36th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) San Francisco, CA, January 3-6, 2016 Program (December 31, 2015) MEEA/ASSA Sessions ( Hilton Union Square, Union Square 18) (January 4 and January 5, 2016) Post-ASSA Sessions (Hosted at University of San Francisco) (January 6, 2016) SCHEDULE SUMMARY (MEEA/ASSA 2016) January 4, 2016 January 5, 2016 8:00 AM MEEA POSTER Hilton Union Square, Yosemite C MEEA 1 Hilton Union Square, Union Square 18 Session Title: Comparative and Country Studies in MENA Session Title: Economic Development in MENA Region 10:15 AM MEEA 2 Hilton Union Square, Union Square 18 Natural Resources and Environmental Issues in MENA Countries MEEA/AEA PANEL Hilton Union Square, Plaza A 12:30 PM Session Title: Violent Conflicts and Economic Development in the Middle East: Is there a way out? SCHEDULE SUMMARY (POST-ASSA 2016) January 6, 2016 - Hosted at the University of San Francisco* SESSIONS meeting room SESSIONS meeting room SESSIONS meeting room SESSIONS meeting room Session 1 ROOM Session 2 ROOM Session 3 ROOM Session 4 ROOM Labor Supply, Energy, Innovation Political Economy A 9:00 - 10:30 Unemployment and Demand and and Environmental and Development Wages Household Economics Issues Lone Mountain 357 Lone Mountain 358 Behaviours Lone Mountain 363 Lone Mountain 365 10:30 - 10:45 COFFEE & TEA BREAK Session 5 ROOM Session 6 ROOM Session 7 ROOM Session 8 ROOM Economic Monetary Policy, Conflict, Corruption B 10:45 - 12:15 Development from Financial Markets Central Banking, and Migration in Different and Institutions and the Supply of MENA region Perspectives Lone Mountain 357 Lone Mountain 358 Lone Mountain 363 Money and Credit Lone Mountain 365 12:15 - 13:15 LUNCH BREAK: Lunch Panel [12:50 - 13:20] Session 9 ROOM Session 10 ROOM Session 11 ROOM Session 12 ROOM E-Commerce, Parallel Sessions C 13:15 - 14:45 Public Sector and Human Capital and Trade and Financial Markets Lone Mountain 358 Natural Resources Education 1 Household Lone Mountain 357 Lone Mountain 363 Behaviours Lone Mountain 365 14:45 - 15:00 COFFEE & TEA BREAK Session 13 ROOM Session 14 ROOM Session 15 ROOM Session 16 ROOM Employment, D 15:00 - 16:30 Exchange Rate and Human Capital and Monetary and Migration, Lone Mountain 358 Trade Issues Education 2 Financial Policies 1 Government and Lone Mountain 357 Lone Mountain 363 Growth Lone Mountain 365 Session 17 ROOM Session 18 ROOM Session 19 ROOM Session 20 ROOM Trade Issues and E 16:30 - 18:00 Monetary and Asset Markets and Lone Mountain 358 Information Spatial Issues Financial Policies 2 Stock Markets Lone Mountain 357 Technology Lone Mountain 363 Lone Mountain 365 *) University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 Jan 04, 2016 8:00 am, Hilton Union Square, Yosemite C Middle East Economic Association Comparative and Country Studies in MENA (O5) (Poster Session) Presiding: Edward Sayre (University of Southern Mississippi) Abstract number email address 2016S026 Egypt’s Twin Deficits: An Empirical Investigation Azza M. Hedia (Arab Academy for Science) [email protected]; Gehan Saleh (Arab Academy for Science) [email protected]; 2016S061 Housing Costs and Divorce Rate in the MENA Countries Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni (Swinburne University of Technology) [email protected] 2016S097 Innovation and Sustainable Enterprise Development: The Case of Algerian Enterprises Mohammed El Amin Metaiche (Preparatory School of Economics-Tlemcen) [email protected]; Abderrezak Benhabib (Preparatory School of Economics-Tlemcen) [email protected]; Fatima Metaiche (Preparatory School of Economics-Tlemcen) [email protected]; 2016S014 Productivity Change of the Egyptian Banking Sector: A Two Stage Non-Parametric Approach Ammar Jreisat (Al Ain University of Science and Technology) [email protected] , [email protected]; Hassan Hassan (Al Ain University of Science and Technology) [email protected]; 2016S013 Inequality in the Field of Education in Morocco: A Spatial Econometrics Approach Amaghouss Jabrane (Cadi Ayyad University) [email protected]; Aomar Ibourk (Cadi Ayyad University) [email protected]; 2016S048 The Impact of the Oil Prices on Public and Private Health Expenditures: Empirical Analysis on Middle East Fadime Irem Dogan (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University) [email protected]; [email protected]; 2016S126 Does Financial Repression Help Reduce the Budget Deficit? Evidence from Egypt Sara Elezaby (American University in Cairo) [email protected]; 2016S121 Competition Policies and MSMEs Growth in Developing Countries: Incentives or Barriers? Samar Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelmageed (British University in Egypt) [email protected]; 2016S076 Investment Policies and Processes as Means to Restore Economic