Time: Nov. 05-06, 2018
Conference location : 216, 2nd Floor, Centre Panthéon, 12 place du Panthéon 75005 Paris
Keynote Speech: Şevket Pamuk (Boğaziçi University)
Keynote Speech Location: Amphithéâtre Bachelard, Sorbonne, 54 rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris
Inscription for the Keynote Speech (before 02/11/2018): https://goo.gl/forms/TkTziKWGQlLc4TSL2
08h30-09h00: WELCOMING
09h00-09h15: OPENING
Chair : Flore Gubert (IRD)
09h15-09h45
Maleke Fourati (University of Geneva)
Danielle Hayek (UNSW Business School)
Does immigration affect Muslim behaviour? Experimental evidence comparing Lebanese immigrants and Lebanese natives
Discussant: Karine Marazyan
09h45-10h15
Güneş Aşık (TOBB University)
Şevket Pamuk (Boğaziçi University)
Ulaş Karakoç (Humboldt University)
Discussant: Sandrine Mesplé-Somps
10h15-10h45
Onur Altındag (Bentley University)
Ozan Bakisy (Bahçeşehir University)
Sandra Rozo (University of Southern California)
Blessing or Burden? The Impact of Refugees on Businesses and the Informal Economy
Discussant: Flore Gubert
10h45-11h00: BREAK
Chair: Florence Gaub (European Institute for Security Studies)
11h00-11h30
Mounir Mahmalat (Dublin City University)
Declan Curran (Dublin City University)
Polarization, Fractionalization, and Reform: A Framework of Political Collaboration on Reform with Application to Lebanon
Discussant: Abdallah Zouache
11h30-12h00
Melani Cammett (Harvard University)
Davide Luca (GSSI, LSE)
Ernest Sergenti (World Bank, Washington DC)
Unfair play: The politics of Turkey’s central government spending under AKP rule
Discussant: Adeel Malik
12h00-13h30: LUNCH BREAK
Chair: Mohamed Ali Marouani (Paris 1)
13h30-14h00
Amanda F. Zarka (American University, Washington DC)
Bribe Payments and Firm Exports
Discussant: Joachim Jarreau
14h00-14h30
Nesma Ali (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf)
Boris Najman (Université Paris-Est)
Cronyism, firms’ productivity and informal competition in Egypt
Discussant: Amanda F. Zarka
14h30-15h00
Michelle Marshalian (Université de Paris-Dauphine)
Mohamed Ali Marouani (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Discussant: Bob Rijkers
15h00-15h15: BREAK
Chair: El Mouhoub Mouhoud (Paris-Dauphine)
15h15-15h45
Valeria Caccavo (Bocconi University)
The Effects of Legalization on the Labor Market Outcomes of Refugees: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Discussant: Rémi Bazillier
15h45-16h15
Nelly El-Mallakh (Paris School of Economics)
Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton)
Syrian Refugees and the Migration Dynamics of Jordanians: Moving in or moving out?
Discussant: Gilles Spielvogel
16h30-18h00
Keynote Lecture: Uneven Centuries: Observations on Economic Development in Turkey
Şevket Pamuk
Chair: Maryse Louis (FEMISE)
09h00-09h30
Mina Sami (American University of Cairo)
Mona Said (American University of Cairo)
Unexpected instability events and Internal migration: Evidence from Egypt
Discussant: Cem Ozguzel
09h30-10h00
Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University)
Shireen AlAzzawi (Santa Clara University)
Return Migration and Socioeconomic Mobility in MENA: Evidence from Labor Market Panel Surveys
Discussant: Marion Mercier
10h00-10h30
Hajer Habib (FSEG Tunis El-Manar)
Perspectives of migrants flows and remittances between Tunisia and Europe
Discussant: Anda David
10h30-10h45: BREAK
Chair: David Cobham (Heriot Watt University)
10h45-11h15
Rana HENDY (The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies)
Nizar JOUINI (The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies)
Assessing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty: Evidence from the Egypt Household Expenditure Surveys
Discussant: Anne-Sophie Robilliard
11h15-11h45
Samer Hamati (School of Economics & Management Universidade do Minho)
A Consequence of a Tragedy Nowcasting Poverty Rate in Syria
Discussant: Charlotte Guenard
11h45-12h15
Mahdi Majbouri (Babson College and IZA)
Eliminating Supply: A Natural Experiment in Higher Education
Discussant: Bjorn Nilsson
12h15-14h00: LUNCH BREAK
Chair: Adeel Malik (Oxford University)
14h00-14h30
Raad Al-Tal (University of Aberdeen)
Discussant: Cyrine Hannafi
14h30-15h00
Jala Emad Youssef (World Bank, Cairo)
Chahir Zaki (Cairo University)
A Decade of Competition Policy in Arab Countries: A De Jure and De Facto Assessment
Discussant: Adeel Malik
15h00-15h30
Islam Abdelbary (Plymouth University)
From Revolutions to Institutions: The Experience of Arab Reform and Economic Growth
Discussant: Abdallah Zouache
15h30-15h45: BREAK
Chair: Abdallah Zouache (Sciences-Po Lille)
15h45-16h15
Diaa Noureldin (American University in Cairo)
Much ado about the Egyptian pound: exchange rate misalignment and the path towards equilibrium
Discussant: David Cobham
16h15-16h45
Brahim Guizani (FSJEG Jendouba)
Agata Wierzbowska (Kobe University)
Discussant: David Cobham
16h45-17h05: CLOSING REMARKS
Scientific Committee
David Cobham (Heriot-Watt University)
Adeel Malik (Oxford University)
Mohamed Ali Marouani (D&S, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Abdallah Zouache (Sciences Po Lille)
Organization Committee
Claire Jeannet (Chaire Maghreb, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Phuong Minh Le (D&S, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Maryse Louis (FEMISE)
Mohamed Ali Marouani (D&S, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Michelle Marshalian (DIAL, Université Paris-Dauphine)
Niandou Toure (D&S, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)