Final version, November 12, 2021

The 20th International Conferenceofthe Japan Economic Policy Association
Economic Policy Studies inRetrospect and Prospect

Time Schedule and Program

Date: November 6~7, 2021
Host: University of Tokyo
Place: Online

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Time Schedule
November 6 (Sat)09:45-09:55 Opening session
10:00-12:00 Plenary Session
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Keynote Address
November 7 (Sun)
Zoom A

Zoom B

Zoom C

Regular

Regular

RegularSession 1

Session 2

Session 3

12:40-15:20 Regular

RegularSession 4
15:35-17:35 Regular

9:00-11:40
11:40-12:40

Zoom D

Zoom E

Regular

Regular

RegularSession 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

Regular

Regular

Regular

RegularSession 10

Session 11

Session 12

Session 13

Lunch

Session 9

Regular Session 1 “Labor Economics and Policy”
Regular Session 2 “Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy”
Regular Session 3 “Public Economics and Public Choice A”
Regular Session 4 “Monetary and Financial Policy”
Regular Session 5 “Industrial Organization and Structural Policy A”
Regular Session 6 “Public Economics and Public Choice B”
Regular Session 7 “International Economic Policy A”
Regular Session 8 “Resource and Environmental Policy”
Regular Session 9 “Growth, Development and Population Policy”
Regular Session 10 “Industrial Organization and Structural Policy B”
Regular Session 11 “Public Finance and Fiscal Policy”
Regular Session 12 “International Economic Policy B”
Regular Session 13 “Welfare and Social Security Policy”
Video Session
Video Session A

Video Session B

Video Session C

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Video Session D

Session Program

OPENING SESSION 1ST DAY NOVEMBER 6TH 9:45-9:55

ZOOM

Master of Ceremonies:
Tomoko KINUGASA, Secretary General of the Program Committee
Opening Address: Taro OZAWA, President of the JEPAPLENARY SESSION

1ST DAY NOVEMBER 6TH 10:00-12:00

ZOOM

Theme: "The Return of Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in the Age ofSecular Stagnation”
Chair: Shumpei YAOITA, Professor, Shukutoku University
Keynote Speech
Speaker: Koichi HAMADA, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
Comment: Shinichi FUKUDA, Professor, University of Tokyo
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Tatsuma WADA, Associate Professor, Keio University
Panelist: Koichi HAMADA, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
Panelist: Shinichi FUKUDA, Professor, University of Tokyo
Panelist: Kazumasa IWATA, President, Japan Center for Economic Research
Panelist: Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Professor, Keio University

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

1ST DAY NOVEMBER 6TH 13:00-14:30

ZOOM"Pharmaceutical Markets in the United States and Japan"
William S. COMANOR, Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Distinguished
Professor of Economics, Emeritus, UCSB
Moderator: Akira MAEDA, Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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ZOOM SESSION A 2ND DAY NOVEMBER 7TH

Session 1 :9:00-11:40

Labor Economics and Policy

ZOOM A

Chair: Kayo NOZAKI, Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan
Should host countries regulate or deregulate the labour immigration policy when accepting
study migrants?
Speaker: Akira SHIMADA, Associate Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan
Discussant: Masatoshi JINNO, Associate Professor, Nanzan University, Japan
Impacts of Microcredit on Labour Migration Decisions: Evidence from a Cambodian
Household Survey
Speaker: Chan Mono OUM, PhD Student, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Discussant: Yudai HIGASHI, Lecturer, Okayama University, JapanThe Effect of Labor Unions on Wage Dispersion: Evidence from Panel Data of Japanese
Listed Companies
Speaker: Takashi SAITO, Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Tsukasa MATSUURA, Associate Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Hisashi OKAMOTO, Associate Professor, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University, Japan

Session 2 :Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy

ZOOM B

Chair: Akiko SAKANISHI, Professor, Ritsumeikan University, JapanThe Value of Agglomeration: How information technologies affect the incentives to live in thecitiesSpeaker: Soichiro TAKAGI, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
Yuya SHIBUYA, Project Research Associate, University of Tokyo, Japan
Discussant: Takayuki YAMASHITA, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Evidence from Fully Automated Vehicles and Disaster
Victims
Speaker: Sunbin YOO, Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Junya KUMAGAI, Researcher, Kyushu University, Japan
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Yuta KAWABATA, Kyushu University, Japan
Shunsuke MANAGI, Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Discussant: Yuki MATSUNO, Associate Professor, Shukutoku University, Japan

