The Final Version: November 11, 2023

The 22nd International Conference of theJapan Economic Policy Association
Economic Restructuring post-pandemic

Time Schedule and Program

Date: November 18-19, 2023
Host: Ritsumeikan University
Place: Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC), Ritsumeikan
University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Time Schedule●●

Regular Session (Report 20 min.+Discussion 10 min.+Reply 5min.+Floor Q&A 5 min.=40 min.)For room locations, refer to page 6 of the General Information on the JEPA website.
1Regular Session 1: November 18th 10:30-12:30
Session 1A: Labor Economics and Policy I

Room B275

Chair: Kazufumi Yugami (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)
Does inequitable compensation affect work performance? Evidence from lab experiments in
ThailandSpeaker: Tanyamat SrungBoonmee* (Assistant Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand),Phumsith Mahasuweerachai (Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Discussant: Hisashi Okamoto (Associate Professor, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan)
Female Labor Force Participation and Work-Life Balance During COVID-19 in Malaysia
Speaker: Elya Nabila Abdul Bahri* (Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia), Tong Sheau Kei(Undergraduate Student, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia)
Discussant: Kayo Nozaki (Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan)
Reskilling and Public Employment Services
Speaker: Kohei Takenaka* (Assistant Professor, Tezukayama University, Japan)
Discussant: Nobue Suzuki (Professor, Komazawa University, Japan)

Session 1B: Growth, Development and Population Policy I

Room C271

Chair: Yuko Arayama (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan)
Long-run Effects of Super Low Fertility on Housing Markets
Speaker: Jangyoun Lee* (Assistant Professor, Incheon National University, South Korea), HyundukSuh (Associate Professor, Inha University, South Korea)
Discussant: CheolSoo Park (Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan)
Effect of Participation in Wage Work and Non-Farm Business on Bangladesh Rice Production
Speaker: Tadashi Sonoda* (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan), Md Abdus SALAM (Associate
Professor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh)
Discussant: Natsumi Fujino (Researcher, Amagasaki Institute of Regional and Industrial
Advancement, Japan)

2Barriers to sustainable rice production in Vietnam: a case study in An Giang and Dong Thap
provinces
Speaker: Le Canh Bich THO* (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Vietnam), Nguyen Trong LUAN
(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Vietnam), Nguyen Dinh KHOI* (Lecturer, FPT University Can
Tho, Vietnam), Tran Ba LOC (Student, FPT University Can Tho, Vietnam), Nguyen Huu THO(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Vietnam), Vo Thien AN (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho,
Vietnam), Chieko UMETSU (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Discussant: Tadashi Sonoda (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)

Session 1C: Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy I

Room C272

Chair: Junichi Nagamine (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Social enterprise and community well-being in rural areas: Evidence from two Indonesianvillages
Speaker: Fikri Zul FAHMI* (Associate Professor, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia), M. Ibnu
Fadlin SYAH (Student, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Discussant: Shinobu Ito (Professor, Meijo University, Japan)
Impact of Absolute and Relative Wealth on Subjective Wellbeing among Tribals and NonTribals in Rural Jharkhand, India
Speaker: Neha Kumari* (Ph.D. Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India), Naresh
Chandra Sahu (Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India)
Discussant: Masayuki Sato (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)

Session 1D: International Economics and Policy I

Room C471

Chair: Yasuhiro Doi (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
General Equilibrium Impact of Japan Joining APTA and APTA without India: A Structural
Gravity Analysis
Speaker: Archana Srivastava (Associate Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India), Somesh
Kumar Mathur* (Professor, Indian Institute of Technology & Science, India), Bhavya Paturi (Student,
IIT Kanpur, India)
Discussant: Yasuhiro Doi (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
3How has China's Dual Circulation Strategy affected the Japanese companies' business
operations in China?
Speaker: Jun Wakisaka* (Research Student, Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Saeeda BATOOL(Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Discussant: Somesh Kumar Mathur (Professor, Indian Institute of Technology & Science, India)
Examining the Economic Determinants of Deep Trade Agreements: A Discrete-Time Survival
AnalysisSpeaker: Haoliang Zhu* (Assistant Professor, Osaka University of Economics and Law, Japan)
Discussant: Daisaku Goto (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)

