The 8th International Conference on Economic Structures (ICES2024)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Day 1 – Saturday, March 16, 2024
Venue A
B101

Venue B
B502

Venue C
B503

Venue D
B504

Venue E
B505

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I-O Analysis of the
Korean Economy (4)Environment,
Resource & Energy 1(4)

Regional I-O

Opening

9:30 – 10:00

Opening Session
Presidential Address–

Session 1

10:00 – 12:00

Special Session 1 (3)Int‘l Economy &Int‘l Development 1 (4)–12:00 – 13:00

Session 2

13:00 – 14:30–

14:30 – 15:00

Session 3

15:00 – 16:30–

16:30 – 17:00

Keynote17:00 – 18:00–

18:30 – 20:30

Lunch
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Int‘l Economy &Int‘l Development 2 (3)Digital Economy &Korean I–O Table (3)Environment,
Resource & Energy 2(3)

Productivity &Growth 1 (3)Environment,
Resource & Energy3(3)Productivity &Growth 2 (3)––Coffee Break: B501–

Special Session 2 (3)Macroeconomic
Modelling & CGE (3)Coffee Break: B501

Keynote Speech–* The number in parentheses indicates the number of presentations.

–Social Gathering: Building No.7

Day 2 – Sunday, March 17, 2024

Session 4

10:00 – 12:00–

12:00 – 13:00

Session 5

13:00 – 15:00

Venue A
B101

Venue B
B502

Venue C
B503

Venue D
B504

Venue E
B505–

Int‘l Economy &Int‘l Development 3 (4)I-O Theory &Techniques (4)Environment,
Resource & Energy 4(3)

Regional I-O
Analysis 2 (4)Environment,
Resource & Energy 5(3)

Finance & Monetary
Policy (3)

Lunch
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Special Session 3 (3)* The number in parentheses indicates the number of presentations.

Disaster & COVID-19(4)

PRACTICAL INFORMATIONCOFERENCE REGISTRATION
Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, and will remain open each day until the end of theconference on the 1st floor of Building B.
SESSION FORMAT AND PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
The parallel sessions will take place in the rooms on the 5th floor. Each parallel session will include 2 to 4
papers. Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present their work, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A fromthe audience. Abstracts and full papers will be available to all participants on the conference website:
https://www.gakkai.ne.jp/papaios/en/conference.html
The session rooms will be equipped with projectors that can be connected via an HDMI port. Please notethat you are responsible for bringing your own laptop and connecting it to the projector using an HDMI
cable. For Mac users, we will prepare HDMI to Type C cable adapters. Please carefully check the dateand location of your presentation or chairing session.
WIFI
You can connect to the eduroam (education roaming) network while visiting Kindai University. Free Wi-Fi
is also available for visitors in the Building B. How to connect to Wi-Fi is shown on a paper handed out at
the event.
COWORKING SPACE
A dedicated quiet working space is available during the conference in Room B201 on the 2nd floor.
LUNCH AND DINNER
Please pick up your lunch on the 5th floor during the conference. Dinner will be served on March 16th at
the social gathering in Building No.7. Staff will escort participants to the venue after the keynote session.

Day 1 – Saturday, March 16, 2024
Opening Session
Sat, March 16, 9:30 – 10:00 Venue A (B101)
The present situation of Leontief library
Mikio Suga, President of Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies, Hosei University

Session 1. Special Session: Evaluation of China’s environmental policies towards Carbon
Neutrality
Sat, March 16, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue A (B101)
ORGANIZER: Kiyoshi Fujikawa, Aichi Gakuin University
1. Plastic recycling policy in China and the waste plastic trade
Tadashi Hayashi, University of Shiga Prefecture
2. Recycling resources from end-of-life vehicles
Yang Li, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Kiyoshi Fujikawa, Aichi Gakuin University
3. Optimal location for large-scale wind farms in China
Jiayang Wang, Aichi Gakuin University
Session 1. International Economy and International Development
Sat, March 16, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue B (B502)
CHAIR: Kwangmoon Kim, Kochi University of Technology
1. Exploring the role of informal sector in the poverty issues through estimating an input-output tableconsidering the informal sector
Haruka Mitoma, Kyushu University
Norihiko Yamano, OECD
Ricardo Chiapin Pechansky, OECD
2. Do Non-Monetary Forms of Remittances Matter for Entrepreneurship Development? Evidence from
Filipino Migrants in Japan
Mishael Joy Barrera, Ritsumeikan University
Jean-Claude Maswana, Ritsumeikan University
Kazuo Inaba, Ritsumeikan University
3. Do international remittances facilitate formal insurance uptake in developing countries? An empiricalassessment using a dynamic model approach
Usman Alhassan, Ritsumeikan University
Emmanuel Umoru Haruna, Kobe University.
Kazuo Inaba, Ritsumeikan University

