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There is a project ongoing at Kobe University APEC Study Center in the fiscal year of 1996 together with Institute of Developing Economies.

Hondai, Susumu ...... Professor,

Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies,

Kobe University

(Project Coordinator),

"Political Economy of Rice Production in East Asia"

Abe, Shigeyuki ...... Professor,

Research Institute of Economics and Business,

Kobe University

"Impacts of APEC Liberalization Measures to its Member

Countries: A Model Analysis"

Igawa, Kazuhiro ...... Professor,

Research Institute of Economics and Business,

Kobe University

"Trade in Services among APEC Countries"

Nishijima, Shouji ...... Professor,

Research Institute of Economics and Business,

Kobe University

"APEC and Latin America: Perspectives from Mexico and Chile"

Toyoda, Toshihisa, ...... Professor,

Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies

Kobe University,

"Trade and Investment Promoting Zones:

Implications for APEC"

Okamoto, Yumiko, ...... Associate Professor,

Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies,

Kobe University,

"The Role of Industrial Policy in the Era of Liberalization:

Implications for APEC"

Plummer, Michael ...... Associate Professor,

Research Institute of Economics and

Business, Kobe University

"Endogenous Policy Change in Regional Arrangements:

The Case of Asia-Pacific Economic Integration"