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Fourth International Conference on Iran’s Economy (2016)
The International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA) is pleased to announce its 4th conference on Iran’s Economy to be held at Philipps-University of Marburg, on 17-18 June 2016.
The event follows a series of successful conferences on the Iranian Economy that have been held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2008), University of Southern California (2009), University of Chicago (2010), SOAS (the Inaugural Conference of IIEA, 2011), Bilgi University (2013) and Boston College (2014). As on previous occasions, the purpose of this conference is to showcase the best current research on Iran’s economy and to generate information and encouragement for future high quality research in this area.
Save the Date: 17 - 18 June 2016
Venue: Hörsaal of Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Deutschhausstraße 12, 35032 Marburg, Germany
Program Committee Chairs:
• Hassan Hakimian (SOAS, University of London)
• Kamiar Mohaddes (University of Cambridge)
• Hadi Salehi Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Organizing Committee Chairs:
• Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (CNMS and Marburg Centre for Institutional Economics (MACIE), Philipps-Universität Marburg & CESifo)
• Albrecht Fuess (CNMS, Philipps-Universität of Marburg)
• Christoph Werner (CNMS, Philipps-Universität of Marburg)
For more information, please visit www.iraneconomics.org
Program
Presentations
Session 1: Sanctions and the Dual Exchange Rate Environment
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies in a Dual-Exchange Rate Environment: The Case of Iran
Hossein Tavakolian (Allameh Tabataba'i University and Monetary and Banking Research Institute)Discussant: Ida Mirzaie (Ohio State University)
Can International Sanctions Cause Stagnation: A Macroeconomic Analysis of International Sanctions on Iran's Economy
Mohammad Rahmati (Sharif University of Technology), Ali Karimirad* (Sharif University of Technology), and Seyed Ali Madanizadeh (Sharif University of Technology)Discussant: Kamiar Mohaddes (University of Cambridge)
Session 2: Education, Women, and the Labor Market
Education and the Allocation of Time of Iranian Women
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani* (Virginia Tech and the Brookings Institution) and Sara Taghvatalab (Christopher Newport University)Discussant: Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (Philipps-Universität Marburg and CESifo)
Oil Rents, Education and Women Participation in Labor Market and Politics
Mahsa Mesgarani* (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad) and Amirhassan Akbari Khalilabad (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)Discussant: Mahmoud Messkoub (Erasmus University of Rotterdam)
Social Protection and Gender in Iran: Assessing the Differential Impact of Social Protection Activities on Female-Headed versus Male-Headed Households
Hadi Salehi Esfahani* (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Seyed Mohammad Karimi (University of Washington, Tacoma)Discussant: Massoud Karshenas (SOAS, University of London)
Session 3: Household Consumption and Tehran Stock Exchange
Price Limit Performance: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
Samin Jalali* (Sharif University of Technology), Mohammad H. Rahmati (Sharif University of Technology), and Ali Ebrahim Nezhad (Boston College)Discussant: Ahmed Badreldin (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Consumption Smoothing and Borrowing Constraints: Evidence from Household Surveys of Iran
Majid Einian* (Sharif University of Technology and Monetary and Banking Research Institute) and Masoud Nili (Institute for Management and Planning Studies and Sharif University of Technology)Discussant: Hamed Ghoddusi (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Session 4: Diversification and Trust
Economic Diversification in Iran: Policies between Convictions and Interests
Miriam Shabafrouz (University of Duisburg-Essen and Goethe University Frankfurt)Discussant: Björn Vollan (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Generalized and Institutional Trust in Iran
Aysegul Kayaoglu Yilmaz (Istanbul Technical University)Discussant: Hassan Hakimian (School of African and Oriental Studies)
Session 5: Firms, Productivity, and Growth
Do Exporters Still Perform Better After Controlling for Selection? Evidence from the Industrial Plants in Iran
Kowsar Yousefi* (Institute for Management and Planning Studies), Fatemeh Zahra Sobhani (Institute for Management and Planning Studies), and Seyed Ali Madanizade (Sharif University of Technology)Discussant: Florian Neumeier (Philipps-Universität of Marburg)
Measurement and Comparison of Industrial Infrastructure of SMEs among Iranian Provinces
Mohammad Rahimpour (Kharazmi University), Almas Heshmati (Sogang University and Jönköping International Business School), Shaho Hajebi* (Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization), and Gholamreza Soleimani (Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization)Discussant: Hadi Salehi Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
The Role of Small Firms in Regional Growth: Evidence from Regional Data in Iran
Iman Cheratian* (Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research and University of Mazandaran) and Saeed Ghorbani (Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research)Discussant: Ida Mirzaie (Ohio State University)
Session 6: Oil, Iran, and the World Economy
Iran's Oil and Gas - Potential and Challenges
Manouchehr Takin (International Oil and Energy Consultant)Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?
Kamiar Mohaddes* (University of Cambridge) and M. Hashem Pesaran (University of Southern California and Trinity College, Cambridge)Session 7: Lessons from Economic History
Nomadic Dynasties and the Decline of the Muslim World: Evidence from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia (1037-1505)
Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam (Hofstra University)Discussant: Parvin Alizadeh (Boston University)
The Political Economy of Petro-dollar Recycling in Iran and Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Ramin Nassehi (SOAS, University of London)Discussant: Parvin Alizadeh (Boston University)
A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Trans-Iranian Railway: Was it a Reasonable Investment?
Farshid Mojaver (University of California Davis)Discussant: Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam (Hofstra University)
Session 8: Evaluating the Effects of the Cash Transfers Program
Cash Transfer as a Social Policy Instrument or a Tool of Adjustment Policy: From Indirect Subsidies (to Energy and Utilities) to Cash Subsidies in Iran, 2010-2014
Mahmoud Messkoub (Erasmus University of Rotterdam)Discussant: Sohrab Behdad (Denison University)
Abstention and Unconditional Cash Transfer Effects on the Tobacco Consumption: Evidence from Iran's Energy Subsidy Reform 2010 (via Skype)
Gholamreza Keshavarz Haddad* (Sharif University of Technology) and Arin Shahbazian (Sharif University of Technology)Discussant: Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (Virginia Tech and the Brookings Institution)
Media Coverage in Iran