monetary and Financial Policy

15:00-17:00

ZOOM A

Chair: Toru NAGAHARA (Associate professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Stimulating Investment or Creating Asset Bubbles: Lessons from Bank of Japan’s Corporate
ETFs Purchases
Speaker: Lior COHEN (Ph.D. Student, IBIE, Spain)
Discussant: Hiroshi ISHIJIMA (Professor, Chuo University, Japan)
A Literature Review on the Design and Implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Speaker: Huseyin Oguz GENC (Ph.D. Student, University of Tokyo, Japan), Soichiro TAKAGI(Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Hirokazu MIZOBATA (Associate professor, Kansai University, Japan)
Food Inflation and Monetary Policy
Speaker: P.D.C.S. DHARMADASA (Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Discussant: Masami IMAI (Professor, Wesleyan University, USA)

Session Z-6:

International Economic Policy

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ZOOM CChair: Yasuhiro DOI (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
Revolution of digital technology and its impacts on international production networks in East
Asia
Speaker: Kuson LEAWSAKUL (Student, The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Discussant: Tasuku FUJITA (Associate Professor, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan)
Industrial Policy and Development in Myanmar: A Review on Trade and Investment
Speaker: Sai Seng SAI (Japan Foundation Fellow & Visiting Research Fellow, University of
Hyogo, Japan), Souksavanh VIXATHEP (Associate professor, University of Hyogo, Japan)
Discussant: Keiichiro SUENAGA (Professor, Meiji University, Japan)

Session Z-7:

ZOOM D

Resource and Environmental Policy

Chair: Masahiro YABUTA (Professor, Chuo University, Japan)
Detecting air pollution clusters in Japan: A spatial analysis approach
Speaker: Alvaro DOMINGUEZ (Researcher, Asia Growth Research Institute, Japan)
Discussant: Takafumi KATO (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
Trade- Environment Nexus: An Empirical Study in Context of Indian Food Products
Speaker: Kakali MAJUMDAR (Associate Professor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India),
Alisha MAHAJAN
Discussant: Yuko ARAYAMA (Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)

VIDEO SESSION 2ND DAY NOVEMBER 20TH

09:00-12:50

Chair: Yuya HASEGAWA (Associate professor, Kanto Gakuen University, Japan)
Employment quality and workers’ health: Evidence from an internet survey in Japan
Speaker: Mayu FUJII (Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan)
Discussant: Yusuke TAKAHASHI (Associate Professor, Ehime University, Japan)
The Effects of Student Loans on Career Decisions of Men
Speaker: Risa HAGIWARA (Associate professor, Meikai University, Japan)
Discussant: Ryosuke NAKAMURA (Associate professor, Kanto Gakuin University, Japan)
The impact of nudge-based interventions on the behavioral changes in applying for the Long13

Term Care Worker Basic Training
Speaker: Chenyue HUANG (Professor, Keio University, Japan), Ichiro INNAMI (Professor, Keio
University, Japan)
Discussant: Yoshinori WADA (Professor, Doshisha University, Japan)
Stadium and arena reform projects and political process - A signaling theory approachSpeaker: Shiro HAGIHARA (Associate Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan)
Discussant: Tetsuro OKAZAKI (Professor, Takushoku University, Japan)
Political Instability and Merchandise Trade in Africa
Speaker: Gadong Toma DALYOP (Lecturer, University of Jos, Nigeria)
Discussant: Yukihiro IIDA (Professor, Nishogakusha University, Japan)
Globalization, development, regional interconnectedness and sanctions: Case of theCommonwealth of Independent States
Speaker: Mirzosaid SULTONOV (Professor, Toyo University, Japan)
Discussant: Eksan MIYAZAKI (Lecturer, Meiji University, Japan)
On the likelihood of a global electric vehicle tipping point
Speaker: Aileen LAM (Assistant Professor, University of Macau, China), Jean-Francois
MERCURE (University of Exeter, UK)
Discussant: Jiaxing WANG (Lecturer, Sapporo Gakuin University, Japan)
Zombie Lending, Labor Hoarding, and Local Industry Growth
Speaker: Masami IMAI (Professor, Wesleyan University, USA), Kin Wai CHEUNG (University ofCalifornia, USA)
Discussant: Takashi YATAGAI (Professor, Miyazaki University, Japan)
Environmental and economic impact analysis of online car-hailing in China using an extended
Input-Output Table
Speaker: Xinran SONG (Master's Student, University of Tokyo, Japan), Daiju NARITA (Professor,
University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Shinichi HANADA (Associate professor, Hirosaki University, Japan)

