2 n d version, October 21, 2015

The 14 th International Conferenceofthe Japan Economic Policy Association

Future of Young Generationsand Welfare of Aging Society:
Roles of Public Sector and Private Institutions

Time Schedule and Program

November 7 & 8, 2015

Toyo University
Tokyo, JAPAN1

Time Schedule
1st day

Nov.7

9:00~10:00

Registration

10:00~10:30

10:30~12:30

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12:30~13:30

Lunch

13:30~15:30Plenary Session 1 Room 1102

15:30~15:50

Break

15:50~17:50

Plenary Session 2 Room 1102

17:50~18:00

Break

18:00~20:00

Welcome Banquet Room 8303

20:00~21:00

Program Committee

2nd day

Nov.8

9:00~9:30

9:30~11:30

Registration
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11:30~13:00

13:00~15:00

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Regular Session (Report 20min.+Discussion 10min.+Reply
5min.+FloorQ&A 5min.=40min.)2Session Program
SPECIAL SESSION 1 1 ST DAY NOVEMBER 7 TH

10:30-12:30

Room 1102
Theme: The competitive advantage of Japan ese Sake and Wine Economy
Chair:

Daivid FLATH, Professor, Ritsumeikan University, JAPAN

Preference of SAKE Market -The Case of Hong Kong Speaker:

Natsuki WATANABE, Ph.D. Student, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Discussant: Yasuo NAKANISHI, Senshu University, JAPANEconomic Analysis of the Accumulation of the Japanese Wine in Hokkaido
Speaker: Kanae MUSHA, Associate Professor, Sapporo University, JAPAN
Discussant: Akira KATO, Hokkaido University of Educati on, JAPANREGULAR SESSION A 1 ST DAY NOVEMBER 7 TH

Session 1:Chair:

10:30-12:30

Theory of Economic Policy
Room 1101
Yasumi MATSUMOTO, Professor, Waseda University, JAPANFertility and Education Investment Incentive in Pay-As-You-Go Pension
Speaker: Masaya YASUOKA, Associate Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University,JAPANDiscussant: Yasuyuki KUSUDA, Nihon Fukushi University, JAPAN
Optimal Stopping Game with Investment Spillover EffectSpeaker: Akira MAEDA, Professor, The University of Tokyo , JAPAN
Discussant: Kentaro TACHI, Komazawa University, JAPANThe Impact of Energy Prices on Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency:
Evidence from TAIWAN
Speaker: Ku-Hsieh (Michael) C HEN, Professor, Department of Applied Economics,Fo-Guang University, TAIWAN
Discussant: Kenta TANAKA, Musashi University, JAPANSession 2: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
Room 1305
Chair:
Kazuyuki ISHIDA, Associate Professor, Tokushima University, JAPAN3

Interactions between Public and Private Investment: Evidence from Japanese
Prefectures
Speaker: Tomomi MIYAZAKI, Associate Professor, Graduate School ofEconomics, Kobe University, JAPAN
Discussant: Haruo KONDO, Seinan Gakuin University, JAPANTourism, Consumption Externalities and Optimal Taxation in an Open DynamicEconomy
Speaker: Lee-jung LU, Department of Leisure Management, Tungnan University,TAIWAN
Discussant: Masao TSURI, Okayama University, JAPANSession 3A : Monetary and Financial Policy
Room 1402
Chair:Naotsugu HAYASI, Professor, Hosei University, JAPAN
Dynamic Linkage between Stock Markets of Russia and Kazakhstan: Effects ofRuble Devaluation and Energy Price Fall
Speaker: Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Associate Professor, Tohoku University ofCommunity Service and Science, Tohoku Koeki University, JAPAN
Discussant: Shin KINOSHITA, Ryukoku University, JAPAN
Revisiting the Myth of Natural Disasters and Development: An Economic
Evaluation towards Policy Orientation
Speaker: SriGowri SANKER Sarma, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Course
Coordinator-Graduate Certificates , Department of Graduate and Degree
Programs, Faculty of Business, Design and IT Holmesglen Institute,AUSTRALIA
Discussant: Shunichi, MAEKAWA, Meikai University, JAPANSession4A: Growth, Development ＆ Population Policy
Chair:
Takao KOMINE, Professor, Hosei University, JAPAN

Room 1403

Economic Policy-Makers have Failed Young Generations by Not Developing theNew Industry of Space Travel
Speaker: Patrick COLLINS, Professor, Azabu University, JAPAN
Discussant: Yukio MIYATA, Kwansei Gakuin University, JAPANThe Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in Bangladesh:A Case Study ofJessore District Using Average Treatment Effects from Propensity Score
Matching4