Session 3:

Public Economics and Public Choice A

ZOOM C

Chair: Yoji TANIGUCHI, Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Representation, Peer Pressure and Punishment in a Public Goods Game Experiment
Speaker: Hyoyoung KIM, Associate Professor, Sogang University, Korea
Doruk İRIS, Associate Professor, Sogang University, Korea
Jinkwon LEE, Associate Professor, Sogang University, Korea
Alessandro TAVONI, Senior Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
Discussant: Shunichiro SASAKI, Professor, Kindai University, Japan
A case study of the Malaysian government COVID-19 policies: Predicting monthly economic
impact from publicly available satellite imagery
Speaker: Sook Yan SIEW, Master student, Nagoya University, Japan
Discussant: Akihiro KAWASE, Professor, Toyo University, JapanThe Impact of COVID-19 Daycare Closures on Parental Stress: A Case of Japan
Speaker: Tsubasa ITO, Ph.D. Student, Toyo University, Japan
Michio NAOI, Professor, Keio University, Japan
Kazuto SUMITA, Professor, Toyo University, Japan
Qing YE, Ph.D. Student, Toyo University, Japan
Discussant: Haruhiko SATO, Professor, Heisei International University, Japan
Game Theoritical analysis for COVID19 subsidy for small business in Japan
Speaker: Yosuke YOSHIOKA, Ph.D.Student, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Discussant: Nobue SUZUKI, Professor, Komazawa University, Japan

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Session 4:

2ND DAY NOVEMBER 7TH

12:40-15:20

Monetary and Financial Policy

ZOOM A

Chair: Toru YARITA, Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan
External shocks and volatility spillover effect among exchange rate of yen, TOPIX index andsectoral stock indices
Speaker: Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Professor, Tohoku University of Community Service and Science,
Tajikistan, Japan
Discussant: Mitsuhiro OKANO, Associate Professor, Osaka Gakuin University, JapanThe Primal Hamiltonian: a New Global Approach to Monetary Policy
Speaker: Christian Payne HENNIGAN, Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA
Discussant: Tatsuma WADA, Professor, Keio University, Japan
An Empirical Study on Impact of Covid-19 on Mobile Financial Service and Saving Practices:
The Case of Bangladesh
Speaker: Md. Mizanur Rahman SARKER, Professor, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Bangladesh
Anika Nawar FAGUN, Ph.D. Student, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Bangladesh
Discussant: Masaru ICHIHASHI, Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan

Session 5:

Industrial Organization and Structural Policy A

ZOOM B

Chair: Shin KINOSHITA, Associate Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan
Estimation of Women Beedi Workers in India and their Socio-economic Condition
Speaker: Jagannath MALLICK, Fellow, University of Hyogo, Japan
Sachi SATAPATHY, Researcher, ADF Care, India
Discussant: Hiroaki NIIKURA, Lecturer, Musashino University, Japan
Minimum Wage Reform with Imperfect Enforcement: Responses of MSMEs in a Low-wage
Labor Market
Speaker: Nguyen Thanh TUNG, Ph.D student, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Discussant: Terukazu SURUGA, Professor, Kobe University, Japan

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Session 6:

Public Economics and Public Choice B

ZOOM C

Chair: Katsuyoshi OKUI, Professor, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan
Business Climate and Challenges for Development in the Regions of Georgia
Speaker: Giuli KESHELASHVILI, Associate Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State
University, Georgia
Mariam Jibuti, Invited Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University,
Georgia
Discussant: Junko DOI, Professor, Kansai University, JapanThe effect of management practices on the performance of bus companies
Speaker: Kazuyasu KAWASAKI, Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Tomohiko INUI, Professor, Gakushuin University, Japan
Tsutomu MIYAGAWA, Professor, Gakushuin University, Japan
Discussant: Daisuke FUJII, Associate Professor, Tokyo College of Transport Study, Japan
The productivity of public capital in Japan
Speaker: Masaki FUKUI, Master student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Keigo KAMEDA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Zhenkun LU, Master student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Kazuyasu KAWASAKI, Professor, Chuo University, JapanAn Application of Economic remedies in the legal field: A case of Product Liability
Speaker: Sonia MUKHERJEE, Assistant Professor, Christ University, India
Discussant: Koki ARAI, Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University, Japan

Session 7:

International Economic Policy

A

ZOOM D

Chair: Yukihiro IIDA, Professor, Nishogakusha University, Japan
Determinants of Economic growth in small Economies: An empirical study of a subset of West
African countries
Speaker: Dohèto Othniel KPOVIESSI, Ph.D. Student, Nagoya University, BENIN, JAPAN
Discussant: Kenichi KASHIWAGI, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan

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Responsiveness of Global Britain exports to trading partners economy: evidence from
Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand
Speaker: Agata WIERZBOWSKA, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan
Massimiliano PORTO, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan
Discussant: Yikeshan NUERMAIMAITI, Senior Assistant Professor, Meiji University, Japan
Effects of Tourism Expenditure Increase in the Tourism Sector: a Computable General
Equilibrium Model to Cambodia
Speaker: Chantha HOR, Ph.D. Student, Nagoya University, Cambodia, Japan
Discussant: Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Professor, Tohoku University of Community Service andScience, Tajikistan, Japan

Session 8:

Resource and Environmental Policy

ZOOM E

Chair: Satoshi HONMA, Professor, Tokai University, Japan
Policy incentives on mitigating CO2 emissions from the passenger cars in five major Asian
economies: Analysis using FTT-Transport Model
Speaker: Aileen LAM, Assistant Professor, University of Macau, China, Macao SAR
Jean-Francois MERCURE, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK
Soocheol LEE, Professor, Meijo University, Japan
Discussant: Daiju NARITA, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
Impact on the energy mix and economy of Japan under a 2050 carbon-neutral scenario:
Analysis using the E3ME macro-econometric model
Speaker: Soocheol LEE, Professor, Meijo University, Japan
Yanmin HE, Lecturer, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan
Sunhee SUK, Associate Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan
Toru MOROTOMI, Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
Unnada CHEWPREECHA, Principal Modeler, Cambridge Econometrics, UK
Discussant: Seung-Joon PARK, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Study on the relationship between environmental footprints and import dependence ofJapanese prefectures using multi-regional input-output analysis
Speaker: Ichiro SATO, Ph.D. Student, University of Tokyo, Japan
Daiju NARITA, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
Discussant: Soocheol LEE, Professor, Meijo University, Japan

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Does Development Reduce Damage Risk from Extreme Climatic Events? Empirical Evidence
from Major Indian States
Speaker: Prasanta PATRI, Ph.D. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Pritee SHARMA, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Suresh Kumar PATRA, Assistant Professor, XIM University, India
Discussant: Kenta TANAKA, Professor, Musashi University, JapanZOOM SESSION C

Session 9:

2ND DAY NOVEMBER 7TH

15:35-18:15

Growth, Development and Population Policy

ZOOM A

Chair: Yuko ARAYAMA, Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Language Requirement for Naturalization, Linguistic Networks, and International Migration:
The Role of Common Unofficial Language
Speaker: Luke Emeka OKAFOR, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia,
Malaysia
Usman KHALID, Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University, United ArabEmirates
Nusrate AZIZ, Associate Professor, Algoma University, Canada
Discussant: Tomoko KINUGASA, Professor, Kobe University, Japan
Fostering R&D - On the Role of R&D Tax Incentives and Public Institutions
Speaker: Martina BAUMANN, Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories,
Germany
Bodo KNOLL, Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Discussant: Masami SAITO, Lecturer, Meiji University, Japan
Trends in the Impact of Foreign Demand on Japan - Estimation by MSVAR Model
Speaker: Naiji XU, Ph.D. Student, Meiji University, Japan
Discussant: Xingyuan ZHANG, Professor, Okayama University, JapanThe determinants of foreign direct investment distribution and how foreign direct investment
impacts on personal income convergence in Vietnam
Speaker: Thi Chung TRINH, Master Student, Nagoya University, Japan
Discussant: Ryokichi CHIDA, Professor, Meiji University, Japan
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Session 10:

