Programme & Papers

W1CVI - Labour
January 24, 201809:00 – 10:30CASTELO VI
Job creation effects of R&D and ICT: Evidence from Europe

Ünal Töngür (Akdeniz University, TR)


Economic and Social Effects of Labour Mobility in European Union

Selda Dudu (University of Seville, Spain)


On the Efficiency Properties of The Roy’s Model Under Asymmetric Information

Concetta Barbara Mendolicchio (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), GE)


The Labour Market Transformation of Turkey After 2000s: Atypical Form of Employment

Gonca Darik (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)

Sine Kontbay Busun (Bonn University, GE)


The Impact of Uncertainties on the Labour Market

Mehmet Kenan Terzioğlu (Trakya University, TR)


Convenor: Jorge Bouchot-Viveros (University of Birmingham, UK)



W2CVI - Banking
January 24, 201811:00 – 12:30CASTELO VI
Mobile Technology as a Bank’s Customer Value Driver - the case of Poland

Monika Klimontowicz (University of Economics in Katowice, PL)

Janina Harasim (University of Economics in Katowice, PL)


Are foreign banks better at measuring and managing risks?

Carlo Milani (BEM Research, IT)


A Literature Review: Quantitative techniques in bank efficiency measurement

Tuğba Sarı (Konya Food and Agriculture University, TR)


Cash is King? Detection of the Global Market in a Financial Crisis

Chong-Chuo Chang (National Chi Nan University, TW)


Characterization of Variation Averse Preferences by Present Value

Umut Keskin (Istanbul Bilgi University, TR)


Convenor: Jean Niyigaba (Houzhong University of Science and Technology, CH)



W2CVII – Business and Finance / İşletme  ve Finans
January 24, 201811:00 – 12:40CASTELO VII
A Comparison of The Work Values of Generations / Kuşaklarin İş Değerleri Açisindan Karşilaştirilmasi

Selay Giray Yakut (Akdeniz University, TR)

Müge Leyla YILDIZ (Marmara University, TR)


The Effect of Employer Branding on Organizational Identification / İşveren Markasinin Örgütsel Ösdeşleşme Üzerine Etkisi

Nurcan Hakan Çiraklar (Dokuz Eylül University, TR)

Gözde Ektaş (Yıldız Technical University, TR)


Clustering and Organized Industrial Zones/ Kümelenme ve Organize Sanayi Bölgeleri

Gül Dertli (Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, TR)


The Impact of Petrol Prices on Stock Prices of Energy Companies: A Panel Data Analysis for Turkey / Petrol Fiyatlarının Enerji Sektöründeki Hisse Senedi Fiyatlarına Etkisi: Türkiye İçin Bir Panel Veri Analizi

Nur Dilbaz Alacahan (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, TR)

Seda Yavuzaslan Söylemez (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, TR)


An Examination of Volatility Spillovers Across Commodity and Stock Markets/ Emtia ve Hisse Senedi Piyasalarinda Volatilite Yayilimi Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Ayşegül Ateş (Akdeniz University, TR)

Şaika Çer (Akdeniz University, TR)


Convenor: Ethem Duygulu (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)



W3CVI– Country Studies
January 24, 201814:00 – 15:30CASTELO VI
Structural Change in Turkey’s Foreign Trade: 1990-2014 Period

Aziz Murat Hatipagaoglu (Konya Food and Agriculture University, TR)


Innovations and Creative-strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Firm-level Analysis

Kehinde Medase (Friedrich-Schiller University, GE)


About the Efficiency Behavior of the Portuguese Manufacturing Firms During the Financial Crisis

Kelly Patricia Murillo (University of Aveiro, PR)

Eugénio Rocha (University of Aveiro, PR)

Joaquim Ramalho (University Institute of Lisbon, PR)


Determinants of Russian regions inflation rate deviation from average of the whole country

Yury Perevyshin (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, RU)


Post-Crisis Growth and Development Slowdown of Central Eastern European Countries from the Middle-Income Trap Perspective

Krisztina Soreg (National University of Public Service, HUN)


Persistence of policy shocks to Ecological Footprint: Evidence from low, middle and high-income countries

Eyup Dogan (Abdullah Gul University, TR)

Burcu Ozcan (Firat University, TR)


Convenor: Ünal Töngür (Akdeniz University, TR)



W4CVI –Economic Policy  
h5> January 24, 201816:00 – 17:30CASTELO VI
Political Exchange Risk of England

Sung Pyo Chi (Gangneung-Wonju National University, SK)


Sticky prices versus sticky information: Does it matter for policy paradoxes?

