GRIEP Workshop 2024

Global Repercussions of International Economic Policies

21-22 November 2024 | Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Türkiye



Day 1: Thursday, 21 November 2024

09:30–10:00

Registration, Welcome Coffee, and Opening Remarks
Location: Galatasaray University, Yıldız, Çırağan Cad. No 36


10:00–11:30

Session 1: Labor Market Impacts of Global Trade
Chair: Levke Jessen-Thiesen (Bielefeld University & Kiel Institute)

  • Dan Xie (Paris School of Economics):
    Trade liberalization and labor market monopsony power: Evidence from China
    Discussant: Erol Taymaz (METU)

  • Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University):
    Foreign and domestic firms: Long-run employment effects of export opportunities
    Discussant: Ozan Bakış (BETAM)


11:30–11:45

Coffee Break


11:45–13:15

Session 2: Economic Sanctions and Trade Policy
Chair: Julian Hinz (Bielefeld University & Kiel Institute)

  • Alexander Plekhanov (EBRD):
    Decision to leave: Economic sanctions and intermediated trade
    Discussant: Nergiz Dinçer (TED University)

  • Clément Montes (CREST & Institut Polytechnique de Paris):
    Sectoral vs. firm-level sanctions in trade policy
    Discussant: Ayça Tekin-Koru (TED University)


13:15–15:00

Lunch Break


15:00–16:00

Keynote Lecture
Christina Gathmann (LISER):
The Age of AI and the Labor Market


16:00–16:30

Coffee Break


16:30–18:00

Round Table Discussion: Future Directions in Global Economic Policy
Panelists:

  • Claire Honore Hollweg (World Bank)
  • Alexander Jaax (OECD)
  • Rafik Selim (EBRD)
    Moderator: Cem Özgüzel (OECD)



Day 2: Friday, 22 November 2024

09:30–10:00

Morning Coffee


10:00–11:30

Session 3: Trade and Transport Infrastructure
Chair: Bilge Öztürk Göktuna (Galatasaray University)

  • Yawen Zheng (Peking University):
    International transport infrastructure and regional economic development
    Discussant: İrem Zeyneloğlu (Galatasaray University)

  • Banu Demir (University of Oxford):
    Trading around geopolitics
    Discussant: Yusuf Emre Akgündüz (Central Bank of Türkiye)


11:30–11:45

Coffee Break


11:45–13:15

Session 4: Migration and Integration
Chair: Cem Özgüzel (OECD)

  • Simone Moriconi (IÉSEG School of Management):
    Migration policy backlash, identity, and integration of second-generation migrants in France
    Discussant: Murat Kırdar (Koç University)

  • Devaki Ghose (World Bank):
    Temporary high-skilled immigration on offshoring and firm performance
    Discussant: Güneş Aşık (TOBB)


13:15–15:00

Lunch Break


15:00–15:45

Session 5: Trade Agreements and Economic Integration
Chair: Seyit Cilasun (TED University)

  • Gerald Willmann (Bielefeld University & Kiel Institute):
    The role of plurilateral agreements in saving free trade
    Discussant: Okan Akarsu (Central Bank of Türkiye)


Organized by:
Bielefeld University & Kiel Institute, TED University, Galatasaray University Economic Research Center (GIAM), RETHINK-GSC (Globalization Chair at the Paris School of Economics), and the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye.