CALL FOR PAPERS
The 12th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association

The Deadline for Abstract Submission is NOW July 15, 2013
The Deadline for Full Paper Submission is NOW Aug 15, 2013
The Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you to participate in its 2013 International Conference. The
conference 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 havetheme-related plenary sessions and other regular ones. Theme-related papers will be welcomed.

The Main Theme: Making Economic Policy “Smart”: Rules for Global Sustainability
Theme of Plenary Session 1: “Smart Regulation for Sustainability”
Theme of Plenary Session 2: “Policy and Rules to Overcome the Global Financial Crisis”
Date: October 26 (Sat.) – 27 (Sun.), 2013.
Place: Sapporo University, 7-3-1, 3joh, Nishioka, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JAPAN 062-8520(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 jepa2012 mail address stated below, in the form of MS-Word file byMay 31, 2013. We decided to extend the deadline for submission of an abstract until July 15, 2013.
The abstract template is available on our website: http://web.sapporo-u.jp/jepa2013/
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 250~300 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

8. Welfare and Social Security Policy
9. Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy
10. Resource and Environmental Policy
11. International Economic Policy

5. Industrial Organization and Structural Policy
6. Labor Economics and Policy
7. Public Economics and Public Choice

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 jepa2013 address stated in (6) by
July 31 August 15, 2013. 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 full paper template isavailable on the above website.
(5) Process of Selection
The Program Committee will examine the submitted papers, decide if they are worth for presentation ornot, 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: Naotsugu HAYASHI
Secretary General: Takao IIDA

Vice Chair:

Mazuru NAKAMURA

E-mail: jepa2013#sapporo-u.ac.jp (# should be replaced by @)(7) The Managing Committee
Chair: Masami HONMA

Vice Chair:

Takao CHIBA