Vaishali Garga (Brown University, USA)

Gauti Eggertsson (Brown University, USA)


Investigating the Time and Frequency Domain Causality Approaches for the Economic and Political Stabilities: The Case of China and Japan

Vedat Yorucu (Eastern Mediterranean University, CYPRUS)


Economic Policy of Local Self Government in Samegrelo and Upper Svaneti Region

Erekle Zarandia (Tbilisi State University, GEO)


Analyzing the willingness to pay for green electricity: Evidence from Turkey

Eyup Dogan (Abdullah Gul University, TR)

Iftikhar Muhammad (Erciyes University, TR)


Convenor: David Cardoso (University of Oxford, UK)



W4CVII – Topics in Economics/ İktisatta Seçme Konular
January 24, 201816:00 – 17:30CASTELO VII
Regional Development Studies in Turkey: A Bibliometric Approach / Türkiye’de Bölgesel Kalkınma Araştırmaları: Bibliyometrik Bir Yaklaşım

Hakan Demirgil (Süleyman Demirel University, TR)

Süha Çelikkaya (Süleyman Demirel University, TR)


Factors Affecting Return Immigration: A Critical Look at Migration Literature / Geri Dönüş Göçüne Etki Eden Faktörler: Göç Literatürüne Eleştirel Bir Bakış

Tuncay Bilecen (Kocaeli University, TR)


What Makes an Innovative and Entrepreneurial University? A Descriptive Study on visible-invisible impediments / Yenilikçi Ve Girişimci Üniversiteyi Yapan Nedir? Görünür- Görünmez Engeller Üzerine Betimleyici Bir Çalışma

Ethem Duygulu (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)

Nurcan Hakan Çıraklar (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)

Emir Özeren (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)

Oytun Boran Sezgin (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)

Pınar Işıldar (Dokuz Eylul University, TR)


Sustainable Development under the Historical Development Process

Oğuz Yıldırım (ALKU, TR)

Fatme İsmail Nuri (ALKU, TR)


Convenor: Hasan Dudu (European Commission, JRC, IPTS, Spain)



T1CVI – Development
January 25, 201809:00 – 10:40CASTELO VI
Institutions and Resource-driven Development

László Szalai (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HUN)


Institutional vs Economic development in Georgia  

Tsotne Zhghenti (Tbilisi State University, GEO)


Economic Freedom – The cause of Equality or Inequality?

Vakhtang Chkareuli (Tbilisi State University, GEO)


Inequality and Household Borrowing in The Eurozone

Sine Kontbay Busun (Bonn University, GE)


Economic Convergence for Developing and Developed Countries: A Cointegrated Time Series Data Analysis Comparison for Rwanda And Japan from 1970 To 2013

Jean Niyigaba (Houzhong University of Science and Technology, CH)


Convenor: Ana Iolanda Voda (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, RO)



T1CVII – Tax /Vergi
January 25, 201809:00 – 10:30CASTELO VII
Anti-Damping Practice within 167th Article of the Constitution: Current Practice Examples/ Anayasanın 167. Maddesi Kapsamında Anti-Damping Uygulaması: Güncel Uygulama Örnekleri

Mahmure Eşgünoğlu (Cumhuryet University, TR)

Cansu Sevinç (Pamukkale University, TR)

Selçuk Buyrukoğlu (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, TR)


Taxpayer Rights in the Taxation Process in Turkey / Türkiye’de Vergilendirme Sürecinde Mükellef Hakları

Engin Hepaksaz (İzmir Katip Çelebi University, TR)


Mining Economics with Taxation Focus and Its Effects / Vergileme Özelinde Yeraltı Ekonomisi ve Etkileri

Ersan Öz (Pamukkale University, TR)

Bilal Göde (Pamukkale University, TR)


