37th Annual Meeting of the
Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)
Chicago, January 5 to 8, 2017
Program
(Updated: January 1, 2017)
MEEA pre-ASSA Sessions in Loyola University Chicago
MEEA/ASSA Session in Sheraton Grand Chicago
MEEA pre-ASSA Sessions
January 5
Philip B. Corboy Law Center
Loyola University Chicago
25 E. Pearson St., Chicago, IL 60611.
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Conference Program, MEEA 2017, Chicago, January 5th
Time slot
Sessions and Papers
Chair and Author(s)
8:00 Opening Ceremony and Breakfast
08:30-10
Room 203
Inequality and Poverty
Revisiting the Middle Class Myth: Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis of
Social Progress
Effects of Subsidy Reform on Consumption and Income Inequalities in Iran
Mismatch between Material Deprivation and Income Poverty: The Case of
Turkey
08:30-10
Room 206
Gender
The Conditional Gender Wage Gap in Egypt: Premium or Penalty?
Household Asset Inequality, Labor Market Outcomes and Women’s
Empowerment in MENA
Marriage Outcomes and Women Empowerment after Marriage: Two
countries stories
08:30-10
Room 208
Inflation - Wages, and Labor Supply
Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Inflation in Egypt: A Structural VAR
Approach
Asymmetry in Inflation Targeting
Analyzing Wage Differentials by Fields of Study: Evidence from Turkey
THE IMPACT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ON LABOR SUPPLY: THE CASE
OF TURKEY
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Mahdi Majbouri
Reham Kamel; British University in Egypt
Pouneh Soleimaninejadian; Tsinhua University
Chengyu Yang; Beijing Normal University
Aysenur Acar, Bulent Anil; Bahcesehir University, Seyfettin Gursel;
Bahcesehir University
Shireen Alazzawi
Hanan Nazier; faculty of economics and political science, Cairo
university; presented by Asmaa Ezzat, Faculty of Economics & Political
Science, Cairo University
Shireen Alazzawi, Santa Clara University; Vladimir Hlasny, Ewha Womans
University
Hanan Nazier; faculty of economics and political science, Cairo
university; Racha Ramadan; Faculty of Economics & Political Science,
Cairo University; presented by Chahir Zaki, Faculty of Economics &
Political Science, Cairo University
Riza Demirer
Omneia Helmy; Cairo University; Mona Fayed; Cairo University
Kholoud Hussein; Central Bank of Egypt
Erhan Aslanoglu; Marmara University
Pınar Deniz; Marmara University
Antonio di Paolo; University of Barcelona
Aysit Tansel; Middle East technical University; Presented by Ali Akarca
Irem Dogan; Istanbul Kemerburgaz University; Haluk Levent,
Kemerburgaz University; Mahmut Tekce, Marmara University
08:30-10
Room 209
Energy
Estimating the Competitive Storage Model with Trending Commodity Prices
Renewable energy and economic growth in the MENA region: Empirical
evidence and policy implications
The Sustainability of Algeria's Subsidies? [CANCELLED]
Philipp Dees
Christophe Gouel; INRA; Nicolas Legrand; INRA
Philipp Dees; FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; Georgeta Vidican; Friedrich
Alexander University Erlangen
Mohammed Barka; UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN
ZINE EL ABIIDINE DJELIL; UNIVERSITY OF ORAN and GREFIP
Coffee Break - Room 205
10:15-11:45
Room 206
Oil and Resources
Institutions and rents effects in oil dependent countries: Structural
threshold regression with endogeneity approach
DYNAMICS OF OIL PRICES, EXCHANGE RATES AND ASSET PRICES IN THE GCC
COUNTRIES
Hassan Aly
Yacine BELARBI; CREAD; SAMI Lylia, High School of management and
international trade (Algeria)
Mehmet Candemir; Eastern Mediterranean University
Mehmet Balcilar; Eastern Mediterranean University
Davide Contu; London School of Economics and Political Science
Ozgur Kaya; American University of Sharjah
Turkish Economy
HOUSING AND OUTPUT GROWTH IN TURKEY
THE INVESTIGATION OF RECENT TRENDS IN TURKISH CURRENT ACCOUNT
Volkan Ulke
Gizem Uzuner
Umut Unal; Turgut Ozal University
Nuclear Energy and the Transient Population Effect
10:15-11:45
Room 203
10:15-11:45
Room 209
The Impact of output volatility on output: Empirical evidence from Turkey
Volkan Ulke, suleyman sah university
Environemnt and WTO
Nathalie Hilmi
Nathalie HILMI, Centre Scientifique de Monaco; Alain Safa; Skill Partners;
Shekoofeh Farahmand, University of Isfahan; Majid Sameti, University of
Isfahan; Ali Sassan, University of Nice
Gokhan Ozertan, Bogazici University; Mehmet Gurdal, Bogazici
University; Baris Karapinar, TEMA Foundation; Gözde Ünal, Boğaziçi
University
Doslalo Millogo; University of Toulon
Energetic transition in Iran
Two Approaches in Estimating the Impacts of Climate Change on Turkish
Agriculture: Autonomous Adaptation and Farmers’ Risk Behavior
Immigrants pro-trade effects: Does governance matter?
