CALL FOR PAPERS
The 18th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
The Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you to participate in its 2019 International Conference. Theconference welcomes academics, as well as corporate or government economists. Participants may present papers,
discuss papers, chair sessions, participate in plenary sessions, or simply observe. The conference will have theme-related
plenary sessions and other regular ones. Theme-related papers will be welcomed. The presenters at the conference willbe given a privilege of submitting their manuscripts for publication in the International Journal of Economic Policy Studies(IJEPS), an official refereed-journal of the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA).
The Main Theme: “ Global Economy after 2020: Emerging Economies, Growth and Population ”
Date: November 16 (Sat.)~17 (Sun.), 2019.
Place: Tama Campus, Chuo University, 742-1, Higashi-nakano, Hachioji-city, Tokyo, Japan
Host University: Chuo University, Japan(1) Abstract Submission
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract of your paper for consideration. An Application Form and an abstract
based on the abstract template should be submitted by E-mail to the jepa mail address stated below, in the form of
MS-Word file by May July 31, 2019. The abstract template is available on our website:
http://www.jepa.jp/jepa2019/jepa2019index.html
Abstracts and papers must neither have been published, accepted, nor have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
(2) Required Contents
The abstract based on the abstract template should be written in one page and is required to contain the following:
1. Title of the paper
2. Name(s) of author(s) (the surname in CAPITALS)
3. Affiliation(s) and post(s), postal address(es), telephone/fax numbers and E-mail address(es)4. Abstract (of 450~500 words, three key words, single spaced)
5. Category Number (s) listed below and JEL classification code
(3) Subject Categories
1. Theory of Economic Policy
2. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
3. Monetary and Financial Policy
4. Growth, Development and Population Policy
5. Industrial Organization and Structural Policy
6. Labor Economics and Policy
7. Public Economics and Public Choice

8. Welfare and Social Security Policy
9. Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy
10. Resource and Environmental Policy
11. International Economic Policy
12. Law and Economics
13. Comparative System Analysis
14. Others(4) Full Paper Submission
An Application Form and a MS-Word file of your full paper should be submitted by E-mail to the jepa2019 addressstated in (6) by July August 31, 2019. Your paper based on the full paper template should be written in English, in theformat of 80 letters by 40 lines per page, and be accompanied by the abstract. The length is expected to be around 20pages, including all formulae, references, tables and figures. The full paper template is available on the above website.
(5) Process of Selection
The Program Committee will examine the submitted papers, decide if they are worth for presentation or not, and will
notify the results to the presenter.
A presenter whose paper is accepted will be expected to play the role of a discussant and/or a session chair.
(6) The Program Committee
Chair: Mitsuhiko SATAKE Vice Chair: Kazuhiko NAKAHIRA, Shumpei YAOITA
Secretary General: Yukihiro IIDA Vice Secretary General: Youya HASEGAWA
E-mail: jepa2019#jepa-hq.com (# should be replaced by @)(7) The Managing Committee
Chair: Yohji TANIGUCHI Vice Chair: Hirokuni IIJIMA