Call for Papers
The 22nd International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
The Main Theme: Economic restructuring post-pandemic
Date: November 18(Sat.)-19(Sun), 2023.
Place: Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC), Ritsumeikan University, 2-150 Iwakura-cho, Ibaraki,
Osaka 567-8570 JAPAN
Host University: Ritsumeikan University
The Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you to the JEPA International Conference. The conference provides
the regular sessions and the theme-related plenary sessions, and others. The 22nd JEPA International Conference will be held ina face-to-face format only (although it may be held as a hybrid of online and face-to-face depending on circumstances). The
conference is relevant to academics and scholars as well as policy makers or officials in governments and international
institutions working in the fields of Economics and other related sciences. The presenters at the conference may consider
applying their papers to the International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (IJEPS), an official refereed journal of the JEPA
published by Springer. You are encouraged to submit papers for presentation at the conference. Please follow the instructions
below.
(1) Important Dates● Application for presentation deadline: July 31, 2023 extended until August 25, 2023
● Full paper submission deadline: September 15, 2023 extended until September 30, 2023
(2) Application and Participation Guidelines
JEPA does not accept the papers which have been already published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. Accepted
presenters, discussants, chairs, guest speakers and members of the JEPA are eligible to participate in this conference. Graduate
students are also welcomed to submit the paper. Participants are required to pay the registration fee by credit card (VISA,MasterCard, JCB, AMERICAN EXPRESS(AMEX) or Diners Club). The information of registration fee is available on theconference website.
(3) Categories of Interest
Categories of interest of the conference are listed below. Choose first and second categories that would best fit to your paper
when you apply for presentation.
1. Theory of Public Policy
8. Welfare & Social Security Policy
2. Public Finance & Fiscal Policy
9. Regional, Urban & Transportation policy
3. Monetary & Financial Policy
10. Resource & Environmental Policy
4. Growth, Development & Population Policy
11. International Economic Policy
5. Industrial Organization & Structural Policy
12. Law and Economics
6. Labor Economics and Policy
13. Comparative System Analysis
7. Public Economics & Public Choice
14. Other Applications in Economics(4) Application for Presentation● To apply for presentation, you should access to the conference website and fill out your abstract and necessary
information in the web application form in the website. The deadline is July 31, 2023 extended until August25, 2023.
● The abstract must be within 450-500 words with it also including three key words of your paper.
● The required information includes your paper title, its abstract, your contact information, and preference of categories ofinterest.
● The acceptance of the presentation is made on the basis of the quality of the abstract.
(5) Submission of Full Paper● The full paper which you will submit must be around 10 to 15 pages (roughly corresponds to around 6000 to 8000
words), including all formulae, references, tables and figures, and be written by using our full paper template (MS Word
file: the format of 80 letters by 40 lines per page) that is available on the conference website.
● Full paper submission deadline is September 15, 2023 extended until September 30. To submit, email to theconference secretariat shown below and attach your full paper.
(6) Process of Selection● The Program Committee will notify the result to the presenter after examining her/his submitted abstract and deciding if it
is worth for presentation or not.
● A presenter whose abstract is accepted will be expected to play the role of a discussant and/or a session chair.
(7) Conference Website and Conference Secretariat● JEPA 2023 Conference website: http://jepa.jpn.org/en/jepa2023/● JEPA 2023 Conference Secretariat email: jepa2023[at]jepa.jpn.org (replace [at] with @)