Industrial Organization and Structural Policy B

ZOOM B

Chair: Yoshihiko AKASHI, Professor, Osaka University of Commerce, Japan
Licensing of a process innovation with heterogeneous firms
Speaker: Luca SANDRINI, Postdoctoral Researcher, Budapest University of Technology andEconomics
Discussant: Yusuke IKUTA, Lecturer, Osaka Sangyo University, JapanThe Impact of Lock-in Effect on Costs in Comprehensive Outsourcing Contract: Empirical
Analysis of Japanese Sanitation Businesses
Speaker: Eri NAKAMURA, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan
Takayoshi NAKAOKA, Associate Professor, Kindai University, Japan
Takuya URAKAMI, Professor, Kindai University, Japan
Discussant: Tomohiro KITAMURA, Assistant Professor, Doshisha University, Japan
SMEs’ behavior under financial constraints: an empirical investigation of the substitution
effect with trade credits and tax arrears.
Speaker: Greta FALAVIGNA, Senior Researcher, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic
Growth (IRCrES) - National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy
Roberto IPPOLITI, J.-Prof. for Law and Economics, Bielefeld University, Germany
Discussant: Ryusuke OOISHI, Associate Professor, Meikai University, Japan

Session 11:

Public Finance and Fiscal Policy

Chair: Akira YOKOYAMA, President, Japan College of Social Work, Japan
Revisiting the Public Debt Stability Condition: Rethinking the Domar Condition
Speaker: Naoyuki YOSHINO, Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Japan
Hiroaki MIYAMOTO, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Discussant: Toichiro ASADA, Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Bayesian Persuasion in Tax Competition
Speaker: Erkin SAGIEV, Lecturer, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Discussant: Kazuki HIRAGA, Associate Professor, Nagoya City University

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ZOOM CSession 12:

International Economic Policy

ZOOM D

Chair: Toshiyasu IZAWA, Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan
FDI inflows in Polish Special Economic Zones between 2004 and 2019
Speaker: Jarosław OSMOLAK, Project Manager in Kamienna Góra SEZ, Wroclaw University of
Economics and Business, Poland
Discussant: Yusuke SHIBATA, Lecturer, Meiji University, JapanThe Dynamics of Population Ageing and FDI Inflows: A Multi-Country Case Study
Speaker: Rajarshi MITRA, Associate Professor, Tokyo International University, Japan
Md. Thasinul Abedin, Assistant Professor, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Kanon Kumar SEN, Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh
Discussant: Atsuyuki KATO, Associate Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan
Foreign Direct Investment, Export, and Economic Growth in the ASEAN Economies
Speaker: Matondang Elsa SIBURIAN, Government officer, Directorate General of Taxes –Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
Discussant: Masao TSURI, Professor, Okayama University, Japan

Session 13 :Welfare and Social Policy

ZOOM E

Chair: Kazuhiro YAGUCHI, Professor, Keiai University, Japan
The impact of social security wealth on the distribution of household wealth in the European
Union. Evidence from the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey
Speaker: Marcin WROŃSKI, Ph.D Student , SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Discussant: Junya KUMAGAI, Researcher, Kyushu University, Japan
Extending the Inclusive Well-Being Index by Stated Preference
Speaker: Junya KUMAGAI, Researcher, Kyushu University, Japan
Mihoko WAKAMATSU, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, Japan
Sunbin YOO, Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Shunsuke MANAGI, Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Discussant: Takehiro ITO, Associate Professor, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan

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Female managers and employee well-being: Test of the mediating effects of workplaceresources
Speaker: Jun XIE, Researcher, Kyushu University, Japan
Xiangdan PIAO, Researcher, Kyushu University, Japan
Shunsuke MANAGI, Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Discussant: Eriko TERAMURA, Professor, Meikai University, Japan

