Monday Nov. 05, 2018

08h30-09h00: WELCOMING

09h00-09h15: OPENING

Session 1 : Population Movements

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)

Impact of Minority Population Movements on Regional Development and Inequality in Turkey between 1909-1965

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

Session 2: Political Economy of Government Policies

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

Session 3: Industrial Policies, Cronyism and Firms’ behavior

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)

Winners and Losers in Industrial Policy 2.0: An evaluation of the impacts of the Tunisian Industrial Upgrading Program

Discussant: Bob Rijkers

15h00-15h15: BREAK

Session 4: Impact of Refugees on Neighboring countries

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

Tuesday 06/11/2018

Session 5: Instability, Migration and Social mobility

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

Session 6: Inequality, Poverty and Education

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

Session 7: Competition, Institution and Corruption

Chair: Adeel Malik (Oxford University)

14h00-14h30

Raad Al-Tal (University of Aberdeen)

The influence of Corruption on Economic Growth in the Middle Eastern and North African Region; Does corruption matter?

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

Session 8: Macroeconomic Policies

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)

Monetary Policy in Times of Uncertainties: Evidence from Three Oil-Importing Countries (OICs) in MENA

Discussant: David Cobham

16h45-17h05: CLOSING REMARKS