CALL FOR PAPERS
The 14 th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
The Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you to participate in its 2015 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 Main Theme: “Future of Young Generations and Welfare of Aging Society:
Roles of Public Sector and Private Institutions ”
Date: November 7(Sat.) -8(Sun.), 2015.
Place: Toyo University, 5-28-20, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 112-8606(1) Abstract Submission
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract of your paper for consideration. An abstract based on the abstract
template should be submitted by E-mail to the jepa2015 mail address stated below, in the form of MS-Word file by May
31, 2015. We decided to extend the deadline for submission of an abstract until July 31.2015 August 23.2015.
The abstract template is available on our website: http://www.soc.shukutoku.ac.jp/shumpei/jepaic2015index.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 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
6. Willing to be a chair and/or discussant(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
A MS-Word file of your full paper should be submitted by E-mail to the jepa2014 address stated in (6) by July 31,
2015. We decided to extend the deadline for submission of an abstract until August 31, 2015 September 20, 2015. Yourpaper based on the full paper template should be written in English, in the format of 80 letters by 40 lines per page, and beaccompanied by the abstract. 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: Takao IIDA
Vice Chair: Naotsugu HAYASHI
Secretary General: Shumpei YAOITA
E-mail: jepaic2015#gmail.com (# should be replaced by @)(7) The Managing Committee
Chair: Yasuyoshi MASUDA

Vice Chair: Kazuyasu KAWASAKI