VIDEO SESSION

Session A:
Chair: Kanae MUSHA, Professor, Sapporo University, JapanTax Incidence and Fiscal Sustainability in DSGE model
Speaker: Junko DOI, Professor, Kansai University, Japan
Kota YAMADA, Ph. D. Student, Kansai University, Japan
Masaya YASUOKA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Yasuyuki NISHIGAKI, Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan
Cash benefit policy and Liquidity Constraint
Speaker: Junko DOI, Professor, Kansai University, Japan
Kota YAMADA, Ph. D. Student, Kansai University, Japan
Masaya YASUOKA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Tomomi MIYAZAKI, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan
The impact of inter-corporation income disparity and changes in the production environment
by industry on revenue
Speaker: Etsusaku SHIMADA, Economist Office for Econometric Analysis, Cabinet Office,
Government of Japan, Japan
Discussant: Hiroo HARADA, Professor Emeritus, Senshu University, Japan
Price, sales, and the business cycle: microeconomic evidence
Speaker: Fernando BORRAZ, Banco Central del Uruguay, Uruguay
Giacomo LIVAN, University College London, UK
Anahi RODRIGUEZ-MARTNEZ, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos,
MexicoPablo PICARDO, Banco Central del Uruguay, Uruguay
Discussant: Akira TERAI, Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
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Session B:
Chair: Daisaku GOTO, Associate Professor, Hiroshima University, JapanThe factor of decision making of commission Public work to Regional Autonomous
Organization from Local government - The case in Daisen Town, Tottori Prefecture
Speaker: Mitsu INAGAKI, Ph.D.Student, Keio University, Japan
Discussant: Kozo KURATA, Lecturer, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan
The impact of media freedom and TV consumption patterns on political trust andgovernment satisfaction
Speaker: Bodo KNOLL, Interim Professor, University of Bochum, Germany
Hans PITLIK, Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Martin RODE, Associate Professor, University of Navarra, Spain
Discussant: Yumiko MORI, Professor, Tokai University, Japan
Policing, Labor Market, and Crime in Japan: Evidence from prefectural Panel Data
Speaker: Daisuke MORI, Associate Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan
Tomokazu NOMURA, Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan
Yoshiki TAKEDA, Professor, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Katsuyohi NAKAZAWA, Professor, Toyo University, JapanOn Donation Motivation for the Hometown Taxation: A Conjoint Analysis on the Returned
Gifts
Speaker: Takumi ISHIMARU, Graduate student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Zhenkun LU, Graduate student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Keigo KAMEDA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Lecturer, Ehime University, Japan

Session C:
Chair: Hirokuni IIJIMA, Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Vacancy Duration and Recruiting Behavior
Speaker: Zhenkun LU, Graduate student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Keigo KAMEDA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Masaki FUKUI, Graduate student, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Hiroyoshi MIWA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Discussant: Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan13

Immobility Results in Poverty Gap among Upper and Lower Caste in India: An Empirical
AnalysisSpeaker: Shishir ROY, PhD Scholar, Jadavpur University, India
Discussant: Tomokazu NOMURA, Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan
Human development and decentralization: The importance of public health expenditure
Speaker: Ronald MIRANDA , Ph.D. candidate, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Leonel MUINELO-GALLO, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Oriol ROCA-SAGALéS, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Discussant: Tomokazu NOMURA, Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, JapanA Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Incentivised Exercise Program
Speaker: Kazuki KAMIMURA, Associate Professor, Konan University, Japan
Shohei OKAMOTO, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology,
Japan
Kenichi SHIRAISHI, Professor, Gunma University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Kazuto SUMITA, Professor, Toyo University, Japan
Kohei KOMAMURA, Professor, Keio University, Japan
Akiko TSUKAO, Chief Technology Officer, Tukuba Wellness Research Inc., Japan
Shinya KUNO, Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Discussant: Mamoru MIYAMOTO, Professor, Kanto Gakuin University, Japan

Session D:
Chair: Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Professor, Tohoku University of Community Service and Science,Japan
The Chinese photovoltaic cells industry growth and its revealed comparative advantage fromthe new structural economics perspective in 2000–2019
Speaker: Boguslawa DRELICH-SKULSKA, Professor, Wroclaw University of Economics andBusiness, Poland
Pawel BRUSILO, Ph.D. Candidate, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business,
PolandDiscussant: Shinichi HANADA, Associate Professor, Hirosaki University, Japan
Pattern of regional inequalities in Indonesia
Speaker: Abdul Wahid Fajar AMIN, Lecturer, PKN STAN – Ministry of Finance of Indonesia.
Discussant: VU Thi Bich Lien, Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Economics, Japan14

