Information Bulletin of The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan 2020 NO.40 ISSN 2423-8430 日本経済学会連合 Correspondence to be addressed: Secretariat of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan, c/o International Business Institute Co., Ltd. Tsukasa Building 3rd. F. , 518 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan e-mail:
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