3rd LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey
Event date: Friday 3rd September 2021, via Zoom
Time: 12.50 - 17:55 BST (GMT+1)
Organisers: Orkun Saka (Sussex, LSE & SRC) & Cevat Giray Aksoy (EBRD)
The European Institute and the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science are jointly organising a workshop on Political Economy of Turkey. The workshop provides a platform for researchers and policymakers to discuss new research and to identify areas where further academic and policy-oriented work is needed.
There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor discussion.
The workshop features a keynote speech by Professor Daron Acemoglu (MIT).
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Programme
*presenting author
Welcome by organisers (Orkun Saka & Cevat G. Aksoy)
Session 1: Nation-building & Legislation | Chaired by Cevat G. Aksoy (EBRD)
The Education Dilemma: Favouring the In-Group or Assimilating the Out-Group
Tugba Bozcaga (Harvard)* & Aslı Cansunar (Oxford)
Discussant: Resul Cesur (UConn)
Nationalistic Institutions and Propaganda: The Complex Legacy of the "People’s Houses" in Turkey
Lydia Assouad (PSE)*
Discussant: Serkant Adiguzel (Duke)
Deterrence and Compellence in the Parliament
Duha T. Altindag (Auburn)*, Naci H. Mocan (Louisiana) & Jie Zhang (Hunan)
Discussant: Aydogan Ulker (Deakin)
Keynote speech | Professor Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
Chaired by Sule Alan (EUI)
Session 2: Partisanship & Culture in the Economy | Chaired by Orkun Saka (Sussex, LSE & SRC)
Partisan Depositor Responses to a Currency Shock
Xiangyang Gao (Hong Kong), Chen Lin (Hong Kong), Vesa Pursiainen (St.Gallen)* & Yuchen Xu (Peking)
Discussant: Cagatay Bircan (EBRD)
Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations
Sule Alan (EUI), Gozde Corekcioglu (Kadir Has)* & Matthias Sutter (Max Planck)
Discussant: Leonie Gerhards (King’s)
Concluding remarks by organisers
Programme Committee:
Cevat Giray Aksoy (EBRD)
Melani Cammett (Harvard)
Paul De Grauwe (LSE)
Selva Demiralp (Koç)
Asli Demirguc-Kunt (WB)
Hülya Eraslan (Rice)
Adeel Malik (Oxford)
Berkay Ozcan (LSE)
Orkun Saka (Sussex, LSE & SRC)