Effects of Mandatory CSR Disclosure on Firm Performance-- Evidence from Quasi-

experiments in Taiwan
Speaker: Shih-Ying WU, Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Chang-Hsien TSAI, Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Yi-Kai WANG, Ph.D. candidate, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Discussant: Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Economic Consequences of the 2010 Earthquake in Haïti
Speaker: Iverson-Love JOSEPH, PhD Student, University of Caen Normandy, France
Discussant: Keigo KAMEDA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

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Organization of the 20th International Conference
The JEPA
President: Taro OZAWA
The International Committee of the JEPA
Chair: Takashi YANAGAWA
Vice Chair: Toshiyasu IZAWA
Vice Chair: Akira MAEDA
Vice Chair: Kazuhiko NAKAHIRA
Secretary General: Tatsuma WADA
The Program Committee of the JEPA2021 International Conference
Chair: Shumpei YAOITA
Vice Chair: Yuya HASEGAWA
Vice Chair: Tetsuhiko IZUMISecretary General: Tomoko KINUGASA
Vice Secretary General: Toshiaki KOUNO
Members:
Mitsuhio SATAKE, Masaru ICHIHASHI, Kanae MUSHA, Yirui XU, Yurie SAITO,
Kazuhiko NAKAHIRA, Toru NAGAHARA, Toru YARITA, Ryokichi CHIDA,
Tomoko KINUGASA, Hajime MOTEGI, Yoshihiko AKASHI, Tomomichi MIZUNO,Satoru HASHIMOTO, Yuya HASEGAWA, Shin KINOSHITA, Kayo NOZAKI,
Kazufumi YUGAMI, Katsuyoshi OKUI, Taro OZAWA, Shumpei YAOITA, Mazuru
NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro YAGUCHI, Toshiaki KOUNO, Satoshi WATANABE, Akiko
SAKANISHI,
Masahiro YABUTA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Daiju NARITA, Yukihiro IIDA,
Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Toshiyasu IZAWA, Takashi YANAGAWA, Daisaku GOTO,
Yoji TANIGUCHI, Akira MAEDA, Tetsuhiko IZUMIThe Managing Committee of the JEPA2021 International Conference
Chair: Akira MAEDA
Vice Chair: Daiju NARITA

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(Revised: October 26, 2018. v2)

Call for Papers
International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (IJEPS)
Those who have presented their papers at the JEPA international conferences are cordially invited to submit
their manuscripts to publish in the International Journal of Economic Policy Studies (IJEPS). The IJEPS is
an official refereed-journal of the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA). Starting from January 2019, it
is scheduled to be published twice a year with Springer Nature. See the publisher’s webpage:
http://springer.com/42495
The IJEPS is calling for high-quality papers for the next issues. Follow the instructions below.
Submission Instruction
1. Qualification
IJEPS accepts all submissions any time in principle. However, to be given a priority treatment, the submitted
paper must have been accepted and presented at one of the JEPA Conferences. It also needs to be revised inaccordance with comments and advises offered by the conference attendees including discussants andchairpersons before submitting to the journal.
2. Deadline
The revised full paper must be submitted by one of the following deadlines so that it can easily fit into thecycle of the journal issues.
Deadline 1: The end of December
Deadline 2: The end of July
Handling for reviews is on a first-come and first-served basis, and once decision of publication is made, thepaper is put on online-first publication before the printed version becomes available. Thus, earlier submission
will greatly benefit the author.
3. Format and Size
The length of the paper is expected to be around 6,000 to 8,000 words including all formulae, references,tables and figures. Times New Roman and font size 11 point are recommended.
4. Language
For those who are Japanese-native speakers, the following option is available: The entire peer-review process
can be made in Japanese while the paper itself is written in English. That is, the corresponding author canobtain peer-review reports in Japanese and is allowed to make replies in Japanese.
For those who wish to take this option, please indicate as it is in the Toko Renraku Hyo (contactform) at the time of submission. For the detail, see the following web-site where the form is available:
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Submit (1) cover letter (and Toko Renraku Hyo, if applicable), and (2) the manuscript (must contain abstract,
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