Speaker: Daisaku GOTO, Associate Professor, Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima
University, JAPANKatsuhiro ANDO*, Administration Department, International Division,Dai Nippon Construction, JAPANDiscussant: Masumi KISHI, Chuo University, JAPANThe Form of Women Employment, Public Pension Policy and Economic GrowthSpeaker: Kei MURATA, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka
University, JAPANXinqing LIN*, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Shizuoka University, JAPANDiscussant: Mizuki NAKAMA, Yamaguchi University, JAPANSession 5 : Industrial Organization & Structural Policy
Chair:Takashi YANAGAWA, Kobe University, JAPAN

Room 1405

R&D on improving yield rate and upstream pricing
Speaker: Ying-Da WANG, Ph.D. Student, National Central University, TAIWAN
Jiunn-Rong CHIOU, Professor, National Central University, TAIWAN
Discussant: Hideyuki TANAKA, The Universtity of Tokyo, JAPAN
Where Does Broken Profitability Go? : Reconsidering Profitability inTelecommunications
Speaker: Kazuma KOBAYASHI, Lecturer, Chuo Gakuin University, JAPANDiscussant: Norihiro KASUGA, Konan University, JAPANDouble matching and Employment Contract
Speaker: Hideaki SANADA*, Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Economics ,Kyushu University, JAPANIsao MIURA, Professor, Faculty of Economics ,Kyushu University, JAPAN
Discussant:Negotiating

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PLENARY SESSION 1

1 ST DAYNOVEMBER 7 TH

13:30-15:30

Room 1102

Theme: Welfare of Aging Society
Chair: Yuko ARAYAMA, Professor, Nagoya University, JAPANAim for the community-based integrated care system in super aged
society
Speaker: Takanori FUJITA, Kimiko NISHIMURA, Kenji MIZUTANI,Satoshi IWAO (Nagoya University)

The need for integrated social services at community level - goodpractice examples from an ageing Europe
Speaker: Gudrun BIFFLE (Donau-Universität Krems) (via skype),GERMANY
Panel Discussion: "Aging in Economy and Aging in Economics"
Discussant: Yuko ARAYAMA, Kenji MIZUTANI, Gudrun BIFFLE (via skype)6

PLENARY SESSION 2

1 S T DAYNOVEMBER 7 TH

15:50-17:50

Room 1102
Theme: "Economic Policy for Young Generation "Chair:
Yasuharu UKAI, Professor Emeritus, Kansai University, JAPANEconomic Policy for Young Generation: Lessons from Korea
Speaker: LEE Joung-woo, Professor Emeritus, Kyungpook National University,KOREA
Discussant: Akira YOKOYAMA, Chuo University, JAPAN
Future of Young Generations and the Role of the Government: A Case Study
from Population Ageing in Thailand
Speaker: Worawet SUWANRADA, Dean, Associate Professor,
College of Population Studies, Chulalongkon University, THAILAND
Discussant: Xingyuan ZHANG, Okayama University, JAPANWELCOME BANQUET

1 ST DAYNOVEMBER 7 TH

18:00-20:00
Room 8303

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REGULAR SESSION B

2 ND DAYNOVEMBER 8 TH

Session 3B: Monetary and Financial Policy
Chair:
Masumi KISH I, Chuo University, JAPAN

9:30-11:30

Room 1702

A Note on the Determinants of Real Estate Prices
Speaker: Hiroshi ISHIJIMA, Professor, Chuo University, JAPANAkira MAEDA, Professor, The University of Tokyo , JAPAN
Discussant: Tesshu KOSHIBA, Tohoku Gakuin University, JAPAN
Revisiting Social Economy Organizations: Financial Sustainability andTheoretical Issues in Asia Context
Speaker: CheolSoo PARK, Professor, School of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen
University, JAPAN
Discussant: Keichi KITAJIMA, Rikkyo University, JAPANSession 4B :Chair:

Growth, Development ＆ Population Policy

Room 1703

Satoshi OHIRA, Associate Professor, Keio University, JAPAN

Saving, Income, Fertility and Longevity Linkages in THAILAND
Speaker: Supachet CHANSARN, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Bangkok
University, THAILAND
Discussant: Mitsuhiko S ATAKE, Doshisha University, JAPANAn Unconditional Quantile Regression Decompo sition of Rural-Urban Income
Inequality of Bangladesh: 2000 -2010
Speaker: Md. AZAD Uddin, Masters Student, IDEC, Hiroshima University, JAPANMasaru ICHIHASHI, Professor, IDEC, Hiroshima University , JAPANKeisuke KAWATA, Associate Professor, IDEC, Hiroshima University ,JAPANDiscussant: Tsuyoshi SHINOZAKI, Tohoku Gakuin University, JAPANEducation Choice, Endogenous Fertility and Human Capital Accumulation
Speaker: Kei MURATA, Associate Professor, Institution: Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences, Shizuoka University JAPAN
Discussant: Negotiating