14Organization of the 21st International Conference
The JEPA
President: Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE
The International Committee of the JEPA
Chair: Takashi YANAGAWA
Vice Chair: Toshiyasu IZAWA, Akira MAEDA, Shumpei YAOITA
Secretary General: Tatsuma WADA
The Program Committee of the JEPA2022 International Conference
Chair: Shumpei YAOITA
Vice Chair: Yuya HASEGAWA
Vice Chair: Tetsuhiko IZUMISecretary General: Shin KINOSHITA
Vice Secretary General: Hiroshi ISHIWATA
Members:
Yoji TANIGUCHI, Toru MURAKAMI, Hitoshi KUGENUMA, Mototsugu FUKUSHIGE, Hiroshi
ISHIWATA, Kanae MUSHA, Yirui XU, Yurie SAITO, Toru YARITA, Masaaki KITAGAWA,
Yuki YOSHIDA, Ryokichi CHIDA, Yuko ARAYAMA, Hajime MOTEGI, Masami SAITO,
Yoshihiko AKASHI, Tomomichi MIZUNO, Yuya HASEGAWA, Shin KINOSHITA, Kazufumi
YUGAMI, Haruhiko SATO, Kouji YASUDA, Katsumi OKUI, Taro OZAWA, Shumpei YAOITA,
Mazuru NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro YAGUCHI, Toshiaki KOUNO, Satoshi WATANABE, Akiko
SAKANISHI, Arianne Dela Rosa DUMAYAS, Masahiro YABUTA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO,
Akira MAEDA, Daiju NARITA, Yukihiro IIDA, Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Toshiyasu IZAWA,
Yasuhiro DOI, Takashi YANAGAWA, Daisaku GOTO, Tetsuhiko IZUMI, Tomoko KINUGASA,
Tomomi MIYAZAKI
The Managing Committee of the JEPA2022 International Conference
Chair: Tomoko KINUGASA
Vice Chair: Kazufumi YUGAMIVISA Officer: Yuya HASEGAWA
Members:
Tomohiro KITAMURA, Tomomi MIYAZAKI, Tomomichi MIZUNO, Takayuki NAGO, Masayuki
SATO, Sumie SATO, Jun SUZUKI, Terukazu SURUGA, Takashi YANAGAWA, Masahiko
YOSHII

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Co-Sponsorship
Graduate School of Economics Kobe University
Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation
Nomura Foundation
Tsutomu Nakauchi Foundation

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Call for Papers
International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (IJEPS)
Those who have presented their papers at the JEPA international conferences are cordially invited to submit
their manuscripts to publish in the International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (IJEPS). The IJEPS is
an official refereed-journal of the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA). Starting from January 2019, it
is scheduled to be published twice a year with Springer Nature. See the publisher’s webpage:
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paper must have been accepted and presented at one of the JEPA Conferences. It also needs to be revised inaccordance with comments and advises offered by the conference attendees including discussants andchairpersons before submitting to the journal.
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The revised full paper must be submitted by one of the following deadlines so that it can easily fit into thecycle of the journal issues.
Deadline 1: The end of December
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Handling for reviews is on a first-come and first-served basis, and once decision of publication is made, thepaper is put on online-first publication before the printed version becomes available. Thus, earlier submission
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