4, Impact analysis of remittances sent by overseas Filipino workers on Philippine economy based on
endogenous consumption type IO multipliers
Kwangmoon Kim, Kochi University of Technology
Session 1. Application of IO Models for the Analysis of the Korean Economy
Sat, March 16, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue C (B503)
CHAIR: Jinmyon Lee, KIET (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade)
1. Analysis of the economic ripple effects on the smart factory construction project
Youngho Lee, KIET
Hyunji Bing, KIET
2. Analysis of the South Korean solar salt market: Asymmetric stock investment dynamics using threshold
vector error correction model
Sujin Oh, Korea University
Byeongseon Seo, Korea University
Session 1. Environment, Resource and Energy
Sat, March 16, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue D (B504)
CHAIR: Yasushi Kondo, Waseda University
1. Impact of global supply chain restructuring on CO2 emissions from international shipping
Shoda Tomomi, Kyushu University
Keitaro Maeno, Kyushu University
Taiga Shimotsuura, Kyushu University
Shigemi Kagawa, Kyushu University
2. Responsibility of Japanese economy for the impacts on aquatic ecosystems arising from induced water
consumption in global supply chains
Masaharu Motoshita, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kamrul Islam, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Keisuke Nansai, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Eleonore Pirrat, Technical University of Denmark
Stephan Pfister, ETH ZurichFrancesca Verones, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Yuichi Iwasaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Wataru Naito, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
3. Global supply chain restructuring towards achieving a low-carbon procurement of mineral resources
Keitaro Maeno, Kyushu University
Shohei Tokito, Yamagata University
Yokoi Ryosuke, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
4. Material footprint of sector groups based on input-output analysis

Yasushi Kondo, Waseda University
Session 1. Regional Input–Output Analysis
Sat, March 16, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue E (B505)
CHAIR: Shuning Chen, Kyushu University
1. Key sector identification of Nepal: An integrated approach with linkage and hypothetical extraction
methodLila Ballav Bhusal, Yokohama National University
2. Impact of remittances on rural household welfare and economic growth in Vietnam
Thanh Pham, Ton Duc Thang University
Katsuhiro Saito, University of Tokyo
3. Decomposition of value added in Bangladesh’s gross exports to India: A bilateral and sectoral
perspective
Rahman Mohammad Sayedur, Ritsumeikan University
Shen Xuemei, Ritsumeikan University
4. Wealth accumulation and structural change of the agricultural sector in Myanmar in relation tointernational food market
Shuning Chen, Kyushu University
Shunsuke Managi, Kyushu University
Masaru Kagatsume, Kyoto University

Session 2. International Economy and International Development
Sat, March 16, 13:00 – 14:30 Venue B (B502)
CHAIR: Nobuhiro Okamoto, Daito Bunka University
1. The economic implications of China's trade dependence: An analysis of electronics and machinery
equipment
Lea Ortega, Yokohama National University
2. Impact of trade facilitation on the trade of post-communist countries of Europe and Central Asia
Elnur Kanybekov, Ritsumeikan University
Kazuo Inaba, Ritsumeikan University
3. Has the U.S.-China trade war changed the landscape of global commodity trade?
Bawoo Kim, Samsung Electronics
Session 2. Digital Economy and Korean IO Table
Sat, March 16, 13:00 – 14:30 Venue C (B503)
CHAIR: Youngho Jung, Bank of Korea
1. The experimental compilation results of 2019 Digital Supply-Use Table