Session 1E: Law and Public Economics

Room C472

Chair: Tadahisa Ohno (Associate Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan)
Misuse of Advertising and Rise in Product Liability Cases: Urgent Need for Economic Remedies
Speaker: Sonia Mukherjee* (Assistant Professor, MIT World Peace University, India)
Discussant: Yasuhiro Ikeda (Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan)
Risk assessment behavior and decision-making mechanisms in projects with the potential forsevere accidents
Speaker: Akio Torii* (Professor Emeritus, Chuo University and Yokohama National University,
Japan)
Discussant: Teizo Anayama (Professor, The University of Nagano, Japan)
The Effect of Punishment Mechanism on the Sequential Public Good Contribution: An
Experimental Study
Speaker: Hui-Chun Peng* (Associate Professor, National Taipei University, Taiwan)
Discussant: Shunichiro Sasaki (Professor, Kindai University, Japan)

4Session 1F: Industrial Organization and Structural Policy I

Room C473

Chair: Yukio Miyata (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Competition Mode with Mutual Outsourcing
Speaker: Ryo Masuyama* (Doctoral Student, Kobe University, Japan)
Discussant: Qing Hu (Associate Professor, Kushiro Public University of Economics, Japan)
An Analysis of Price Elasticity of Demand by Region for Households in Japan After Full
Liberalization of the Electricity Market
Speaker: Yuanyuan Sun* (PhD student, Ryukoku University, Japan)
Discussant: Reiko Murakami (Associate Professor, Kindai University, Japan)

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Welcome Remarks & Plenary Sessions 1 and 2, 1st Day, November 18th
14:45-17:45 at Grand Hall
Welcome Remarks: November 18th 14:45-15:00
Master of Ceremonies: Youya Hasegawa (Associate Professor, Kanto Gakuen University, Japan)
Mototsugu Fukushige, President of the JEPA
Hiroyuki Mori, Dean, Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Plenary Session 1: November 18th 15:00-16:15
Chair: Shumpei Yaoita (Professor, Shukutoku University, Japan)
Multistakeholder Leadership Collaboration in Global Governance: Shaping the Global Policy
AgendasGuest Speaker: Akira Tsuchiya, President, The Global Institute (TGI), Switzerland

Plenary Session 2: November 18th 16:30-17:45
Chair: Daisaku Goto (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Fiscal policy in post-pandemic
Guest Speaker: Hiroaki Miyamoto, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Welcome Banquet, 1st Day, November 18th 18:00-20:00 at Event Hall
Welcome Banquet: November 18th 18:00-20:00
Master of Ceremonies: Tomoko Kinugasa (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)
Welcome Speech:

Hiroyuki Mori, Dean, Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan

University, Japan6

Regular Session 2: November 19th 09:00-11:00
Session 2A: Pandemic, Uncertainty and Economic Policy

Room B275

Chair: Hirokuni Iijima (Professor, Chuo University, Japan)
Institutional Determinants of Economic Growth and Challenges after the COVID-19 Pandemicin CEEC countries
Speaker: Magdalena Osinska* (Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland),Krzysztof Malaga (Professor, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland), Bartłomiej
Lach (Doctor, Analyx sp. z o.o. sp. k., Poland)
Discussant: Masahiko Yoshii (Professor, Okayama Shoka University, Japan)
The Impact of Uncertainty on the Cryptocurrency Prices
Speaker: PDCS Dharmadasa* (Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka), JMVM
Jayasundara (Graduate student, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Discussant: Masaru Ichihashi (Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Older Population, Inflation Expectations, and Covid-19: Evidence from India’s Household
Expectation Survey
Speaker: Bharat Diwakar* (Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee, India), Jakir Hussain Mazumder(Research Scholar, IIT Roorkee, India)
Discussant: Magdalena Osinska (Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)

Session 2B: Resource and Environmental Policy I

Room B276

Chair: Akira Maeda (Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Do Exports and Imports Affect CO2 Emissions? Evidence from Around the Globe
Speaker: Yung-Chuan Lee (Associate Professor, Asia University, Taiwan), Chu-Shiu Li* (Professor,
National Kaohsiung University of Science & Technology, Taiwan)
Discussant: Daijyu Narita (Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Understanding noncompliance behavior in pesticide application and effective information
sources among local communities: Evidence from green tea production in Vietnam
Speaker: Hung Manh Nguyen* (Ph.D. student, Hiroshima University, Japan), Daisaku Goto (Professor,
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The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, Japan), Duc Tran (Post-doctoral researcher, Hitotsubashi
Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
Discussant: Shigeru Matsumoto (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