Invitation to Explanation In Tax Law/ Vergi Hukukunda İzaha Davet Uygulamasi

Cansu Sevinç (Pamukkale University, TR)

Mahmure Eşgünoğlu (Cumhuriyet University, TR)


The Effectiveness of Tax Policies in Turkey: Causality Analysis / Türkiye’de Vergi Politikalarının Etkinliği: Nedensellik Analizi

Mustafa Karabacak (Uşak Universiyt, TR

Oytun Meçik (Eskişehir Osmangazi University, TR)


Convenor: Cihan Yüksel (Mersin University, TR)



T2CVI - Sustainability
January 25, 201811:00 – 12:40CASTELO VI
Sustainable Consumption: Food Waste Practices

Nazlı Nur Uz (Anadolu University, TR)

Gülfidan Barış (Anadolu University, TR)


Impact of Macroeconomic and Social Variables on Renewable Energy Consumption for the G7 Countries: A Panel Data Approach

Fatih Sonmez (Universidade de Evora, PR)

José R. Pires Manso (Universidade da Beira Inteiror, PR)


Management Guidelines For Slow Onset Disasters: The Case Of Climate Change And Central Anatolian Drought

Levent Aksoy (Konya Food and Agriculture University, TR)

Sevim Seda Yamac (Konya Food and Agriculture University, TR)


Would Higher Intra-Regional Trade intensity for MENA Countries be Attained, when they are More Democratic and Less Bureaucratic?

Esmat Mostaf Kamel (Global Trade Matters, EG)


Convenor: Robert Taczmann (University of Pecs, Hungary)



T2CVII – Topics in Economics / İktisatta Seçme Konular
January 25, 201811:00 – 12:30CASTELO VII
Determinants of Sports Expenditures: Evidence from a Developing Country

Nilgün Çağlarırmak Uslu (Anadolu University, TR)

Yılmaz Kılıçaslan (Anadolu University, TR)

Mustafa Özsarı (Konya Food and Agriculture University, TR)

Mert Erkan (Anadolu University, TR)


Effects of Risk perception and Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions

 Ana Iolanda Voda (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, RO)


Education and the Geography of Economic Opportunity

Sulagna Mookerjee (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), GE)

David Slichter (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, QT)


A Dynamic Model of CEO Turnover in A Multi Factor Environment

David Cardoso (University of Oxford, UK)

Eugénio Rocha (University of Aveiro, PR)


Convenor: Hasan Dudu (European Commission, JRC, IPTS, Spain)



T3CVI – Wage
January 25, 201814:00-15:30CASTELO VI
The Unintended Distributional Consequences of the 2012 Rise in The Mexican Minimum Wage

Jorge Bouchot-Viveros (University of Birmingham, UK)


Employment Quality and Wages Gains from Global Engagement: Evidence from Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms

Ali Yibrie Esmaile (University of Milan, IT)


Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Employee Satisfaction: Evaluation of Human Resources Functions

Büşra Yiğitol (Konya Gıda ve Tarım University, TR)

Özlem Balaban (Sakarya University, TR)


Consumption Smoothing in Pakistan: Dynamics of Risk and Insurance

Syed Hassan Raza (City University of Hong Kong, HK)


Convenor: Ünal Töngür (Akdeniz University, TR)



T3CVII - Economy Policy II
January 25, 201814:00 – 15:40CASTELO VI
The Evolution of Instant Payments Systems

Robert Taczmann (University of Pecs, Hungary)


Strategic Trade and FDI Policies in A Unionized Industry With Differentiated Goods

Domenico Buccella (Kozminski University in Warsaw, PL)


Determinants of Intergenerational Mobility: Does (In)equal Opportunity occurs?

Uğur Aytun (Ahi Evran University, TR)

Duygu Çeri-Türk (Anadolu University, TR)

Oytun Meçik (Eskisehir Osmangazi Unvesity, TR)


A spatial voting model of electoral competition with non-fixed number of voters

Hamideh Esfahani (Institute for Management and Planning Studies, IR)

Mehdi Fadaee (Institute for Management and Planning Studies, IR)


Convenor: Esmat Mostaf Kamel (Global Trade Matters, EG)