Economic growth and process accession to the WTO Evidence from
Comparative Study
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Mokhtari Fayçal; University of Mascara
10:15-11:45
Room 208
Conflict and Migration
Ward Sayre
Khusrav Gaibulloev; American University of Sharjah
Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy
Todd Sandler; University of Texas at Dallas
How to Measure the Burden of War beyond the Dead Body Count? The Case Yeju Choi; Kennesaw State University; Marcus Marktanner; Kennesaw
of Syria
State University
Sir! I'd rather go to school, Sir!
Mahdi Majbouri; Babson College
Nelly El Mallakh; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Jackline Wahba;
Upward or Downward: Occupational mobility and Return Migration
University of Southampton
Coffee Break - Room 205
12-13:30
Room 208
Education
Entrepreneurship Education for University Students in Tunisia: Long-term
impact evaluation results
The Effects of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births
in Turkey
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION EXPENDITURES IN
TURKEY
Dynamics of Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey
12-13:30
Room 203
Markets in Emerging Markets
Has oil price risk gone global? An empirical analysis of quantiles
Elasticities of Substitution in a Nested CES Consumption: Evidence from
Daily Data
The Influence of FOMC Minutes for Asset Prices in BRICS Countries and
Turkey through GARCH Volatility Modelling
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Murat Kirdar
Jumana Alaref; The World Bank
Stefanie Brodmann; The World Bank
Patrick Premand; The World Bank
Murat Kirdar; Bogazici University
Elif Acar; Cankaya University
Orhan Torul; Bogazici University
Oguz Oztunali; Bogazici University
Mehmet Balcilar
Mehmet Balcilar; Eastern Mediterranean University; Riza Demirer;
Southern Illinois University Edwardsvillle; Shawkat Hammoudeh; Drexel
University
Hakan Yilmazkuday; Florida International University
Hasan Toprak; Florida International University
Evrim Toren; Eastern Mediterranean University
12-13:30
Room 206
Financial Development
Mahmoud Haddad
Public Debt Sustainability: Nonlinear Evidence from Algeria [CANCELLED]
Abderrahim Chibi and Mohamed Benbouziane; University of Tlemcen
Linking remittances with financial development and institutions: a study of
Imad EL HAMMA; Groupe de Recherche en Droit Economie Gestion
MENA countries
Financial Development, Access to Finance and Economic Growth: The Case Ayah El Sayd; NYU; Noha Emara; Rutgers
of Selected MENA Countries
The determinants of financial inclusion and growth in MENA [CANCELLED] DJENNAS Mustapha; Tlemcen University
12-13:30
FDI and Trade
Room 209
Raed Safadi
Renzo Alvarez, Florida International University; Amin Shoja, Florida
Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Evidence from Turkish Daily Prices
International University; Syed Uddin, Florida International University;
Hakan Yilmazkuday, Florida International University
Yilmaz Kilicaslan; Anadolu University; Zeynep Karal; Anadolu University
Outward FDI from a Developing Country: Evidence from Turkey
Gokhan Onder; Anadolu University; Yesim Ucdogruk; Dokuz Eylül
University
The impact of political and financial risk on FDI by sector: a threshold effect INES TROJETTE; University of Toulon
Lunch Break
14:30-16
Room 208
Exchange Rates and Trade
Export Big Hits
External Wealth of Selected Arab Nations and the Role of Exchange Rate
Lights On Trade: Estimation of Trade Flows Using Luminosity
Value-added Trade, Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Trade Elasticity:
Revisiting the Trade Competitiveness
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Melise Jaud
Melise Jaud; University of Lausanne
Mahmoud Mohieldin; World Bank
Ahmed Kamaly; The American University in Cairo
Ahmed Rostom; George Washington University
Rooholah Hadadi; FIU
Hakan Yilmazkuday; Florida International University
Syed Uddin; Florida International University
14:30-16
Room 203
Crisis, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy
Networks, inflation and labor market dynamics
Is there a Role for International Trade Costs in Monetary Policy?