Vitality in Egypt and Tunisia Karen Pfeifer (Smith College) [email protected]; 2016S117 Growth, Development and Conflicts: Evidence from the MENA region Reham Rizk Kamel (British University in Egypt) [email protected]; [email protected]; Fida Karam (University for Science and Technology-Kuwait) [email protected]; Chahir Zaki (Cairo University) [email protected]; 2016S011 Analysis of Fruit Price Dumping in the Iraqi Market, 2002-2010 Alaa Al-Tulaibawi (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) [email protected]; 2016S075 Foreign Exchange Market And Contagion Using Dynamic Garch Multivariate Conditional Correlation Kamel Si Mohammed (Ain Temouchent University) [email protected]; Abderrezak Benhabib (Tlemcen University) [email protected]; Samir Maliki (Tlemcen University) [email protected]; 2016S001 Shooting the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg: The Case of UAE Employment Policy A.H. Barnett (Auburn University) [email protected]; Michael Malcolm (West Chester University of Pennsylvania) [email protected]; Hugo Toledo (American University of Sharjah) [email protected]; 2016S104 Economic Growth & Governance: A Panel Study on MENA Countries Noha Emara (Rutgers University) [email protected]; I-Ming Chiu (Rutgers University) [email protected]; 2016S100 Does the FTA with the Third Party Harm Disadvantaged Incumbents of the Customs Union? The Case of Nazire Nergiz Dincer (TED University) [email protected]; Ayca Tekin Koru (TED University) [email protected]; Pinar Yasar (Turkey Ministry of Development) [email protected]; [email protected]; 2016S071 Determinants of Conditional Convergence of the MENA Region towards the EURO Zone: The Institutional Ines Trojette (University of Toulon) [email protected]; 2016S093 The Causal Relationship between Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty in Egypt: Evidence from GARCH-M Mesbah Fathy Sharaf (University of Alberta) [email protected]; 2016S074 Effects of Terrorism on Trade: General Equilibrium and Institutional Considerations Javed Younas (American University of Sharjah) ([email protected]) [email protected]; Subhayu Bandyopadhyay (the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and IZA) Todd Sandler (the University of Texas at Dallas) ([email protected]) 2016S154 The Decomposition of Regional Income Inequalities of Turkey Ayse Aylin Bayar (Istanbul Technical University) ([email protected]) [email protected]; MEEA/ASSA Sessions PROGRAM Jan 04, 2016 12:30 pm, Hilton Union Square, Plaza A Session: MEEA/AEA PANEL Session Title: Violent Conflicts and Economic Development in the Middle East: Is there a way out? (Jel code: )(Panel Discussion) Panel Moderator: Hassan Y. Aly (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and Ohio State University) Name Paper Title Institutional Affiliation email address Social Order, Violence, and Socio Economic Hadi Salehi Esfahani Change in the Middle East University of Illinois [email protected]; Ibrahim El Badawi The Arab Spring: Much Violence, Little Democracy Dubai Economic Council [email protected]; Overall Distinguishing Factors Contributing to the [email protected] Tarek Massoud Violent Conflict in the Middle East Harvard University rd.edu; MEEA/ASSA Sessions PROGRAM Jan 05, 2016 8:00 am, Hilton Union Square, Union Square 18 Session: MEEA 1 Session Title:Economic Development in MENA Region (JEL Code: O1) Presiding: Mahdi Majbouri (Babson College) ([email protected]) Abstract Name (First Institutional number author) Name 2 Name 3 Name 4 Paper Title Institutional Affiliation email address Discussant Affiliation email address Doha moamengouda@ya Institute for Hankuk University of hoo.com; Graduate MOAMEN Rahel Islam and Democracy: Foreign Studies (HUFS); [email protected] Studies and 2016S095 GOUDA Schomaker TheEvidence conomic from analysisa new dataset of Cologne Business School e; Hassan Aly Ohio State [email protected] Transportation Projects in dina_elshahawany Egypt: Application of an @hotmail.com; Interregional CGE Model on Zagazig University; Rutgers [email protected]; Lebanese Dina Michael Eduardo the Proposed Development University;University of ehaddad@Princeto Wassim American [email protected] 2016S039 Elshahawany Lahr Haddad Corridor Sao Paulo n.edu Shahin University u.lb; International Monetary Fund; International [email protected]; Monetary Fund; [email protected] Sami Ben Adolfo Alexander Can Islamic Banking Increase International Monetary g; Erhan (Piri Reis easlanoglu@pirir 2016S124 Naceur Barajas Massara Financial Inclusion? Fund [email protected]; Aslanoglu University) eis.edu.tr Helping the Poor with Selfish American Ozan Alp Eren Intentions: Trade, Foreign Bogazici University; ozan.hatipoglu@bo Khusrav University of kgaibulloev@aus 2016S111 Hatipoglu Akyuz