8Session 6 :Labor Economics & PolicyRoom 1704

Chair:Terukazu SURUGA, Professor, Kobe University, JAPANThe effect of childcare cost on female labour supply and the use of childcare
serviceSpeaker: Risa HAGIWARA, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Meikai University,
JAPANDiscussant: Kayo NOZAKI, Kochi University, JAPAN
Unemployment, trade union and social security system
Speaker: Leran WANG, Ph.D Student, Graduate School of Economics, Keio
University, JAPANDiscussant: Toshio KOSAKI, Tokai University, JAPANSession 7 : Public Economics & Public Choice
Room 1705
Chair:
Junichi NAGAMINE, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, JAPANConsumption Tax and Public Transfers in an Overlapping Generations Model
Speaker: Mizuki NAKAMA, Professor, The Graduate School of East Asian Studies,
Yamaguchi University, JAPAN
Discussant: Tomomi MIYAZAKI, Kobe University, JAPANA Study on Economic Aspects of Japanese Defense Expenditure
Speaker: Shio ANDO, Assistant Professor, Meiji University, JAPAN
Discussant: Jun ANDO, Niigata University of International and Information Studies ,JAPAN
Environment, Growth and the Optimal Composition of Government Spending
Speaker: Wei-Neng WANG, Professor, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica ,TAIWAN
Jhy-Hwa CHEN, Department of Economics, Tamkang University, TAIWAN
Jhy-Yuan SHIEH, Department of Economics, Soochow University,TAIWAN
Discussant: Tetsuro OKAZAKI, Takushoku University, JAPANSession 9 : Regional, Urban & Transportation Policy
Room 1709
Chair:
Kunio KAMIYAMA, Professor, Josai University, JAPANCan DSGE MODEL Trace Back Impacts of East JAPAN Big Earthquake on
Coastal Area in IWATE Prefecture?
9Speaker: Yoji KUNIMITSU, Chief researcher, National Agriculture and foodResearch Organization, JAPANDiscussant:Ryokichi CHIDA, Meiji University, JAPANAn empirical investigation of tourism demand and seasonality in Japaneseremote islands: Panel data analysis
Speaker: Kazuhiko NAKAHIRA*, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business
Administration and Information, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa ,JAPANMasahiro YABUTA, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chuo University,JAPANTakashi OZAWA, Chief Researcher, Centre for Research an d Promotion ofJapanese Islands, JAPANDiscussant:Toru NAGAHARA, Shibaura Institute of Technology, JAPAN10SPECIAL SESSION 2 2 N D DAY

NOVEMBER 8 TH

13:00-15:00
Room 1702

The competitive advantage of Japanese Economy: Toward post 2020 (tentative)
Chair: Kazuyuki ISHIDA, Associate Professor, The University of Ryukyu , JAPANSpeaker: Akira KAWAMOTO, Professor, Keio University, JAPANSpeaker: Shumpei YAOITA, Associate Professor, Shukutoku University, JAPANMiho NOSAKA, Assistant Professor, Chuo University, JAPANSpeaker: Atsushi SUGINAKA, Director, Intellectual Property Division, Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, JAPANREGULAR SESSION C

Session 8 :Chair:

2 ND DAYNOVEMBER 8 TH

13:00-15:00

Welfare & Social Security Policy
Room 1703
Mazuru NAKAMURA, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University

Entrepreneurship, Human and Social Capital in Vietnam - A Survey ofManufacturing SMEs in Hanoi City Speaker: Souksavanh VIXATHEP, Assistant Professor, Graduate School ofEconomics, Kyoto University, JAPANDiscussant: Yuta NAITO, Otemon Gakuin University, JAPANThe Impact of Village Banking on Household Welfare: A Case Study ofVillabouly District, Savanhnakhet Province, Lao PDR
Speaker: Phonethip PHIMMASONE *, Master Course Student/JDS Fellow,
Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation,
Hiroshima University, JAPAN, The Bank of Lao PDR
Daisaku GOTO, Associate Professor, Cooperation (IDEC),
Hiroshima University, JAPANDiscussant: Risa HAGIWARA, Meikai University, JAPAN
Challenges of Strengthening Public Health System in Maharashtra State ofINDIA for Welfare of Society
Speaker: Wei-Neng WANG, Professor, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica ,11INDIAPrakash KAMBLE, Professor, Department of Economics Shivaji Universit y,Kolhapur, INDIA
Discussant: Tetsuhiko IZUMI, Kaetsu University, JAPANSession 10: Resource & Environmental Policy
Chair:
Soocheol LEE, Meijo University, JAPAN

