2014 All-Istanbul Economics Workshop

Date: May 17, 2014 Saturday
Place: santralistanbul Campus

As an initiative of BİLGİ, Koç, Sabancı, and Bosphorus universities, All-Istanbul Economics Workshop aims at increasing research opportunities and enhance networking among academics from Economics Departments. The workshop is hosting academics and graduate students from Economics Department of BİLGİ, Koç, Sabancı, Bosphorus, Özyeğin, and Bahçeşehir Universities. 

For program details, please send an e-mail to  Infoeconmsc@bilgi.edu.tr or  Infoeconphd@bilgi.edu.tr

PROGRAM:

10:00 - 10:30      Welcoming Breakfast (E2-103A)

10:30 - 12:30      Parallel Sessions

Econometrics I (E1-202A)

Mehmet Soytaş (Özyeğin University)
“A new estimation technique for soveireign default risk”

Harun Özkan (İstanbul Bilgi University)
“Markov regime switching in mean and in fractional integration parameter”

Erhan Uluceviz (istanbul Bilgi University)
“VAR Identification Through Heteroscedacticity in the Analysis of Newtwork Connectedness”

Microeconomics I (E1-202B)

Eren İnci (Sabancı University)
“Garage & Curbside Parking Competition with Search Congestion”

Hayrullah Dindar (İstanbul Bilgi University)
“Vote Swapping in Two-tiers Elections”

Selçuk Özyurt (Sabancı University)
“Expert Advice for Multiple Audiences with Conflicting Interests”

Macroeconomics (E1-103A)

Can Sever (Boğaziçi University)
“Systematic Risk and Heteregeneous Leverage in Banking System: Implications for Banking Regulation”

Salim Ergene (Boğaziçi University)
“Optimal Monetary Policy under the Presence of Informality”

Nazlı Şahanoğulları (Istanbul Bilgi University)
“Labor Income and Consumption Age Profiles: Economic Lifecycle for Turkey”

12:30 - 14:00      Lunch

14:00 - 16:40      Parallel Sessions

Econometrics II (E1-202A)

Yaşar Ersan (Sabancı University)
“Characteristics of Educational Institutions and Skill Generation among Immigrants: Evidence from OECD Countries”

Ayşenur Acar (Bahçeşehir U. & Istanbul Bilgi U.)
“How does childhood poverty affect future outcomes of children?”

Orkun Doğan (Istanbul Bilgi University)
“Human Capital And Economic Growth”