Department of Economics

Call for Papers for the Seventh Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network

About the Call for Papers

The Japan Economy Network (JEN) and SOAS, University of London invite submissions of papers and extended abstracts for the Seventh Annual JEN Conference. 

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 and sustainability; demographic change; womenomics; inequality; labour markets; education; digital transformation; and economic history. Papers adopting a comparative perspective are welcome. Young scholars are particularly encouraged to submit their work.

Programme committee:

  • Andrew Filardo (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
  • Ikuko Fueda-Samikawa (Japan Center for Economic Research)
  • 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.

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Paper submission

Interested participants should submit their papers through the following form.

Submission deadline 

28 March 2025 (Later submissions will be considered)

The outcome of the selection process will be announced by 18 April 2025. 

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Paper submission

Submit your paper 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, the Bank of Japan, Columbia Business School, and Hitotsubashi University. The JEN is hosted by the Department of Economics of SOAS, University of London.

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Japan Economy Network

For further information on the JEN or to become a member:

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