The 12th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association Making Economic Policy "Smart": Rules for Global Sustainability Time Schedule and Program 1st version 26 & 27 October, 2013 Sapporo University Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN 1 Time Schedule 1st day Oct.26 9：00～ Registration 10：00 10：00～ Opening Session (10min.+10min.+10min.) 10：30 10：30～ Plenary Session 1: "Policy and Rules to Overcome the Global Financial Crisis" 12:30 12：30～ Lunch 13：30 Session Session Session Session Session Session Session A1-1: A2-2A: A3-4A: A4-5A: A5-6A: A6-10A: A7-11A: 13：30～ Theory of Public Finance Growth, Industrial Labor Resource & International 15：30 Economic & Fiscal Development Organization Economic & Environmental Economic Policy Policy & Population Policy Policy Policy Policy 15：30～ Break 15：40 15：40～ Plenary Session 2: "Smart Regulation for Sustainability" 17：50 17：50～ Break 18：00 18：00～ Welcome Banquet 20：00 20:00～ Program Committee 21：00 2nd day Oct.27 Session Session Session Session Session Session Session B1-2B: B2-3A: B3-4B: B4-5B: B5-6B: B6-10B: B7-11B: 9：30～ Public Monetary & Growth, Industrial Labor Resource & International 11：30 Finance & Financial Development Organization Economics & Environmental Economic Fiscal Policy Policy & Population Policy Policy Policy Policy 11：30～ Lunch 13:00 Session Session Session Session Session Session Session C1-3B: C2-4C: C3-5C: C4-7: C5-10C: C6-11C: C7-13: 13:00～ Monetary & Growth, Industrial Public Resource & International Comparative 15：00 Financial Development Organization Economics & Environmenta Economic System Policy & Population Policy Public Choice l Policy Policy Analysis Regular Session (Report 20min.+Discussion 10min.+Reply 5min.+FloorQ&A 5min.=40min.) 2 Session Program ST TH PLENARY SESSION 1 1 DAY OCTOBER 26 10:30-12:30 Theme: "Policy and Rules to Overcome the Global Financial Crisis" Chair: Economic Depression and Inflation Targeting Policy Speaker: Bennett T. MCCALLUM, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Discussant: Naotsugu HAYASHI, Professor, Hosei University, JAPAN Abenomics: How to Overcome Japan's Long Depression and the Global Financial Crisis Speaker: Kazumasa IWATA I, President of Japan Center for Economic Research, Ex Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, JAPAN Discussant: Yasuyuki IIDA, Professor, Meiji University, JAPAN 3 REGULAR SESSION A 1ST DAY OCTOBER 26TH 13:30-15:30 Session A1-1 : Theory of Economic Policy Room 1 Chair: Kazuyasu KAWASAKI, Professor, Toyo University Is Government Spending Counter-Cyclical or Pro-Cyclical? Speaker: Anthony J. MAKIN, Professor, Griffith University, AUSTRALIA Discussant: Takao KOMINE , Professor, Hosei University, JAPAN Extending Gateau rule Speaker: Dan QIN, Ph.D. student, Waseda University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Session A2 -2A: Public Finance and Fiscal Policy Room 2 Chair: Junichi NAGAMINE, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University Urban Sprawl and Local Governmental Costs in Japan Speaker: Tomoya IDA, Professor, Oita University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Enhanced Debt Management for the Eurozone: Reconnecting public debt management with monetary policy to attain sustainable growth and national debt Speaker: Richard A. WERNER, Professor, University of Southampton Management School, UK Discussant: Kazuyuki ISIDA, Tokushima University, JAPAN Fiscal Policy Effectiveness in Japan: Experiences from Recent Policies Speaker: Tomomi MIYAZAKI, Associate Professor, Kobe University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Session A3-4A: Growth, Development and Population Policy Room 3 Chair: Yuko ARAYAMA, Professor, Nagoya University Education Choice, Government’s Preferences, and Human Capital Accumulation Speaker: Kei MURATA, Associate Professor, Shizuoka University, JAPAN 4 Discussant: Negotiating Small Privately-Owned and Large State-Owned Manufacturing Firms: A Comparison of Production Frontier and Technical Efficiency in Vietnam, 2000 – 2005 Speaker: VU Thi Bich Lien, PhD student, Nagoya University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Misallocation and growth in an entry liberalization period Speaker: Thang Ngoc BACH, Ph.D. Student, The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA Discussant: Negotiating Session A4-5A : Industrial Organization and Structural Policy Room 4 Chair: Takashi YANAGAWA, Professor, Kobe University Leveraged Firms, Patent Licensing, and Limited Liability Speaker: Yi-Jie Wang, Ph.D. student, National Dong Hwa University, TAIWAN Discussant: Negotiating The Scientific Linkage between Patents and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Taiwanese Electronics Firm Level Panel Data Speaker: Jong-Rong CHEN, Professor, National Central University, TAIWAN Discussant: Negotiating Information Technology and Modern Business Organization Speaker: Soichiro TAKAGI, Ph.D Candidate, University of