4’th International Student Conference:
“Cooperation, Coordination and Conflict”

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