June 30, 2021 updated!

CALL FOR PAPERS
The 20th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
The Main Theme: “Economic Policy Studies in Retrospect and Prospect”
Date: November 6 (Sat.)~ 7 (Sun.), 2021.
Place: Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Host University: The University of Tokyo, JapanThe Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you the JEPA International Conference. The conference
provides the regular sessions and the theme-related plenary sessions, and other ones. The 20th International Conference ofthe JEPA will be hosted as both on-site and online together. It is intended for academics and scholars as well as policy
makers or officials in governments and international institutions working in the fields of Economics and other relatedsciences. 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: June 30, 2021 extended until July 31, 2021
*Full paper submission deadline: July 31, 2021 extended until August 31, 2021
(2) Application and Participation Guidelines
The paper to present must neither has been published, accepted, nor has been submitted for publication elsewhere.
Accepted presenters, discussants, chairs, guest speakers and members of the JEPA are eligible to participate in thisConference. Graduate students are also welcomed to submit the paper.
(3) Categories of interest
Categories of interest of the conference are listed below. Choose first and second categories that would best fit your paper
when you apply for presentation.
1. Theory of Economic Policy
8. Welfare and Social SecurityPolicy
2. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
9. Regional, Urban and TransportationPolicy
3. Monetary and Financial Policy
10. Resource and EnvironmentalPolicy
4. Growth, Development and Population Policy
11. International Economic Policy
5. Industrial Organization and Structural Policy
12. Law and Economics
6. Labor Economics and Policy
13. Comparative SystemAnalysis
7. Public Economics and Public Choice
14. OtherApplications in Economics, or Related Areas(4) Application for presentation
To apply for presentation, you should access the conference website and fill in the web application form to submit
your abstract and author information. The deadline is June 30, 2021 extended until July 31, 2021. The abstract
must be 450-500 words accompanied by three key words.
The required information includes your paper title, its abstract, your contact information, and your choice either ofon-site or online participation. If you choose online, please submit 20 minutes presentation video until October 24, 2021.
Please find more information on the difference between onsite and online presentation on the conference webpage.
The acceptance of the presentation is made on the basis of the quality of the abstract.
(5) Full paper and Presentation video submission
The submitted full paper 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: theformat of 80 letters by 40 lines per page) that is available on the conference website.
Full paper submission deadline is July 31, 2021 extended until August 31, 2021. To submit, email to the conference
secretariat shown below and attach your full paper.
(6) Process of SelectionThe 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 2021 Conference website: http://jepa.jpn.org/en/jepa2021/
JEPA 2021 Conference Secretariat email: jepa2021[at]jepa.jpn.org (replace [at] with @)