Room 1704

Greening policy of production and recycling in Taiwan
Speaker: Kazuka NAMBU, Associate Professor, Fukushima University, JAPANRie MURAKAMI-SUZUKI, Lecturer, Meiji Gakuin University, JAPAN
Discussant: So SASAKI, Chuo University, JAPANAnalysis of the Trade-Offs between First-Generation Biofuels and Food
Production for JAPAN Using CGE Modelling
Speaker: Héctor, Fernando, VILLTATOROFLORES, Ph.D. Student,
Management of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering,Tohoku University, JAPANTakaaki, FURUBAYASHI, Ph.D., Management of Science and Technology,Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, JAPANToshihiko, NAKATA, Professor, Management of Science and Technology,Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, JAPAN
Discussant: Shin-ichi, HANADA, Kanazawa Seiryo University , JAPAN
Challenges of Natural Resources Management in INDIA: Is It Institutional
Failure?
Speaker: Kailas C. THAWARE, Associate Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics &Economics, Deemed University, INDIA
Discussant: Satoshi HONMA, Tokai University, JAPANSession 11 : International Economic Policy
Chair:
Junichi GOTO, Professor, Keio University, JAPANRoom 1705

Do Borders Really Slash Trade? A Meta-Analysis
Speaker: Tomas HAVRANEK*, Senior Economist, Czech National Bank, CZECH
Zuzana IRSOVA, Lecturer, Charles University, Prague , CZECH
Discussant: Yukihiro IIDA, Nishogakusha University, JAPANInvestigating First-Stage Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Macro and Sectoral
Evidence from 12 Euro Area Countries12Speaker: Nidhaleddine Ben CHEIKH, Assistant Professor of Economics , ESSCA
School of Management, Angers , FRANCECHRISTOPHE RAULT, Full Professor of Economics, Laboratoired'Economie d'Orléans, CESifo, IZA and William Davidson Ins titute,
FRANCE
Discussant: Hiroshi ISHIJIMA, Chuo University, JAPANThe Economic Benefits From Asian Trade to the Australian Economy
Speaker: Ananda KULATUNGA, Researcher, Department of Social Services, CharlesDarwin University, AUSTRALIA
Discussant: Tomas HAVRANEK, Senior Economist, Czech National Bank, CZECH
Session 12: Law & Economics
Room 1709
Chair:
Kunio SAKAI, Professor, Aichi Gakuin University, JAPANAn Empirical Analysis on Counterfeit Foods in Southeast Asian Countries
Speaker: Koji DOMON*, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University,
JAPAN
Giovanni B. RAMELLO, Associate professor, Università del PiemonteOrientale, ITALY
Alessandro MELCARNE, Postdoctoral fellow, IEL, University of Torino,
CANADA
Discussant: Masaru ICHIHASHI, Hiroshima University, JAPAN
Piracy in Asian Countries
Speaker: Koji DOMON, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University,
JAPAN
Giovanni B. RAMELLO*, Associate professor, Università del PiemonteOrientale, ITALY
Alessandro MELCARNE, Postdoctoral fellow, IEL, University of Torino,CANADA
Discussant: Daisaku GOTO, Hiroshima University, JAPAN13

The Program Committee of the JEPA2015 International Conference
Chair: Takao IIDA
Vice Chair: Naotsugu HAYASHI
Secretary General: Shumpei YAOITA
Mazuru NAKAMURA, Yuko ARAYAMA , Yasumi MATSUMOTO, Akira MAEDA,Charles PARK, Ryokichi CHIDA, Hiroyuki KAWANOBE, Satoshi OHIRA, Kunio
SAKAI, Yosuhiko AKASHI, Tetsuro OKAZAKI, Kunio KAMIYAMA, Yujiro OIWA,Yasuharu UKAI, Kazuhiko NAKAHIRA, Fumio YOSHINO, Akio TORII, Kanae
MUSHA, Katsuyoshi NAKAZAWA, Noriyuki DOI, Akiko SAKANISHI, TomohisaMIYASHITA, Masahiro YABUTA, Junichi GOTO. Daisaku GOTO, Kazuyuki
ISHIDA,

Secretary: Miho NOSAKA

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