The 9th Annual Conference of Asian Law and Economics Association (jointly with the 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference) will be held at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan on 14-17 March 2013. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2012. The conference is organized by the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) in collaboration with the Asia Law and Economics Association, the International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association, the International Economics and Finance Society Japan (IEFS Japan), the Japan Health Economics Association and the Japan Risk Management Society.

Call for papers

Deadline October 15, 2012

Send the following to WEAI:

• Cover sheet with paper presenter's name, professional affiliation, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, academic degrees held; same information for coauthors; paper title (limit 60 characters and spaces); and paper topic area (three appropriate codes from the JEL Classification System for Journal Articles).
• Abstract of 350 words or less.
• Paper submission and registration fees are due at the time of submission. Paper submission is US$75, and is non-refundable if paper is accepted.  Registration is US$250 for WEAI members, US$325 for non-members (or join now and save!), and US$150 for students. 50% of the registration fee is refundable before February 1. After February 1, the registration is non-refundable due to the high administrative cost of reorganizing the affected sessions and participants. WEAI Institutional Member affiliates receive a 20 percent discount on conference fees.

Please follow the link to submit an abstract.

Program Committee

• George G. Kaufman
  Professor of Finance and Economics, Loyola University Chicago
  WEAI Executive Board and President-Elect 2013
• Fukunari Kimura
  Professor of Economics, Keio University
• Eiji Hosoda
  Professor of Economics, Keio University
• Makoto Yano
  Professor of Economics, Kyoto University
  Director, WEAI Executive Board
• Darwin C. Hall
  Professor of Economics, California State University, Long Beach
  Executive Director, WEAI Executive Board

Committee members

• Yukiko Abe
  Japan Health Economics Association
  Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University
• Hideki Hashimoto
  Board Member, Japan Health Economics Association
  Professor, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo
• Brad R. Humphreys
  Professor of Economics, University of Alberta
  Fellow, Institute for Public Economics
• Katsuyuki Kamei
  General Secretary, Japan Risk Management Society
  Professor of RIsk Management, Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University
• David Mayes
  Director and Adjunct Professor, Europe Institute
  BNZ Professor of Finance, University of Auckland Business School
• Makoto Tawada
  President of the International Economics and Finance Society Japan (IEFS Japan)
• Wen Yeu Wang
  President, Asia Law and Economics Association
  Professor of Law and Director, Center for Corporate and Financial Law, College of Law, National Taiwan University

Participating organizations

• Asia Law and Economics Association
• International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association
• International Economics and Finance Society Japan (IEFS Japan)
• Japan Health Economics Association
• Japan Risk Management Society