6. All-İstanbul Ekonomi Çalıştayı, 2016

6th All-İstanbul Economics Workshop
May 14, 2016
09:30 – 19:00
Özyeğin University, Faculty of Business
9:30-10:00
Welcome and Breakfast
10:00-11:45
Parallel Sessions
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:45
Parallel Sessions
14:45-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-17:00
Parallel Sessions
17:00-19:00
Dinner
Microeconomics
10:00 – 11:45
Hayrullah Dindar, (Bilgi University)
G01
A Problem with Proportional Representation
joint with Gilbert Laffond and Jean Laine
Nuray Akın, (Özyeğin University)
An Equilibrium Search Model of Fire Sales
joint with B. Platt
Mehmet Özsoy, (Özyeğin University)
Bank regulation under fire sale externalities
joint with Gazi I. Kara
13:00 – 14:45
Orhan Aygün, (Boğaziçi University)
G01
Dynamic Reserves in Matching Markets: Theory and Applications
joint with with Bertan Turan
Elif Kubilay, (Koç University)
Altruism through Empathy: Evidence from the Field
Umutcan Salman, (Sabancı University)
Affirmative Actions: the Boston Mechanism Case
15:15 – 17:00
Seçkin Özbilen, (Bilgi University)
Coalitional Nash stability in hedonic coalition formation games
Yunus Topbaş, (Boğaziçi University)
Horizontal Coordination and Transparency of Information
joint with Ünal Zenginobuz
Özgür Kıbrıs, (Sabancı University)
Limited Attention and Status quo Bias
joint with M. Dean and Y. Masatlioglu
G01
Macroeconomics
10:00 – 11:45
Mustafa Kaba, (Boğaziçi University)
G02
Informality and Inequality Dynamics in a Two-Sector Ramsey-type
Growth Model
joint with Murat Koyuncu
Eray Yücel, (Kadir Has University)
Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Turkey
joint with S. Burcu Avci
Engin Kara, (Özyeğin University)
Bridging the gap between the micro evidence and the macro
estimates of nominal rigidity
13:00 – 14:45
Alper Ünsal, (Boğaziçi University)
G02
Public Capital, Growth and Inequality
joint with Murat Koyuncu
Ayşegül Kayaoğlu, (İstanbul Technical University)
Education Policies in a Context of Brain Drain
joint with Frederic Docquier and Hillel Rappoport
Didem Tüzemen, (Özyeğin University)
Health Care Reform or Labor Market Reform? A Quantitative
Analysis of the Affordable Care Act
joint with Makoto Nakajima
15:15 – 17:00
Canan Yıldırım, (Kadir Has University)
Bank Value and Geographic Diversification: Regional vs Global
joint with Georgios Efthyvoulou
Hamza Demircan, (Koç University)
Measuring Economic and Financial Conditions in Emerging
Economies
joint with Cem Cakmaklı and Sumru Altug
Berrak Bahadır, (Özyeğin University)
Macroeconomic Effects of Remittances
joint with Santanu Chatterjee and T. Lebesmuehlbacher
G02
Econometrics/Applied Econometrics
10:00 – 11:45
Süleyman Faruk Gözen, (Koç University)
G03
Linking Real and Financial Connectedness
joint with Kamil Yılmaz
Umut Akovalı, (Koç University)
Decomposing Portfolio Risk By Network Approach: Idiosyncratic vs.
Systematic Risk
Özlem Akın, (Özyeğin University)
Anticipating the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Insider Trading in
Banks
joint with Jose M Marin and Jose-Luis Peydro
13:00 – 14:45
Murat Kırdar, (Boğaziçi University)
G03
Returns to Schooling in Egypt
joint with R. Assaad, A. Aydemir and M. Dayıoğlu
Haluk Yener, (Kadir Has University)
Survival Maximizing Leverage of an Economy
joint with Thanasis Stengos, M. Ege Yazgan
Onur Özdemir, (Kadir Has University)
Effects of Trade and Financial Liberalization on Income Distribution:
Role of Institutional Quality and Level of Education
joint with Arhan S. Ertan
15:15 – 17:00
Ümit Yapıcı, (Boğaziçi University)
Market power in agricultural commodity markets in Turkey
joint with Gökhan Özertan
Hasan Tekgüç, (Kadir Has University)
Double Squeeze on Development: Land Inequality and Ethnic Conflict
in Southeastern Turkey
joint with Cem Oyvat
Tolga Yüret, (İstanbul Technical University)
Interfield Equality: Journals versus Researchers
G03
Additional Instructions:
Access to Campus:
Address: Özyeğin University, Çekmeköy Campus Nişantepe District, Orman Street, 34794 Çekmeköy –
İSTANBUL.
There will be a shuttle;
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from Altunizade (Altunizade Kopuz Otopark, Şehir Üniversitesi Önü) to Özyeğin University Campus at
9:00 A.M.
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from Özyeğin University Campus to Altunizade at 19:00.
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During the day, there are additional shuttle services working at weekend schedule. You can get more
information from the link:
http://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/OzUDE-YASAM/Kampuslere-Ulasim/Altunizade-Cekmekoy-AltunizadeShuttle-Hours
For driving directions to the Campus and public transportation alternatives, please visit the link:
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http://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/OzUDE-YASAM/Kampuslere-Ulasim/Cekmekoy-Kampusu-Ulasim