Session 2C: Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy II

Room C271

Chair: Satoshi Watanabe (Professor, Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan)
Effects of Age, Gender and Motorcycle Features on Motorcycle Accidents: Evidence from
National Data of Motorcycle Insurance in Taiwan
Speaker: Chu-Shiu Li (Professor, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan),
Shin-Ming Guo* (Associate Professor, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan), Yung Chuan Lee (Associate Professor, Asia University, Taiwan)
Discussant: Kazuki Kamimura (Associate Professor, Konan University, Japan)
Whether or not Vietnamese consumers will choose electric cars as the first car they own:
Mediating tax incentives for electric cars after the COVID-19 pandemic
Speaker: Nguyen Huu Tho* (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Nguyen Trong Lu An(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Le Canh Bich Tho (Lecturer, FPT University Can
Tho, Viet Nam), Vo Thien An (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Nguyen Dinh Khoi
(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam)
Discussant: Seung-Joon Park (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)

Session 2D: Welfare and Social Security Policy

Room C471

Chair: Tetsuhiko Izumi (Professor, Kaetsu University, Japan)
Management Practices and Labor Productivity in Intensive Care Homes for the Elderly
Speaker: Tomohiko Inui* (Professor, Gakushuin University, Japan), Kazuyasu Kawasaki (Professor,
Chuo University, Japan), Yukiko Ito (Professor, Tudajuku University, Japan), Tsutomu Miyagawa(Professor, Gakushuin University, Japan), Toshiki Mano (Professor, Chuo University, Japan)
Discussant: Saeeda Batool (Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Factor Analysis for Risk of Domestic Violence
Speaker: Saeeda Batool* (Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Discussant: Koji Yasuda (Lecturer, Aomori Public University, Japan)
8Session 2E: Monetary and Financial Policy I

Room C472

Chair: Tomoyoshi Nakajima (Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
10:20-11:00
Core and Periphery; Heterogeneous Responses of House Prices to Monetary Policy
Speaker: Yeongwoong Do* (Ph.D. student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
Discussant: Toru Yarita (Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan)

Session 2F: Industrial Organization and Structural Policy II

Room C473

Chair: Yoshihiro Akashi (Professor, Osaka University of Commerce, Japan)
Two-Sided Market Analysis with Information Used by Platforms
Speaker: I-Chung Chuang* (Ph.D. Student, National Central University, Taiwan), Hao-Hsiang Cheng(Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan)
Discussant: Satoru Tanaka (Professor, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
Beyond Boundaries: Investigating Special Economic Zone Spillover Effects in Laos
Speaker: Nilaphy Phommachanh* (Ph.D. Student, Nagoya University, Japan), Christian S. OTCHIA(Associate professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Norihiko Kasuga (Professor, Konan University, Japan)

Regular Session 2nd day November 19th 12:00-14:00
Session 3A: Labor Economics and Policy II

Room B275

Chair: Mototsugu Fukushige (Professor, Osaka University, Japan)
Japanese Labor Market and Roles of Foreign Workers: Evidence from the Worker-Level
Microdata
Speaker: Yasuhiro Doi* (Professor, Nagoya University, Japan), Ken Hyodo (Graduate
Student, Nagoya University, Japan), Kensuke Suzuki (Assistant Professor, Clark University, USA)
Discussant: Takehiro Kiguchi (Associate Professor, Nihon University, Japan)9

A Comparative Study of Perceptions of Gender Inequality among Indonesian University
Students
Speaker: Clara Nauli Manurung* (Research Student, Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Saeeda Batool(Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Discussant: Noriko Tanaka (Researcher, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
Mitigating online risks toward children: Evidence from a field experiment on cybersecurity
education in Vietnam
Speaker: Truong Pham* (Ph.D. Student, Hiroshima University, Japan), Daisaku Goto (Professor,
Hiroshima University, Japan)
Discussant: Thu Vu Ha (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

Session 3B: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy I

Room B276

Chair: Mazuru Nakamura (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)[Canceled]Analysing Military Expenditures' Impact on Macroeconomic Indicators in
Selected Asian and African Countries
Speaker: Faisal Jamil* (Professor, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan)
Discussant: Masao Tsuri (Professor, Musashi University, Japan)
How China_USA Political Tensions Affect Stock Market Return of China and the USA? A
Quantile VAR Connectedness Approach
Speaker: Hao-Wen Chang* (Ph.D. Student, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)
Discussant: Marta SIMÕES (Associate Professor, Univ Coimbra, Portugal)

Session 3C: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Chair: Shigeo Morita (Assistant Professor, Fukuoka University, Japan)
Environmental Policy, Economic Growth, and Indeterminacy
Speaker: Hsiu-Yen Chiang* (Associate professor, Shaoguan University, China)
Discussant: Kei Murata (Associate Professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)

