4’th International Student Conference:
“Cooperation, Coordination and Conflict”
14 April 2008
Izmir University of Economics
Conference Program
10:00 Conference Hall
- Opening Speech: Prof. Attila Sezgin, Rector
- Opening Speech: Begüm Şele, Head of the Student Council
- Opening Session
Session Chair: Prof. Turgut Var
Location: Conference Hall
- Suresh Naidu, Arindrajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan
Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information
University of California Berkeley, USA
- Pınar Çakıroğlu
Southeastern Anatolian Project and The ‘Traditional’ Structures of the Region: Cooperation, Coordination and Conflict
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Ahmet Aşarkaya
The Reasons Why Female Labor Force Participation Rate in Turkey is Low
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:40 Session I
- Resource Conflicts
Session Chair: Assist. Prof. Öznur Yurt
Location: C408
- Giacomo De Luca, Petros G. Sekeris
Land Redistribution and Guerilla Warfare
University of Namur, Belgium
- Peter Wolanski
Knowledge Transfer, Rural Development and Conflict of Interest- Experiences in Eastern Hararghe Ethiopia
University of Kassel, Germany
- Nurzhamal Abakirova
Water Conflict in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia
International Ataturk Alatoo University, Kyrgyzstan.
- Esra Uysal
The Gravity Equation for Turkey
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- Incentives and Institutions
Session Chair: Assist. Prof. Alper Duman
Location: C501
- Buke Osafoğlu
Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption in the European Union and Turkey
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- Christie Booth
Remittances in Mexico: How Do Remittances Effect Household Spending in Mexico?
SUNY Cortland, USA
- Zeynep Gürgüç
A Mechanism to Increase Coordination in the Firm Context: An Experimental Approach
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
- Hector Solaz, Enrique Fatas and Miguel A. Melendez
Cooperation, Punishment and Networks
University of Valencia, Spain
- Collusion, Comovements and Deficits
Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Hasan Baklacı
Location: C502
- Jesko Herre and Achim Wambach
The Impact of Antitrust Policy on Collusion with Imperfect Monitoring
University of Cologne, Germany
- Pınar Deniz and Seden Eken
Panel Cointegration Analysis on Stock Exchange, Exchange Rate and Interest Rate in the European Union
Marmara University, Turkey
- Onur Adıyaman and Emre Altıntaş
Theoretical Reasons for Current Account Deficit
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- Aslı Üncü
An Analysis of Import Statistics of Turkey in 2002
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
15:00 – 16:40 Session II
- Culture and Gender: Is There a Conflict?
Session Chair: Assist. Prof. Çiğdem Kentmen
Location: C502
- Sevil Acar
An Analysis of Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey from a Gender Perspective
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- İdil Göksel
Determinants of School Attainment in Turkey and The Impact of the Extension of Compulsory Education
Bocconi University, Italy
- Levent Kur
Classroom Strategies for Overcoming Cultural Differences in Norwegian Schools: Oslo Case
Bogazici University, Turkey
- Deniz Özbek
The Three Big Religions and Woman
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- Institutional Coordination and Policy
Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Hakan Yetkiner
Location: C501
- Alexander Rasch and Achim Wambach
Internal Decision-making Rules and Collusion
University of Cologne, Germany
- Levent Yılmaz
Money in the Conduct of Monetary Policy and ECB-Style Cross-Checking
Goethe University, Germany
- Fethiye Burcu Türkmen
The Relationship between the Treasury and the Central Bank: The case of Turkey
Ankara University, Turkey
- Political Economy of Coordination and Conflict
Session Chair:Assist. Prof. Yiğit Kazançoğlu
Location: C408
- Adrian Gordon
Democratic Aporias
Hampshire College, USA
- Natalia Roman
The Global World and Negotiation
Hertie School of Governance, Germany
- Oğuz Barlas
Importance of a Coherent Economic Policy in Development: The Case of Ireland
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Olaf J. de Groot
Measuring Ethno-Linguistic Affinity Between Nations
Bocconi University and IEP, Italy