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The 1st International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association
Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2002 at Chuo University Korakuen Campus, Tokyo, Japan

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November 30 (Saturday)	9:30-9:50	Opening
	9:50-11:50	Plenary Session 1				Access to Korakuen (English , Japanese) Access to Tokyo from Narita Airport rail (English, Korean, Japanese) bus (English, Korean, Japanese) Narita Airport website (English, Korean, Japanese) Welcome Dinner's Place Changed !
	13:00-15:00	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Session 4
	15:20-17:20	Session 5	Session 6	Session 7	Session 8
December 1 (Sunday)	9:00-11:00	Session 9	Session 10	Session 11	Session 12
	11:15-13:15	Session 13	Session 14	Session 15	Session 16
	14:15-16:15	Plenary Session 2
	16:15-16:30	Closing

Saturday, November 30

9:30-9:50 (Room 5534)

Opening

Opening Address: Speaker: Hiroshi Kato (The First President of the JEPA, Chiba University of Commerce)
Presidential Address: Speaker: Akira Yokoyama (The President of the JEPA, Chuo University)

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9:50-11:50 (Room 5534)

Plenary Session 1: Nation States and Economic Policy: Conflict and Cooperation

Chair: Masu Uekusa (Toyo University)

Governance and Economic Integration in a Global Economy: The Experience of the EU and Challenges for ASEAN..........(Abstract): Speaker: Suthiphand Chirathivat (Chulalongkorn University); Discussant: Hiroaki Hayakawa (Chuo University)
On the Economic Revitalization Strategies ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Shuhei Shiozawa (Keio University, and Cabinet Office of Japanese Government); Discussant: Niels Fuhrmann (Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn & Kobe University)
Rethinking the Role of the State with Special Reference to New Economic Polices in South Asia..........(Abstract): Speaker: M. Shamsul Haque (National University of Singapore); Discussant: Tamon Yamada (Keio University)

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(11:50-13:00 Lunch Time)

13:00-15:00 (Room 5534)

Session 1: Resource and Environmental Policies (1)

Chair: Akira Yokoyama (Chuo University)

Czech Republic Nation State and Environmental Policy: History and Present..........(Abstract): Speaker: Petr Sauer (University of Economics in Prague); Discussant: Masumi Hakogi (Hiroshima University of Economics)
China's Energy Strategy Early in the 21st Century..........(Abstract): Speaker: Jiejiao Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Science); Discussant: Akira Kinoshita (Tohoku Bunkagakuen University)
Environmental Regulations and International Competitiveness in Korea..........(Abstract): Speaker: Il-Chung Kim (Dongguk University) & Dong Seok Kim (Korea Development Institute); Discussant: Hiroshi Fukagawa (Kyushu University)

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13:00-15:00 (Room 5335)

Session 2: Japanese Economic Problems

Chair: Hiroyuki Kawanobe (Tokai University)

Main Features of the Japanese Financial System: The Japanese Postal Saving System in International Comparison..........(Revised, Abstract): Speaker: Niels Fuhrmann (Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn & Kobe University); Discussant: Satoru Matsubara (Toyo University)
Japan as a Multiple-communitarian Society: A Tragedy of Anti-commons..........(Abstract): Speaker: Shigeto Naka (Hiroshima City University); Discussant: Masashi Nishikawa (Saitama University)

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13:00-15:00 (Room 5336)

Session 3: International Monetary Affairs (1)

Chair: Anwar Nasution (University of Indonesia)

Economic Preconditions for Monetary Cooperation in East Asia ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Junichi Goto (Kobe University); Discussant: Kazutomo Abe (Tokyo Denki University)
The Grondona System of Conditional Currency Convertibility: A Basis for Conflict-Free Monetary Cooperation ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Patrick Collins (Azabu University); Discussant: Yukinobu Kitamura (Hitotsubashi University)
Integration of the East Asian Economies and a Step by Step Approach towards a Currency Basket Regime..........(Abstract): Speaker: Junichi Mori & Naoyoshi Kinukawa (Institute for International Monetary Affairs); Discussant: Patrick Collins (Azabu University)

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13:00-15:00 (Room 5235)

Session 4: International Conflict and Cooperation (1)

Chair: Masumi Kishi (Chuo University)

FDI in China and Regional Development: From Institutional Reform to Agglomeration Economies Perspective ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Chyau Tuan & Linda F. Y. Ng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Discussant: Mitsuo Ezaki (Nagoya University)
Japan and China: Driving Forces of a Regional Monetary Arrangements in East Asia? ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Tetsuji Murase (Kyoto University); Discussant: Modjtaba Sadria (Chuo University)
Exchange Rate, Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment..........(Abstract): Speaker: Kozo Kiyota (Yokohama National University) & Shujiro Urata (Waseda University); Discussant: Chyau Tuan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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(15:00-15:20 Coffee Break)