Junsung Kim, Bank of Korea
2. Capturing new industries in 2020 benchmark Input-Output Table
Sang-oh Min, Bank of Korea
3. Impact of import price changes on domestic priceSeong-woon Lim, Bank of Korea
Session 2. Environment, Resource and Energy
Sat, March 16, 13:00 – 14:30 Venue D (B504)
CHAIR: Ching-Cheng Chang, Academia Sinica
1. A supply chain network analysis of energy cost propagation in Japan
Aoi Tsukioka, Kyushu University
Sora Matsushima, Kyushu University
Shigemi Kagawa, Kyushu University
2. Does the 2012 FIT exemption policy improve sectoral energy consumption (savings) in Japan’s energyintensive industry?
Joseph Aduba, Ritsumeikan University
Koji Shimada, Ritsumeikan University
Hiroshi Izawa, Ritsumeikan University
3. The cost-benefit analysis of aquavoltaics operational model in Taiwan
Sin Yee Tan, Academia Sinica
Kenneth Dy, Academia Sinica
Ching-Cheng Chang, Academia Sinica
Session 2. Productivity and GrowthSat, March 16, 13:00 – 14:30 Venue E (B505)
CHAIR: Takahiko Hashimoto, Ritsumeikan University
1. Investigation on optimal allocations of medical devices (CT/MRI) among prefectures in Japan based on
operational efficiency using data envelopment analysis
Daigo Ushijima, Kyushu University
Haruka Mitoma, Kyushu University
Tomoaki Nakaishi, Kyushu University
Shigemi Kagawa, Kyushu University
2. Learning effect as a benefit of resource concentration to leading farmers: Aiming at realizing stable foodsupply in Japan
Yusuke Fushiki, University of Tokyo
Katsuhiro Saito, University of Tokyo
3. Technology and the terms of trade: A case study of the United State economy
Takahiko Hashimoto, Ritsumeikan University

Session 3. Special Session: China’s industrial structure and environmental lordSat, March 16, 15:00 – 16:30 Venue B (B502)
ORGANIZER: Takatoshi Watanabe, Aichi Gakuin University
1. Change of industrial structure and CO2 emissions in China
Kiyoshi Fujikawa, Aichi Gakuin University
2. Productivity and energy efficiency of Chinese industries
Takatoshi Watanabe, Aichi Gakuin University
3. Carbon leakage in carbon taxes and emissions trading scheme: Taking China as an example
Hikari Ban, Kobe Gakuin University
Kiyoshi Fujikawa, Aichi Gakuin University
Session 3. Macroeconomic Modelling and CGE
Sat, March 16, 15:00 – 16:30 Venue C (B503)
CHAIR: Ken Itakura, Nagoya City University
1. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Baseline Forecasting for Taiwan’s Six Major Sectors Using the Dynamic
Computable General Equilibrium Approach
Min-Long Chen, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Sheng-Ming Hsu, Taiwan Research InstituteHsing-Chun Lin, National Chiayi University
Ching-Cheng Chang, Academia Sinica
Tony Shih-Hsun Hsu, Taiwan Association of Input-Output Study
2. CGE modeling based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) and application
Keiji Ujikawa, Yokohama National University
3. Impact of e-commerce agreement on global economy: A dynamic CGE analysis
Ken Itakura, Nagoya City University
Yutaro Kimata, Nagoya City University
Session 3. Environment, Resource and Energy
Sat, March 16, 15:00 – 16:30 Venue D (B504)
CHAIR: Sigemi Kagawa, Kyushu University
1. Exploring embodied carbon emission among Japanese prefectures
Yayue Xiao, Waseda University
Toshihide Arimura, Waseda University
Makoto Sugino, Hosei University
Shiro Takeda, Kyoto Sangyo University
2. Impact of changing the lifespan of container vessels on lifecycle CO2 emissions

Taiga Shimotsuura,

Kyushu University

3. Evaluation of economic benefit of reducing natural hazard risks in an offshore wind power development
project in Taiwan Strait
Yun Sheng Shen, Taiwan Association of Input-Output studies
Ching-Cheng Chang, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Hsing-Chun Lin, National Chiayi University
Session 3. Productivity and GrowthSat, March 16, 15:00 – 16:30 Venue E (B505)
CHAIR: Takashi Yagi, Meiji University
1. Analysis of the impacts of Japanese enterprises in Southeast Asia ―Creation of an international
interregional input-output table that separates Japanese enterprises in 2017―
Xuankun Xia, Yokohama National University
2. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in Cities
Zhiwei Jin, Ritsumeikan University
Jie Qin, Ritsumeikan University
3. Adolescents’ height and cognitive ability in China
Xiaohang Guo, Shantou University
Hsing-Chun Lin, Nation Chiayi University
Li-Chen Chou, Nation Chung Cheng University
Mengying Wang, Zhejiang Gongshang University

