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    [Accepting] Ms Yimeng Zhang (Kyoto University): Less is more: media regulation, news coverage quality and corporate governance This paper investigates how a major media regulatory reform in China—the revocation and merger of local reporter stations affiliated with central media outlets—affects news coverage quality and corporate governance. Using a unique dataset of corporate news articles and based on a difference-in-differences approach, we find that the reform significantly promotes news coverage quality, as reflected by reduced optimistic tone bias. The effects are more pronounced for firms located geographically distant, in regions with weaker media competition, for less socially responsive newspapers, as well as... APL Event Date：2026.06.18
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    [Accepting] Ms Xue Peng (Kyoto University): Regulatory Cooperation, Agricultural Trade Costs, and Heterogeneous Effects across Member and Non-Member Countries: Evidence from SPS and TBT Provisions The literature on regulatory cooperation in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) has overlooked two issues: the effects on non-member countries and the potential heterogeneity between the areas of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). This study investigates how regulatory cooperation affects trade costs in agriculture sector. Using data on SPS and TBT provisions, this study examines the effects on not only member countries but also non-member countries. The results reveal systematic heterogeneity across policy areas in three dimensions: the magnitude of effects f... APL Event Date：2026.05.28
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    [Accepting] Dr Nurillaev Karamat Maratovich (Hokkaido University): Robot Adoption and International Trade: Implications for Developing Economies Industrial robots are typically viewed as technology for labor-scarce advanced economies, and their relevance for developing countries is often questioned. Departing from this perspective, this paper examines the effect of robot adoption on export structure in 33 developing economies across 15 manufacturing sectors between 2005 and 2020. The empirical analysis combines industry-level bilateral trade flows from OECD input-output tables with data on robot adoption from the International Federation of Robotics. To address endogeneity, the study employs PPML estimation with an instrumental variabl... APL Event Date：2026.05.14