15:20-17:20 (Room 5534)

Session 5: Resource and Environmental Policies (2)

Chair: Jiejiao Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Science)

Trade, Externalities of Industrial Pollution, and Economic Geography: The Case of Asymmetrical Pollution..........(Abstract): Speaker: Tohru Naito (Kyushu Kyoritsu University); Discussant: Shunichi Maekawa (Meikai University)
A Criterion of Participation in Global Governance of CO2 Emissions for the Perspective of Sustainable Economic Development in East Asia (revised, Nov. 6)..........(Abstract): Speaker: Yoko Wake, Nguyen Kim Anh, Jung Woojong & Rapipongs B. Silpa (Keio University); Discussant: Jiejiao Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Science)
The Effect of Emissions Trading on International Environmental Agreements ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Jan-Tjeerd Boom (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University); Discussant: Naoki Matsuo (Climate Experts)

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15:20-17:20 (Room 5335)

Session 6: Resource and Environmental Policies (3)

Chair: Il-Chung Kim (Dongguk University)

Ecotourism, Common Pool Resources and Regional Environment Management..........(Abstract): Speaker: Masahiro Yabuta (Chuo University); Discussant: Shigeru Matsumoto (Kansai University)
Common Pool Resources, Preference for Environmental and Ecotourism..........(Abstract): Speaker: Takanori Ida (Prefectural University of Kumamoto); Discussant: Yoshifumi Ueda (Hiroshima University)
A Consideration of Conservation and Optimal Use of Forest Land..........(Abstract): Speaker: Yasuhito Yamanishi (Chuo University); Discussant: Mihoko Shimamoto (Hosei University)

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15:20-17:20 (Room 5336)

Session 7: International Monetary Affairs (2)

Chair: Hideaki Murase (Nagoya City University)

Unemployment Assistance: Policy Implications from the 1997 Financial Crisis in Korea ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Young-bum Park (Hansung University); Discussant: Sei Kuribayashi (Chuo University)
Production Technology of Malaysian Commercial Banks: The Estimation of Stochastic Cost Functions Adjusted to The Non-Performing Loans..........(Abstract): Speaker: Hidenobu Okuda (Hitotsubashi University), Hidetoshi Hashimoto (Nihon University) & Michiko Murakami (Japan Bank for International Cooperation); Discussant: Mika Kitamura (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

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15:20-17:20 (Room 5235)

Session 8: International Conflict and Cooperation (2)

Chair: Mitoshi Yamaguchi (Kobe University)

Economic Globalization and the Citizens' Welfare State ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Hiroto Tsukada (Yamaguchi University); Discussant: Kohei Komamura (Toyo University)
Foreign Workers' Adjustment in Korea: Comparing Filipino and Other Workers..........(Abstract): Speaker: Byoung Mohk Choi (Kyung Hee University); Discussant: Tomoko Furugori (Chuo University)

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Welcome Dinner's Place Changed !

Welcome Dinner (18:00-20:00) at Korakuen Hanten (Chinese Restaurant) map
2nd floor of Tokyo Dome Hotel's annex, the Blue Building
1-3-61, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Phone 03-5805-2111 / Fax 03-5805-2200
About 5 minutes' walk from Korakuen Campus at Chuo University

Sunday, December 1

9:00-11:00 (Room 5534)

Session 9: Resource and Environmental Policies (4)

Chair: Kazuhiro Ueta (Kyoto University)

Load of Carbon Tax by Region and Income Group..........(Abstract): Speaker: Kiyoshi Fujikawa (Konan University); Discussant: Noriyuki Goto (University of Tokyo)
Reforming the Japanese Car-related Taxation System to Meet CO2 Emission Targets..........(Abstract): Speaker: Masayoshi Tanishita (Chuo University); Discussant: Kiyoshi Fujikawa (Konan University)
The Double Dividend of an Environmental Tax Reform in Japan: A CGE Analysis Based on the 1995 Input-Output Table ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Seung-Joon Park (Kyoto Sangyo University); Discussant: Il-Chung Kim (Dongguk University)

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9:00-11:00 (Room 5335)

Session 10: Macroeconomic Performance (1)

Chair: Yasumi Matsumoto (Waseda University)