Keynote Speech.
Sat, March 16, 17:00 – 18:00 Venue A (B101)
CHAIR: Satoshi Inomata, Institute of Developing Economies, JETROGVC tables: A tool to analyze the past and to build scenarios for the future
Bart Los, University of GroningenDay 2 – Sunday, March 17, 2024
Session 4. International Economy and International Development
Sun, March 17, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue B (B502)
CHAIR: Bart Los, University of Groningen
1. An exploration of BRI’s impact on host countries’ global value chains via overseas industrial parks
Suppakorn Khonkhlong, Wuhan University
2. Competitiveness and market positioning of the textile and clothing industry: Has the COVID-19
pandemic changed the trend? A tale of two competing Asian countries
Joseph Aduba, Ritsumeikan University
Shelton Joao, Ritsumeikan Uinversity
Behrooz Asgari, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Hiroshi Izawa, Ritsumeikan University
3. Assessing the influence of three policies on Vietnam's economic development: Electricity infrastructure,
globalization, and privatization
Harutaka Takahashi, Kobe University
4. The domestic labor market impacts of GVC participation: Identifying India's GVC upgrade process
Kazuma Takahashi, Hitotsubashi University
Shohei Tokito, Yamagata University
Fumiya Nagashima, Kindai University
Session 4. Theory of Input-Output TechniquesSun, March 17, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue C (B503)
CHAIR: Satoshi Inomata, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
1. Structural change in global value chains in 2010s: Analysis of the standing position of countries in GVCs
from the aspects of upstreamness and downstreamness
Kenji Suganuma, SOMPO Institute Plus
2. Input-output analysis with interruption to the multiplier effect: A simulation of production-inventory model
Takayuki Narumi, Yamaguchi University
Shinya Kato, Yamaguchi University
3. Evaluating an economy potential receptivity to import substitution in final use and intermediate
consumption
Vladimir Motorin, National Research University Higher School of Economics
4. A new formulation of path-through frequency
Tesshu Hanaka, Kyushu University
Satoshi Inomata, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
Session 4. Environment, Resource and Energy

Sun, March 17, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue D (B504)
CHAIR: Katsuhiro Saito, University of Tokyo
1. The impact of extending the economic lifespan of residential buildings on CO2 emissions in Japan
Sora Matsushima, Kyushu University
Shigemi Kagawa, Kyushu university
2. Exploring sustainable practices: The role of enhanced agricultural and food industry waste recycling in
reducing CO2 emissions in Taiwan's economy - An input-output analysis approach
Wenhung Huang, National Taiwan University
3. Climate change, yield variation of grains and producers attitude toward risk: Effect on international grain
price fluctuation
Katsuhiro Saito, University of Tokyo
Yusuke Fushiki, University of Tokyo
Konomi Saito, Soka University
Session 4. Regional Input-Output Analysis
Sun, March 17, 10:00 – 12:00 Venue E (B505)
CHAIR: Yoshifumi Ishikawa, Nanzan University
1. A non-survey method to estimate Japan’s prefectural non-competitive import type input-output table withscrap and by-products
Baixin Li, Waseda University
Yasushi Kondo, Waseda University
2. Assessing the impact of refining the input structure on economic analysis: Focus on the refined sakesectorSuguru Osaki, Kochi University
3. Assessment of the economic impact and carbon emissions of the COVID-19 pandemic on Taiwaneseindustries
Shu-Yuan Lu, National Taiwan University
Sheng-Ming Hsu, Taiwan Research Institute
4. Mapping Kerala's economic landscape: A non-survey approach to constructing regional input-output
tables for 2018-19
Jitendra Kumar Sain, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Rajat Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Amit Agarwal, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Rishman Jot Kaur Chahal, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Session 5. Special Session: Applying Inter-Country Input-Output Data in Current and ConstantPrices to Analyze the GVCs Dynamics

Sun, March 17, 13:00 – 15:00 Venue B (B502)
ORGANIZER: Masaaki Kuboniwa, Hitotsubashi University and Taiwan National Chengchi University
CHAIR: Makiko Tsukui, Tokyo International University
1. An analysis of international division of labor based on real global input-output tables compiled by
Yokohama National University: Visualization of global supply chains using international unit structure
Yuichi Hasebe, Hitotsubashi University and Yokohama National University
2. Measuring economic importance of a country in global context
Shrestha Nagendra, Yokohama National University
3. Analyzing dynamics of growth-GVC nexus through changes in global unit structure
Masaaki Kuboniwa, Hitotsubashi University and Taiwan National Chengchi University

Session 5. The Effect of Disaster and COVID-19 to Economy
Sun, March 17, 13:00 – 15:00 Venue C (B503)
CHAIR: Masaru Ichihashi, Hiroshima University
1. Comparing lodging prices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the hotel market
in Taiwan
Mengying Wang, Zhejiang Gongshang University
Hsing-Chun Lin, National Chiayi University
Qi Wu, Xiamen University
Xiao Hang Guo, Shantou University
Li-Chen Chou, National Chung Cheng University
2. The impact of access to intermediate inputs on the export margins: Firm-level evidence from regression
decomposition approach
Mohammad Rayhan Miah, Hiroshima University
Masaru Ichihashi, Hiroshima University
3. Resilience index (RI) development for tsunami impact assessment in South Hokkaido (Donan) region,
Japan: A GIS and dynamic CGE approach
Michael Huang, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
4. Food supply chain and regional economy’s resilience: An application of firm-level production network
data amid COVID-19
Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Surugadai University
Session 5. Environment, Resource and EnergySun, March 17, 13:00 – 15:00 Venue D (B504)
CHAIR: Fumiya Nagashima, Kindai University
1. The distribution of technology costs needed to decarbonize the iron and steel sector based on shared
responsibility