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Room C271

Childcare Supports, Endogenous Fertility, Human Capital Accumulation, and Pay-As-You-Go
PensionSpeaker: Kei Murata* (Associate Professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)
Discussant: Hsiu-Yen Chiang (Associate professor, Shaoguan University, China)

Session 3D: International Economics and Policy II

Room C471

Chair: Kiyoto Kurokawa (Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
The Evolution of Technology Linkages in World Economy: a Network-Analysis Approach
Speaker: Krzysztof Szczygielski* (Associate Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland)
Discussant: The Program Committee
Quantifying the Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Lao Imports (A Comprehensive Analysis)
Speaker: Sinthavanh Chanthavong* (Doctoral Student, Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Krzysztof Szczygielski (Associate Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland)

Session 3E: Monetary and Financial Policy II

Room C472

Chair: Kazuhiko Nakahira (Professor, Meikai University, Japan)
Inflation targeting and exchange rate predictability in emerging and low-income economies
Speaker: Wenjiao Hu* (Postdoctoral, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
Discussant: Pompeo Della Posta (Professor, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, China)
Does an inflation target zone help or hinder price stability?
Speaker: Pompeo Della Posta* (Professor, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, China), Roberto
Tamborini (Professor, University of Trento, Italy)
Discussant: Wenjiao Hu (Postdoctoral, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

Session 3F: Resource and Environmental Policy II
Chair: Shigeru Matsumoto (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
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Room C473

An Empirical Analysis of the Influence of Individual Energy Literacy on Preference for Energy
Efficient Houses
Speaker: Shin Kinoshita* (Associate Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan)
Discussant: Makiko Nagaya (Lecturer, Showa Women’s University, Japan)
Synergistic Effects of Urban Blue-Green Space on Thermal Environment: A Case Study of Kobe,Japan
Speaker: Yu Zhang* (Ph.D. student, Kobe University, Japan), Masayuki Sato (Professor, Kobe
University, Japan)
Discussant: Takahiro Tsuge (Professor, Sophia University, Japan)
Effect of Nudges on the Purchase of Environmentally-Friendly Products in China: A Case Studyon Household Air Conditioners
Speaker: Yecheng Xia* (Doctoral Program, Sophia University, Japan)
Discussant: Shin Kinoshita (Associate Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan)

Regular Session 2nd day November 19th 14:15-16:15
Session 4A: Labor Economics and Policy III

Room B275

Chair: Kei Murata (Associate Professor, Shizuoka University, Japan)
How Do Work Values Affect International Migration Through University Enrolment in Japan?
Speaker: Chung-Khain Wye* (Senior Lecturer, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Elya
Nabila Abudul Bahri (Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia)
Discussant: Yuta Naito (Associate professor, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan)
Influence of University Education Support on Entrepreneurial Intention of Students: An
Empirical Study from Vietnam
Speaker: Thi Thuy An Ngo* (Lecturer, FPT University, Vietnam), Gia Khuong An (Student of
Department of International Business, FPT University, Vietnam), Thanh Tu Tran (Student of
Department of International Business, FPT University, Vietnam), Phuong Thy Nguyen (Student of
Department of International Business, FPT University, Vietnam)
Discussant: Tomokazu Nomura (Associate Professor, Osaka University of Economics, Japan)
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The Interplay Between Wages and Amenities: An Empirical Analysis of Low-Income Policies
Speaker: Thibault Emanuel N. Deneus* (Ph.D. student, University of Leuven, Belgium)
Discussant: Hirokazu Mizobata (Associate Professor, Kansai University, Japan)

Session 4B: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy II

Room B276

Chair: Taro Ozawa (Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Japan)
Analysis by industry of the impact of changes in the production environment on declared
corporate income and estimation of corporate tax revenue: Evidence from Japan and the UnitedStatesSpeaker: Etsusaku Shimada* (Associate Professor, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan)
Discussant: Taro Ohno (Chief Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan)
An Empirical Study of Factors Influencing Patient Choice of Health Care Institutions inShanghaiSpeaker: Yi Gong* (Ph.D. student, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Discussant: Etsusaku Shimada (Associate Professor, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan)

Session 4C: Industrial Organization and Regional Development

Room C271

Chair: Yusuke Ikuta (Associate Professor, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)
Using Network Diffusion to Estimate Property Demand from Employment Locations
Speaker: Aaron Bramson* (Principal investigator, GA technologies, Japan / Affiliate researcher,Ghent University, Belgium)
Discussant: Hiroshi Ishijima (Professor, Chuo University, Japan)
The Impact of News Shock of the Openings or Expansions of Large-Scale Semiconductor Plants
on Local Labour Market in Japan
Speaker: Akira Yamaguchi* (Ph.D. Policy Analysis Specialist, RIETI, Japan)
Discussant: Keiichiro Suenaga (Professor, Meiji University, Japan)

