CALL FOR PAPERS
The 15th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association(Abstract and paper submission deadlines extended)
The Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) invites you to participate in its 2016 International Conference. Theconference 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 have theme-related
plenary sessions and other regular ones. Theme-related papers will be welcomed. The presenters at the conference
would be given a privilege of submitting their manuscripts for publication in the International Journal of Economic Policy
Studies (IJEPS), an official refereed-journal of the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA).

The Main Theme: “The Global and/or Regional Effects of New Communication Systems”
Date: October 29 (Sat.)~30 (Sun.), 2016.
Place: Onuma International Seminar House,
127-1, Onuma-cho, Nanae-machi, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido, JAPAN 041-1354
Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JAPAN(1) Abstract Submission
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract of your paper for consideration. An abstract based on the abstracttemplate should be submitted by E-mail to the JEPA mail address stated below, in the form of MS-Word file by May 31,
July 31, 2016. The abstract template is available on our website: http://jepa.jp/jepa2016/jepa2016index.html
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 450~500 words, three key words, single spaced)
5. Category Number(s) listed below and JEL classification code
6. Willingness 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
5. Industrial Organization and Structural Policy
6. Labor Economics and Policy
7. Public Economics and Public Choice

8. Welfare and Social Security Policy
9. Regional, Urban and Transportation Policy
10. Resource and Environmental Policy
11. International Economic Policy
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 JEPA address stated in (6) by July 31,
August 31, 2016. Your paper based on the full paper template should be written in English, in the format of 80 lettersby 40 lines per page, and be accompanied by the abstract. The full paper template is available on the above website.
(5) Process of Selection
The Program Committee will examine the submitted papers, decide whether they are worth for presentation or not, andwill 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: Takao IIDA
Vice Chair: Naotsugu HAYASHI
Secretary General: Akira MAEDA
Vice Secretary General: Kanae MUSHA
E-mail: jepa2016#jepa-hq.com (# should be replaced by @)(7) The Managing Committee
Chair: Yasuhiro GOTO
Vice Chair: Akira KATO