Political Implication of Statistical Analyses of Information Technology Investment in Japanese Banks..........(Abstract): Speaker: Yasuharu Ukai (Kansai University) & Shinji Watanabe (University of Osaka Prefecture); Discussant: Kouhei Ohtsuka (Member of the House of Councillors)
Economic Performances by the President Regime in Korea..........(Abstract): Speaker: Jae Won Kim (Hanyang University); Discussant: Katsuyoshi Okui (Otemon Gakuin University)
An Analysis of Technological Progress and Technical Efficiency of Japanese and Korean Manufacturing Sector: Different Policy Implications..........(Abstract): Speaker: Se-Young Bae (Konyang University); Discussant: Takanobu Nakajima (Keio University)

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9:00-11:00 (Room 5336)

Session 11: Optimal Taxation

Chair: Stanley L. Winer (Carleton University)

A Design of Optimal Commodity Taxation: A Case of Japan and Korea..........(Abstract): Speaker: Joong-Ho Kook (Yokohama City University); Discussant: Satoshi Watanabe (Chuo University)

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9:00-11:00 (Room 5235)

Session 12: International Conflict and Cooperation (3)

Chair: Suthiphand Chirathivat (Chulalongkom University)

Private and Public Voluntary Contributions to Foreign Aid: An Empirical Analysis ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Masayoshi Hayashi (Meiji Gakuin University); Discussant: Worawet Suwanrada (Osaka University)
Environmental Assessment Process of Japanese ODA and Its Alternative..........(Abstract): Speaker: Kosuke Ninomiya (Kyushu Kyoritsu University); Discussant: Petr Sauer (University of Economics in Prague)
Japan's Foreign Policy: Monterrey, WSSD, and the Doha Round..........(Abstract): Speaker: Hirohisa Kohama (University of Shizuoka); Discussant: Tatsuo Arima (Waseda University)

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(11:00-11:15 Coffee Break)

11:15-13:15 (Room 5534)

Session 13: Resource and Environmental Policies (5)

Chair: Jan-Tjeerd Boom (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University)

Provision of Public Goods and NPO..........(Abstract): Speaker: Hiroshige Tanaka (Chuo University); Discussant: Tetsuro Okazaki (Chiba University of Commerce)
A Concept of Compact City for Sustainable Development..........(Abstract): Speaker: Akira Kinoshita (Tohoku Bunkagakuen University); Discussant: Noritoshi Ariyoshi (Kumamoto University)

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11:15-13:15 (Room 5335)

Session 14: Macroeconomic Performance (2)

Chair: Nobuhito Takeuchi (Nagoya University)

The Effects of Fiscal Policy in Japan: Simulation Analysis with Forward-looking Macroeconometric Model ..........(Abstract): Speaker: Ryokichi Chida (Meiji University); Discussant: Akio Torii (Yokohama National University)
Informatization Policy in Korea: Current Situation and Future Development Strategy..........(Abstract): Speaker: Sae Eok Han (Tamna University); Discussant: Tatsuya Omura (Keio University)
Regional Diversity of Economic Growth and Its Source in China..........(Abstract): Speaker: Yuko Arayama & Katsuya Miyoshi (Graduate School of Nagoya University); Discussant: Linda F. Y. Ng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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11:15-13:15 (Room 5336)

Session 15: Basic Theory for Economic Policy

Chair: Se-Young Bae (Konyang University)

The Role of Entrepreneur in Collective Action: Network Formation, Transaction Cost, and Collective Goods..........(Abstract): Speaker: Yoshifumi Ueda (Hiroshima University); Discussant: Taro Ozawa (Keio University)
A Welfare Economic Approach as a Basis for Economic Policy..........(Abstract): Speaker: Daisuke Udagawa (Waseda University); Discussant: Shigeaki Mizutani (Nanzan University)
Dynamic Heckcsher-Ohlin Model under Monopolistic Competition..........(Abstract): Speaker: Kenichiro Ikeshita (Kyushu University); Discussant: Kazuharu Kiyono (Waseda University)

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11:15-13:15 (Room 5235)

Session 16: International Monetary Affairs (3)

Chair: Young-bum Park (Hansung University)

Economic Policies in the Asian Crisis Countries Before and After the Crisis : Case of Indonesia..........(Abstract): Speaker: Masaaki Komatsu (Hiroshima University); Discussant: Suminori Tokunaga (University of Tsukuba)
Monetary Policy in Indonesia Following the Crisis in 1997-98..........(Abstract): Speaker: Anwar Nasution (University of Indonesia); Discussant: Nobuhiko Kosuge (Kanda University of International Studies)