Tokyo, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating SessionA5- 6A : Labor Economics and Policy Room 5 Chair: Negotiating Remittances and the Household Expenditures an Health and Education in Tajikistan Speaker: Mirzosaid SULTONOV, Research Fellow, Kobe University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Parental Migration, Family Migration, and Human Capital Formation Speaker: Akira SHIMADA, Associate Professor, Nagasaki University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating 5 An Analysis of the Relationship between Occupation and Women Who Continue Working after Childbirth in Japan Speaker: Kayo NOZAKI, Project Lecturer, Keio University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Session A6-10A : Resource and Environmental Policy Room 6 Chair: Soocheol LEE, Professor, Meijo University How Much Greenhouse Gas Did Hybrid-Vehicle Drivers Save?: Analysis of Japanese Used Market Data Speaker: Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Food Security and Land Inequality Decomposition: Evidence from Northern Laos Speaker: Souksavanh VIXATHEP, Assistant Professor, Kobe University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Tourism Destinations and the Management of Common Pool Resources: A Case Study of the Marine Resort Areas Speaker: Takashi OZAWA, Fellow researcher, Center for Research and Promotion of Japanese Islands Discussant: Negotiating SessionA7- 11A : International Economic Policy Room 7 Chair: Terukazu SURUGA, Professor, Kobe University Agglomeration Effects of Inter-firm Backward and Forward Linkages: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Investment in China Speaker: Nobuaki YAMASHITA, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA Discussant: Negotiating Distortion Problems in grain white rice market Speaker: Hiroyoshi KASAHARA, Ph.D. student, Reitaku University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating The Effect of Domestic Macroeconomic Environment on Imported Grain Prices in an Open Economy Speaker: LiHsien CHIEN, Associate Professor, National Chung Hsing University, TAIWAN 6 Discussant: Negotiating PLENARY SESSION 2 1ST DAY OCTOBER 27TH 15:40-17:50 Theme: "Smart Regulation for Sustainability" Chair: Tesshu KOSHIBA, Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University “Regulation in the Feed Legislation of the EU and Japan ” Speaker: Alexander DORING, Secretary General European Feed Manufacturers Federation Symposium Moderator: Takao IIDA, Professor, Sapporo University Symposiast: Katsuaki SHUGIURA, Professor, University of Tokyo Symposiast: Toshiyasu ITHO, Vice President, Marubeni Nisshin Feed Symposiast: Koji MINO, Executive Director, Japan Association for International Collaboration of Agriculture and Forestry Symposiast: Yoshiaki TADA, Plant Manager, Snowseed Symposiast: Negotiating ( from TAIWAN ) WELCOME BANQUET 1ST DAY OCTOBER 26ST 18:00-20：00 7 REGULAR SESSION B 2ND DAY OCTOBER 27ST 9:30-11:30 Session B1-2B: Public Finance & Fiscal Policy Room 1 Chair: Kazuyuki ISHIDA, Negotiating Policy Impotence and the IS-LM Model Speaker: James Richard RHODES, Senior Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Real Burden of Government Debts under Volatile Price Changes with Simulation Analysis of Japanese Government Bonds Speaker: Masao TSURI, Associate Professor, Okayama University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating Child Care Policy and Pay-As-You-Go Pension Speaker: Masaya YASUOKA, Associate Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, JAPAN Discussant: Tetsuhiko IZUMI, Associate Professor, Kaetsu University, JAPAN Session B2-3A : Monetary and Financial Policy Room 2 Chair: Charles PARK, Professor, Kumamoto Gakuen University Policy and Remedy Recommendations for the Global Financial Crisis:From the Perspective of Turkish Capital Market Experiences Speaker: Hanifi KOROGLU, Expert, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, TURKEY Discussant: Negotiating Who Upholds the Surging Gold Price? : The Role of the Central Bank Worldwide Speaker: Ku-Hsieh CHEN, Associate Professor, Fo Guang University, TAIWAN Discussant: Negotiating A Consideration of Feasibility of Microcredit in Japan Speaker: Tetsuo FUJITA, Senior Economist, The Japan Research Institute, JAPAN Discussant: Session B3-4A : Growth, Development and Population Policy Room 3 8 Chair: Ryokichi CHIDA, Professor, Meiji University Foreign Health Aid and Endogenous Growth Speaker: Meng-Yi TAI, Associate Professor, Fo Guang University, TAIWAN Discussant: Negotiating Trends in Rural Wage Rates: Whether India Reached Lewis Turning Point Speaker: Anugu Amarender REDDY, Scientist (Economics), Institutions and Policies ICRISAT/CGIAR/Hyderabad, India Discussant: Negotiating Agriculture Input Reform, Transaction Costs and Welfare under Globali zation: CGE Analysis for the Democratic Republic of Congo Speaker: Christian S.E. OTCHIA, Doctoral Candidate, Nagoya University, JAPAN Discussant: Negotiating