Programme & Papers

W1HHI - Growth
July 25, 201809:00 - 10:30Henry Hudson I

Fiscal Deficits and Growth in Sri Lanka

Kesavarajah Kathan Mayandy (The University of Manchester, UK)


FDI and Tourism as a means to Growth: reality or wishful thinking?

Amin Sokhanvar (Eastern Mediterranean University, NC)


Convenor: Goodness C. Aye (University of Pretoria, SA



W1HHII - Human Capital / Beşeri Sermaye
July 25, 201809:00 - 10:30Henry Hudson II

Short and Long-Term Unemployment In Turkey / Türkiye’de Kısa ve Uzun Dönem İşsizlik

İsmail Şentürk (Gaziosmanpaşa University, TR)

Nazlı Karaoğlu (Gaziosmanpaşa University, TR)


Convenor: Derya Demirdizen Çevik (Kocaeli University, TR)



W2HHI - Trade
July 25, 201811:00 - 12:30Henry Hudson I

A New Dawn for MENA Firms: Service Trade Liberalization for More Competitive Exports

Fida Karam (Gulf University for Science and Technology,KW)

Chahir Zaki (Cairo University,EG)


Optimal Settlement and Commitment in Optimal Antitrust Enforcement

Fatih Cemil Özbuğday(Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University,TR)


A Intraday Variability and Trading Volume: Evidence from National Stock Exchange

Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy (Indian Institute of Technology Madras,IN)

Aravind Sampath (Indian Institute of Technology Madras,IN)


Endogenous Climate Coalitions and Free Trade - Building the Missing Link

Zenker Anja (Chemnitz University of Technology,GE)

Kuhn Thomas (Chemnitz University of Technology,GE)

Pestow Radomir (Chemnitz University of Technology,GE)


Convenor: Panchanan Das (University of Calcutta, IN)



W2HHII - Turkish Economy / Türkiye Ekonomisi
July 25, 201811:00 - 12:30Henry Hudson II

R & D Expenditures in Turkey/ Türkiye’de Ar-Ge Harcamalari

Selda Başaran Alagöz (Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, TR)

Mehmet Alagöz (Selcuk Üniversity, TR)


The Impact of Terrorist Events on Turkish Tourism / Terör Olaylarının Türk Turizmine Etkisi

Nazlı Karaoğlu (Gaziosmanpaşa University, TR)

Işın Çetin (Giresun University, TR)


Rebound Effect for Energy Consumption: The Case of Turkey/ Enerji Tüketiminde Rebound Etkisi: Türkiye Örneği

Recep Ulucak (Gaziosmanpaşa University, TR)

Emrah Koçak (Gaziosmanpaşa University, TR)


Convenor: Esref Ugur Celik (Atilim University, TR)



W3HHI - Finance
July 25, 201814:00 - 15:30Henry Hudson I

Is VC market Liquid? Evidence from India

James Dominic (Indian Institute of Technology Madras,IN)

Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy (Indian Institute of Technology Madras,IN)


Testing the Financial Kuznets Curve for Member and Candidate Countries of European Union

Muhammet Fatih Elçin (Dokuz Eylül University,TR)

Saadet Kasman (Dokuz Eylül University,TR)


Insider Trading with Different Risk Attitudes

Wassim Daher (Gulf University for Science and Technology,KW)

Harun Aydilek (Gulf University for Science and Technology,KW)

Elias G. Saleeby (American University of Iraq Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah,IQ)


On Household and Commercial Credit, and Bank Market Power and Competition

Jose Cao-Alvira (The City University of New York, USA)


Convenor: Amin Sokhanvar (Eastern Mediterranean University, NC)



W4HHI - Macroeconomy-1
July 25, 201816:00 - 17:15Henry Hudson I

Does the Global Financial Crisis Play A Role in The Causal Relationship Between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices In South Africa?

Lelani Coetzee (University of Pretoria, SA)

Goodness C. Aye (University of Pretoria, SA)


Evaluation of 2008 Global Crisis by Behavioural Economics Approach

Perihan Hazel Kaya(Selcuk University, TR)

Gülsüm Gamze Yıldırım(Selcuk University, TR)


The Impact of Central Bank Transparency on Inflation Persistence

Georgios Oikonomou(Democritus University of Thrace, GR)

Eleftherios Spyromitros(Democritus University of Thrace, GR)


Convenor: Esref Ugur Celik (Atilim University, TR)



W4HHII - Labor
July 25, 201816:00 - 17:15Henry Hudson II

School to Work Transition in India: An Empirical Study with Survey Data

Panchanan Das (University of Calcutta, IN)

Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri (University of Calcutta, IN)


Entrepreneurial Orientation of Management Teams, SME’s Competitive Advantage and Performance: The Role of Gender Diversity

Thanh Huynh (Bournemouth University, UK)

Dean Patton (Bournemouth University, UK)


Institutions and gender gap in developing countries: an economic approach

Samuel Medina-Claros (University of Malaga, SP)

Salvador Pérez-Moreno (University of Malaga, SP)

Elena Bárcena-Martín (University of Malaga, SP)


Convenor: Yılmaz Kılıçaslan (Anadolu University, TR)



T1HHI - Inequality
July 26, 201809:00 - 10:30Henry Hudson I

Reproduction of Power Law Tails of Chinese Income and Wealth Distributions

Saul Desiderio (Shantou University, CH)

Siyan Chen (Shantou University, CH)


A New Perspective for Multidimensional Poverty: An Income-based Approach with Applications to China’s Rural Poverty

Chengyu Yang(Beijing Normal University Business School, CH)


Food Inflation and Poverty Nexus: An Empirical Ascertainment

Nazima Ellahi(Foundation university Islamabad, PK)


The determinants of monetary poverty in Morocco: Empirical evidence from spatial data

Amaghouss Jabrane (Cadi Ayyad University, MR)


Convenor: Panchanan Das (University of Calcutta, IN)



T2HHI - Topics in Economics
July 26, 201811:00 - 12:15Henry Hudson I

How Green is the Green Economy: A Suggestion of an Alternative Framework

Semra Purkis (Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, TR)


To Be, or Not to Be: Stereotypes, Identity Choice and Group Inequality

Young-Chul Kim (Sogang University, SK)

Glenn C.Loury (Brown University, USA)


Wage Gap and Employment Status in Indian Labour Market – Quantile Based Counterfactual Analysis

Panchanan Das (University of Calcutta, IN)


Convenor: Thanh Huynh (Bournemouth University, UK)



T2HHII - Macroeconomy-2
July 26, 201811:00 - 12:15Henry Hudson II

Importance of Awareness of Default Risk on Conducting Monetary and Fiscal Policies

Eiji Okano(Nagoya City University, JP)


Smart Meters and Distributed Generation: Panel Causality Evidence

Fatih Cemil Özbuğday (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, TR)

Önder Özgür (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, TR)


Computational Evidence on the Distributive Properties of Monetary Policy

Siyan Chen(Shantou University, CH)

Saul Desiderio(Shantou University, CH)


Education and Economic Growth In South Africa: An Empirical Investigation

Nicholas Odhiambo (University of South Africa, SA)


Convenor: Amin Sokhanvar (Eastern Mediterranean University, NC)