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Departmental Seminars – 2016

Fall 2016

Schedule: Friday, 3:00-4:30 pm* & Wednesday, 3:00-4:30 pm*

Place: Department of Economics Murat Sertel Lounge, Natuk Birkan Building*

Organizers: Murat Koyuncu & Deniz Selman

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title of the Paper
Dec 13, 2016	Elif F. Acar	Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba	"Dynamic Vine Copula Models for Multivariate Time Series Data" Joint with Claudia Czado (Technische Universität München) Abstract
Dec 12, 2016	Turgut Kışınbay	Senior Analyst, Oppenheimer Funds	"ABD'de yeni ekonomik politika rejimi ve potansiyel küresel etkileri" (joint with Econfin)
Dec 2, 2016	Sinan Sarpça	Koç University	"Does School Matter? Estimating Value-Added at Highly Selective Schools" (joint work with Ahmet Alkan) Abstract
Nov 25, 2016	Gonzague Vannoorenberghe	IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain	"Resource rents and imports of luxury" Joint with D. Hillrichs (Tilburg) Abstract
Nov 18, 2016	Suut Doğruel	Marmara University	"Chinese Economic Expansion and the Manufacturing Sector in the MENA Region" joint with Confucius Institute at BU
Nov 11, 2016	Kıvanç Karaman	Boğaziçi University	"Money and Monetary Stability in Europe, 1300-1914"
Nov 4, 2016	Nejat Anbarcı	Deakin University	"Attraction-Effect Heuristics" Abstract
Oct 21, 2016	Muhammed Ali Yıldırım	Koç University	"Structure of Comparative Advantage" Abstract
Sep 21, 2016	Beate Jochimsen	Berlin School of Economics and Law	"On the Political Economy of National Tax Revenue Forecasts – Evidence from OECD Countries"
Sep 5, 2016	Erol Akçay	University of Pennsylvania	"Evolution of preferences, incentives, and social networks"

Spring 2016

Schedule: Friday, 3:00-4:30 pm* & Wednesday, 3:00-4:30 pm*

Place: Department of Economics Murat Sertel Lounge, Natuk Birkan Building*

Organizers: Murat Koyuncu & Deniz Selman

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title of the Paper
Jun 4, 2016	Wendy Carlin & Sam Bowles	University College London & Santa Fe Institute	A debate on teaching "Introduction to Economics" – CORE Workshop
May 16 - 17, 2016	—	BU Journal/CEE	30th Anniversary Conference
May 10, 2016	Ege Yazgan	Bilgi University	2016 Prof. Demir Demirgil Lecture "Türkiye'de Ekonomik Büyüme Neden Bu kadar Dalgalı ?"
May 2, 2016	David Blake	City University London	"Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Optimal Funding and Investment Strategies" (joint with Econfin)
Apr 29, 2016	Orhan Torul	Boğaziçi University	"Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey"
Apr 15, 2016	Keith Head	UBC	"Brands in Motion: How Frictions Shape Multinational Production" Abstract
Apr 8, 2016	İrem Güçeri	Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation	"Effectiveness of Fiscal Incentives for R&D: Quasi-Experimental Evidence" Abstract
Apr 6, 2016	Ramazan Gencay	Simon Fraser University	"Price Impact of Aggressive Liquidity Provision" Abstract
Apr 1, 2016	Simon Quinn	University of Oxford	"Self-Employment, Capital and Job Search in Urban Ghana: Evidence from a Structural Model"
Mar 25, 2016	Alpaslan Akay	University of Gothenburg	"Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants"
Mar 11, 2016	Orhan Aygün	Boğaziçi University	"Dynamic Reserves in Matching Markets With Contracts: Theory and Applications" Abstract
Feb 15, 2016	Sevcan Yeşiltaş	Johns Hopkins University	"The Collateral Channel: Real Estate Prices and Firm Leverage"
Feb 12, 2016	Mark Hallam	University College Dublin	"Mixed-Frequency Macro-Financial Spillovers" Abstract
Feb 10, 2016	Galip Kemal Özhan	University of Washington	"Financial Intermediation, Resource Allocation, and Macroeconomic Interdependence" Abstract
Feb 8, 2016	Hosny Zoabi	New Economic School	"Women’s Liberation as a Financial Innovation"
Feb 5, 2016	Gunda-Alexandra Detmers	Freie Universität Berlin	"Forward Guidance under Disagreement - Evidence from the Fed’s Dot Projections"
Feb 4, 2016	Malik Çürük	Tilburg University	"Structural Transformation and Technological Progress"
Feb 3, 2016	Onur Altındağ	City University of New York	"Son Preference, Fertility Decline, and the Non-Missing Girls of Turkey"
Feb 1, 2016	Metin Uyanık	Johns Hopkins University	"Computation of Stationary Equilibrium Payoffs in Coalitional Bargaining"
Jan 29, 2016	Rigissa Megalokonomou	University of Warwick	"Knowing who you are: The Effect of Feedback on Short and Long Term Outcomes"
Jan 25, 2016	Mert Kimya	Brown University	"Equilibrium Coalitional Behavior"
Jan 22, 2016	Egle Karmaziene	Stockholm School of Economics	"Motives for Entrepreneurial Saving: Evidence from Sweden"
Jan 19, 2016	Levent Kockesen	Koc University	"Optimal Delegation of Sequential Decisions: The Role of communication and Reputation"