Call for Papers for the Fifth Annual Conference of the SOAS-led Japan Economy Network hosted by Columbia Business School March 2023
The SOAS-hosted Japan Economy Network (JEN) and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School invite submissions of papers and extended abstracts for the Fifth Annual JEN Conference taking place at Columbia University, New York from 23-24 March 2023. Submissions are encouraged in all areas relating to the Japanese economy, including, among others, monetary and fiscal policy; exchange rate policy; developments in Japanese banking and finance; perspectives on potential output; economics of climate change; demographic change; womenomics; inequality; labour markets; education; and economic history. Papers adopting a comparative perspective are welcome. Young scholars are particularly encouraged to submit their work.
Submission deadline is 9 December 2022. Please send your submissions to the following email address: JEN@soas.ac.uk. The outcome of the selection process will be announced by 16 December 2022. Later submissions will be considered.
Programme committee:
- Andrew Filardo (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
- Takatoshi Ito (Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University)
- Stefania Lottanti von Mandach (University of Zurich)
- Nobuko Nagase (Ochanomizu University)
- Toshitaka Sekine (Hitotsubashi University)
- Ulrich Volz (SOAS, University of London)
Coffee breaks, lunches and a dinner will be provided. Costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence will have to be covered by participants themselves. There is no conference fee.
The call for papers can be downloaded here.
About the Japan Economy Network
The JEN was established in 2015 to promote research on the Japanese economy and facilitate exchange between researchers with an active research interest in the Japanese economy. The JEN is an informal network open to researchers from academia, think tanks, international organisations, central banks, governments, NGOs and the private sector. Previous JEN conferences were hosted by the Japanese-German Center Berlin, the Asian Development Bank Institute, the University of Zurich, and the Bank of Japan. The JEN is hosted by the Department of Economics of SOAS, University of London. Find out more about the JEN.
About the Center on Japanese Economy and Business
CJEB is the preeminent academic center in the United States on Japanese business and economics. Established at Columbia Business School in 1986 under the direction of its chairman, Professor Hugh Patrick, and led currently by its director, Professor David E. Weinstein, CJEB promotes knowledge and understanding of Japanese business and economics in an international context. CJEB is a research organization widely recognized for its vigorous research activities, international symposia, conferences, and lectures, held in New York City and Tokyo, which provide prominent speakers from the public and private sectors a forum for collaboration and reflection on Japan, the United States, and the global economy. Find out more about CJEB.