Credit Decomposition and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies
Uncertainty in Financial Markets and Business Cycles
Mehmut Tekce
Jean-Paul Tsasa Vangu; Laboratoire d'analyse-recherche en économie
quantitative
Hakan Yilmazkuday; Florida International University
Renzo Alvarez; Florida International University
Berrak Bahadir; Özyeğin University
Inci Gumus; Sabanci University
Secil Yildirim Karaman; Kemerburgaz Universitesi
14:30-16
Room 206
Trade
Institutions and Trade Promotion: What is the Nexus?
14:30-16
Room 209
Banking I
Shawkat Hammodeh
Corporate Governance in the Banking Industry: Challenges and Implications Wassim Naim Shahin, Lebanese American University
Ilker Kaya, American University of Sharjah; Javed Younas, American
Bank Lending in High Risk Environment: A Disaggregated Analysis
University of Sharjah; Khusrav Gaibulloev, American University of
Sharjah; Emin Gahramanov, Deakin University
Merve Namuslu, Middle East Technical University; Seza Danisoglu,
Modeling the CDS Prices: An Application to The MENA Region
Middle East Technical University; Hande Ayaydın Hacıömeroğlu, Middle
East Technical University
Investment Banking and Certification Effect: An Empirical Analysis
Renato Giovannini; Universita G. Marconi
Jeffery B. Nugent
Chahir Zaki; Cairo University
Yulin Hou; Florida International University
Do Gravity Variables Reflect Trade Costs or Preferences? Evidence from U.S.
Yun Wang; Florida International University
Imports.
Hakan Yilmazkuday; Florida International University
Trade liberalization and market competition: Evidence from Egypt firm-level
Chahir Zaki; Cairo University
data
Do Firms Learn From Exporting if Returns to Scale are Variable?
UMUT SENALP; Trakya University
Coffee Break - Room 205
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16:15-17:45
Room 206
16:15-17:45
Room 208
Banking II
Zeynep Onder
Zeynep Onder; Bilkent University
State-owned Banks, Foreign Banks and Macroeconomic Volatility
Suheyla Ozyildirim; Bilkent University
Cem Karatas; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Aysan; Bogazici
The Global Recession and Bank Efficiency: Case of Turkey
University
Do Principal-Agent Conflicts Impact Performance And Risk-Taking Behavior Mona Fayed; Faculty of Economics and Political Science
of Islamic Banks?
Asmaa Ezzat; Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Financial Sector
Financials Sector Intraday Volatility Characteristics in the Emerging Turkish
Economy
Further evidence on hedges and safe havens for GCC markets using a
wavelet-based quantile approach
The Effect of Margin Changes on Futures Market Volume and Trading
16:15-17:45
Room 209
Finance
Debt-Threshold Effect in Sovereign Credit Ratings: New Evidence from
Nonlinear Panel Smooth Transition Models
Finance and Growth in Egypt Revisited
Financial Literacy in Developing Countries
14:30-16
Room 203
The Feasibility of Interbank and FX Auction Mechanisms in Regulating the
Egyptian Exchange Market
Employment and Health
Physician Payment Schemes and Physician Productivity: Analysis of Turkish
Healthcare Reforms
Healthcare Inequalities in Turkey: Does Accessibility really Matter?
Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection: Theory Using
Evidence from Egypt
INFORMAL JOB SEARCH IN THE ALGERIAN LABOR MARKET
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Sami Ben Naceur
A. Can Inci; Bryant University
Mahmoud Haddad; University of Tennessee-Martin; Shawkat
Hammoudeh; Drexel University; walid mensi; Drexel University, Lebow
College of Business; Aviral Tiwari; IFHE University, IBS Hyderabad, India
Çiğdem Erken, Borsa Istanbul; Seza Danisoglu; Middle East Technical
University
Wassim Shahin
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh; ESSCA School of Management; Oussama Ben
Hmiden; ESSCA School of Management
Mahmoud Mohieldin; World Bank
Khaled Hussein; ESCWA
Ahmed Rostom; George Washington University
Melike Kokkizil; Bahcesehir University
Gokce Uysal; Bahcesehir University
Zeinab Elgawady; Misr University
Moundir Lassassi
Ozan Hatipoglu; Bogazici University
Burhan Karahasan; Piri Reis University; Firat Bilgel; Okan University
Shaimaa Yassin; University of Neuchatel
Moundir Lassassi; Center for Research in Applied Economics for
Development
MEEA/ASSA Sessions
January 7 and 8
Sheraton Grand Chicago
MEEA - Sessions at the ASSA Meeting Chicago 2017
Time and Date
Session and Papers
ASSA: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM;
Room: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Millennium Park
Panel The Effects of Climate Change for the Middle East and North Africa Panelists: Atif Kurbursi, Mine Cinar and Natalie Hilmi
ASSA: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Randomized Controlled Trials in MENA
Room: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Millennium Park
ASSA: Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Room: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Grant Park
Chair: Mahdi Majbouri
David Atkin; MIT; Amit Khandelwal; Columbia Business
Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment School
Adam Osman; University of Illinois
Ghada Barsoum; American University in Cairo; BRUNO
CREPON; CREST
Evaluating the Effects of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt
Drew Gardiner; ILO; Bastien Michel: William Pariente;
Université Catholique de Louvain
Dean Karlan; Yale University; Adam Osman; University of
Understanding Demand for Sharia-Compliant Financial Products
Illinois; Nour Shammout; JPAL
Adam Osman; University of Illinois; Jamin Speer; University
Selection into Job Training Programs
of Memphis
Governance and Institutions
Socioeconomic Drivers of the Spread of the Tunisian Revolution
The relationship between democracy and corruption in MENA countries
Do Muslims understand Democracy? An Empirical Investigation
Democratic Institutions and Prosperity - The Special Case of the Middle
Eastern Countries
ASSA: Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Room: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Grant Park
Chair and Author(s)
Conflict and Migration in MENA
Chair: Jeffrey B. Nugent
Daniel Egel; RAND Corporation
Abderrezzak BENHABIB, Tlemcen University; Kamel si
Mohammed;
Shireen Alazzawi; Santa Clara University; Moamen Gouda;
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Helena Helfer; University of Münster
Chair: Edward Sayre
Kartika Bhatia; The World Bank
Relative Deprivation and Radicalization: Evidence from MENA countries
Hafez Ghanem; The World Bank
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;
Does Lack of Trust Fester Conflict?
Khusrav Gaibulloev; American University of Sharjah; Javed
Younas; American University of Sharjah
Jeffrey B. Nugent; University of Southern California;
The Migration of Fear: An Analysis of Migration Choices of Syrian Refugees
Mehmet Balcilar; Eastern Mediterranean University
Elena Ianchovichina; World Bank; Youssouf Kiendrebeogo;
Who Supports Violent Extremism in Developing Countries?
World Bank
Scientific Committee
Wifaq Adnan
Shawkat Hammoudeh
Shireen Alazzawi
Nathalie Hilmi
Mine Cinar
Samer Kherfi
Seza Danisoglu
Ali M. Kutan
Riza Demirer
Mahdi Majbouri
Pinar Deniz
Marcus Marktanner
Fatma Dogruel
Jeffery B. Nugent
Suut Dogruel
Edward Sayre
Ali Fakih
Ganesh Seshan
Alpay Filiztekin
Javed Younas
Hisham Foad
Chahir Zaki
Khusrav Gaibulloev
Local Organizing
Committee
Program Chairs
Mine Cinar
Rahel Schomaker
Mahdi Majbouri