CEE 2014 Annual Conference

Natuk Birkan Building, Ibrahim Bodur Auditorium

Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

09:30 - 09:50 - Registration

09:50 - 10:00 - Welcome Note

Gülay Barbarosoğlu, Rector (Boğaziçi University)

Refik Erzan, Director (CEE, Boğaziçi University)  

10:00 - 11:30 - Session 1:

• Erol Taymaz, Middle East Technical University

  “Growth Dynamics in Turkish Manufacturing”

• Hakan Ercan, Middle East Technical University (with Semih Tümen, TED University; Zeynep Elitaş, Anadolu University)

  “Measuring Wage Inequality: How Should We Adjust College and High School Graduates' Wages over Time?”

11:30-12:00 - Coffee Break

12:00- 13:30 - Session 2:

• Orhan Erem Ateşağaoğlu, Stony Brook University (with Alexis Anagnastopoulos, Stony Brook University; Eva Carceles-Poveda, Stony Brook University)

  “On the Double Taxation of Corporate Profits”

• Mehmet Yiğit Gürdal, Boğaziçi University (with Nejat Anbarcı, Durham University; Nick Feltovich, Monash University)

  “The Taxicab Game: An Experimental Analysis”

13:30-15:00 - Lunch, Kennedy Lounge

15:00- 16:30 - Session 3:

• Joseph Zeira, LUISS Guido Carli (with Michele Battisti, University of Munich; Gianfranco di Vaio, LUISS Guido Carli)

  “Global Divergence in Growth Regressions”

• Kamil Yılmaz, Koç University

  “Estimating Global Bank Network Connectedness”

16:30-17:00 - Coffee Break

17:00-18:15 - Key Note Lecture

• Allan Drazen, University of Maryland

  “The Behavior of Leaders: A Political Economy Perspective”

18:15 - 20:00 - Panel Debate: What should be on the Agenda of G20?

Chair: Refik Erzan (Boğaziçi University)

• Caner Bakır, Koç University

• Mine Eder, Boğaziçi University

• Lokman Gündüz, Central Bank of Republic of Turkey

• İbrahim Turhan, Borsa İstanbul

20:00-22:00 - Cocktail Prolongé – Natuk Birkan Building, 2. Floor