13Voluntary Disclosure and Quality Choices: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
Speaker: Fang-Chang Kuo* (Assistant Professor, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
Discussant: Akira Yamaguchi (Ph.D. Policy Analysis Specialist, RIETI, Japan)

Session 4D: Monetary and Financial Policy III

Room C471

Chair: Takao Iida (Professor, Sapporo University, Japan)
The Dollar Squeeze and Economic Growth
Speaker: Jamus Jerome Lim (Associate Professor, ESSEC Business School-Asia Pacific, Singapore),
Xin Long* (Ph.D. Candidate, ESSEC Business School, France)
Discussant: Toru Nagahara (Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Information Spillover and Intraday Comovement between Stock and Cryptocurrency Market
Speaker: Chanho Yee* (Ph.D. Candidate, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
Discussant: Takao Iida (Professor, Sapporo University, Japan)
CHANGE BOJR TO HIGHER - Need to fluctuate moderately in response to developments in
the U.S. market –Speaker: Hiroyoshi Kasahara* (Ph.D., Private Company, Japan)
Discussant: Tomohiro Kinoshita (Professor, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan)

Session 4E: Growth, Development and Population Policy II

Room C472

Chair: Terukazu Suruga (Professor emeritus, Kobe University, Japan)
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development in Africa: Testing Old Theories with
New Data
Speaker: Ernest Agbeko (Nagoya University, Japan), Christian S. Otchia* (Associate Professor,
Nagoya University, Japan)
Discussant: Mei Ji (Lecturer, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)

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New start-up cooperative models: opportunities and challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong River
Delta
Speaker: An Thien Vo* (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Luan trong Nguyen*(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Khoi Dinh Nguyen (Lecturer, FPT University Can
Tho, Viet Nam), Tho Huu Nguyen (Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam), Tho Bich Canh Le(Lecturer, FPT University Can Tho, Viet Nam)
Discussant: Christian S. Otchia (Associate Professor, Nagoya University, Japan)
Effectiveness of Microfinance (MFI)-led Agricultural Credit System in Bangladesh: Present
Status and Challenges
Speaker: Lucky Parvin (PhD fellow, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh), Md.
Asaduzzaman Sarker* (Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh), Mohammed
Nasir Uddin (Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh), Md. Zulfikar Rahman(Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh), Mohammad Maruf Hasan (Lecturer,
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh), Md. Ruhul Momin (MS student, Bangladesh
Agricultural University, Bangladesh)
Discussant: Tomoko Kinugasa (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)

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Organization of the 22nd International Conference
The JEPA
President: Mototsugu Fukushige
The International Committee of the JEPA
Chair: Yasuhiro Doi
Chair of the conference: Shumpei Yaoita
Vice Chair: Akira Maeda
Vice Chair of the conference: Youya Hasegawa
Secretary General of the conference: Kanae Musha
Secretary General of the website: Tetsuhiko Izumi
The Program Committee of the JEPA2023 International Conference
Chair: Daisaku Goto
Vice Chair: Tomomi Miyazaki
Secretary General: Youya Hasegawa
Members:
Masaru Ichihashi, Yurie Saito, Shumpei Yaoita, Tadahisa Ohno, Shigeo Morita, Shinya Shimoda,
Masami Saito, Tomoko Kinugasa, Daisuke Ikazaki, Tomomichi Mizuno, Shin Kinoshita, Kouji
Yasuda, Kazufumi Yugami, Kazuhiro Yaguchi, Toshiaki Kouno, Natsumi Fujino, Satoshi Watanabe,
Dela Rosa Dumayas, Daiju Narita, Shigeru Matsumoto, Nagaya Makiko, Mirzosaid Sultonov,Yasuhiro Doi, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Akiko Sakanishi, Tetsuhiko Izumi, Kanae Musha, Yuki Matsuno
The Managing Committee of the JEPA2023 International Conference
Chair: Akiko Sakanishi
Vice Chair: Tomoko Kinugasa
Secretary General: Yoshimasa Aoki
Members:
Kiyoto Kurokawa, Nobuki Sugita, Souksavanh Vixathep, Yotaro Fujiyoshi, Katsuyoshi Okui, Yuta
Naito, Ryoichi Nomura
Co-Sponsorship
Ritsumeikan University
Policy Science Association of Ritsumeikan University

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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.
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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.

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Professor, The University of Tokyo