Seiya Imada, Kyushu University
2. Environmental productivity of power generation industry: supply chain performance measurement basedon data envelopment analysis and multi-regional input-output analysis
Hirotaka Takayabu, Kindai University
3. Estimation of quality loss of Cr and Ni associated with steel cycle using optimization method
Kentaro Takeyama, University of Tokyo
Riichi Kakimoto, University of Tokyo
Takeo Hoshino, University of Tokyo
Session 5. Finance and Monetary Policy
Sun, March 17, 13:00 – 15:00 Venue E (B505)
CHAIR: Satoru Hagino, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
1. Concentrated Bank Market and SMEs’ Collateral Issues: A Study of the Firms of Developing AsianCountries
Ei Ei Thein, Ritsumeikan University
Atsushi Niigata, Ritsumeikan University
Kazuo Inaba, Ritsumeikan University
2. Fintech and Capital Structure of SMEs
Xingang Liang, Ritsumeikan University
3. Evaluation of U.S. Monetary policy using international financial input-output table for the United States,
Euro area and Japan
Satoru Hagino, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

KEYNOTE SPEAKERBART LOS
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Bart is a member of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC). His research mainly
revolves around the following themes: (i) international trade; (ii) input-output analysis; (iii) innovation andtechnology diffusion; and (iv) productivity growth.
He (co-)authored articles that appeared in journals like American Economic Review, IMF Economic Review,
Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Regional Science andResearch Policy, among others. In 2020 and 2022, he was identified as a Highy-Cited Researcher byClarivate.
Bart was workpackage leader of the EUKLEMS project and a member of the management team of theWorld Input-Output Database (WIOD) project that ran from 2009 till 2012. Both projects were funded by
the European Commission. He contributed to the UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) initiatives with his
Brexit-related research. Currently, he is active for the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)
and the Productivity Institute, both in the UK. As of April 2021, he has been workpackage leader in the GINI project funded by the European Commission (H2020).
Bart was editor of Economic Systems Research, the journal of the International Input-Output Association,in the period 2009-2018. He was Vice-President of the association in 2021 and is currently a member of
its Council. As of June 2011, he is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Structures.
In 2017, he was a member of the local organizing committee of the 57the European Regional Science
Association's congress in Groningen and co-chaired the Scientific Committee of the ESCoE Conferenceson economic measurement in 2022 (Glasgow) and 2023 (London).

Saturday, March 16 at 17:00 – 18:00
Keynote title: GVC tables: A tool to analyze the past and to build scenarios for the
futureCampus Map

ICES 2024
Headquarters(Building B)

ICES 2024
Social Gathering(Building 7)
East Gate

Yaenosato
Sta.

West Gate
Nagase Sta.

Floor Map (Building B)(1st Floor)

Venue A
(B101)ICES 2024
Reception

5 階(5th Floor)

Venue B
(B502)
Refreshment Area
(B501)

Venue C
(B503)

Venue D
(B504)

Venue E
(B505)

International Conference on Economic Structures 2024
Kindai University, Japan, March 16-17, 2024
General Organizing Committee
・Hiroaki Irie (Kindai University)
・Tetsu Kawakami (Kindai University)
・Fumiya Nagashima (Kindai University)
・Mikio Suga (Hosei University)
・Yoshifumi Ishikawa (Nanzan University)
・Masaru Ichihashi (Hiroshima University)
・Nobuhiro Okamoto (Daito Bunka University)
・Keiji Ujikawa (Yokohama National University)
・Takashi Saito (Kyorin University)
Scientific Program Committee
・Tetsu Kawakami (Kindai University)
・Ken Itakura (Nagoya City University)
・Mikio Suga (Hosei University)
・Yoshifumi Ishikawa (Nanzan University)
・Nobuhiro Okamoto (Daito Bunka University)
・Masaru Ichihashi (Hiroshima University)
・Keiji Ujikawa (Yokohama National University)

Organized by the Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Contact: ICES_PAPAIOS@ml.gakkai.ne.jp
Web site: http://www.gakkai.ne.jp/papaios/en/index.html
Sponsored by Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR)
And supported by Kindai University.