Conference Program

Conference Program

Each TRACK will award a ‘Best Paper’.

Session Details

TRACK 1: ECONOMICS

Session 1: Monetary Economics (K. Peren Arin)

Chetan Dave (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE) and James Feigenbaum (Utah State University, USA): “Precautionary Learning, Endogenously Asymmetric Loss Functions and Inflationary Biases.”

Henry Chappell (AUS, UAE), Emin Gahramanov (AUS, UAE), Ismail Genc (AUS, UAE) and George Naufal (Texas A &M University and IZA, USA Germany): “Non Monotonic Money Demand with Financial Innovations”

Anastasios Evgenidis (Bank of Ireland), Special Invited Guest: Dionisis Philippas (ESSCA, France), Costas Siriopoulos (Zayed University, UAE): “Heterogeneous effects in the international transmission of the US monetary policy: A factor augmented VAR perspective.“

Session 2: Economic Governance (Otto Reich)

Kemal Kivanc Akoz (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Abdul Ghafar Noury (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE): “A Model of Labor Sorting Corruption”.

Henry Chappell (AUS, UAE) and Rob Roy McGregor (UNC, USA): “Central Bank Voting and the Incidental Parameters Problem”.

Elissaios Papyrakis (University of East Anglia, UK and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Osiris Percero (United Arab Emirates University, UAE): “Income Inequality and the Resource Curse”.

Session 3: Experimental and Behavioral Economics (Christina Zenker)

Nejat Anbarci (Deakin University, Australia), K. Peren Arin (Zayed University, UAE), Cagla Okten (Bilkent University, Turkey) and Christina Zenker (Zayed University, UAE): “Is Roger Federer More Loss Averse than Serena Williams?”

Aurelie Daniel (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE): “Are people really conditionally cooperative?
Testing for framing effects in a public goods experiment”.

Corina Paraschiv (Paris Descartes & Institut Universitaire, France) and Anisa Shyti (IE Business School, Spain): “Over-Confidence and Entrepreneurial Choice Under Ambiguity”.

Session 4: Microeconomics (Wifag Adnan)

Saaed Alkatheeri (Zayed University, UAE): “Impact of Retail Pricing Policy on Wholesale Pricing Strategies: The Case of Mobile International Roaming”.

Mohammad Arzaghi (AUS, UAE) and Anil Rupasingha (Economic Research Service/USDA): “Industrial Similarity, Education and Migration”.

Louis Jaeck (UAEU, UAE) and Sehjeong Kim (UAEU, UAE): “FDI Policy Liberalization and Labor Market Reform: a Political Economy Approach.”

TRACK 2: Accounting and Finance

Session 1: Accounting and Corporate Governance (Samy Garas)

Samy Garas (Zayed University, UAE) and Suzanna El Massah (Zayed University, UAE): “Corporate Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures: The Case of GCC Countries”.

Mostafa Kamal Hassan (Sharjah University, UAE):“Governance and Agency Costs: Initial Evidence from the UAE Listed Firms”.

Jatin Malhotra (AUD, UAE): “How is Executive Compensation Related to Hedging and Diversification? The Case of Reits.”

Session 2: Critical Issues for the UAE (Perihan Iren)

Amany Anshasy (UAEU, UAE) and Marina-Selini Katsaiti (UAEU, UAE): “Energy Intensity and Environmental Performance in the GCC Countries”.

Khusrav Gaibulloev (AUS, UAE) and Javed Younas (AUS, UAE): "Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending."

Osama Sweidan (UAEU, UAE): “Does the MENA Political Instability Affect the Economic Growth of the G-20 Countries?”

Session 3: Business Communication (Cornelia Ilie)

Special Invited Guest: Federica Ielasi (University of Florence, Italy): “How does multi-channel communication in banks impact customer satisfaction and loyalty?”

Cornelia Ilie (Zayed University, UAE): “Challenges of multimodal communication practices in Emirati bank customer services”.

Abdul Karim Khan (UAEU, UAE), Sherry E. Moss (Wake Forest University, USA), Samina Quratulain (Lahore University of Management Sciences): “When and how high performers become victims of abusive supervision? A social dominance perspective.”

Session 4: Investments (Farooq Malik)

Nathaniel Light (American University Dubai, UAE), Denys Maslov (Moody’s Analytic) and Oleg Rytchkov (Temple University, USA): “Aggregation of Information about the Cross Section of Stock Returns: A Latent Variable Approach”.

Ghulame Rubbaniy (Zayed University, UAE), Khurram Shahzad (Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Muhammad Kaleem Zahir ul Hassan (Zayed University, UAE): “Do signals help enhance acquisition premium in Asia-Pacific?”

TRACK 3: Management and Business Studies

Session 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Constance Van Horne)

Elif Bascavusoglu-Moreau (Insead, UAE) and Sami Mahroum (Insead, UAE): “The Role of Government Demand in Innovation.”

Sherine Farouk (Abu Dhabi University, UAE) and Fauzia Jabeen (Abu Dhabi University, UAE): “Factors Affecting the Success and Financial Resource Acquisition Perspective of Emirati Women Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the UAE.”

Hanko Zeitzmann (Zayed University, UAE): K. Peren Arin (Zayed University, UAE), K. Kathleen O’Neill (Zayed University, UAE), Deniz Timurcin (KOSGEB, Turkey): “Peeking over your fence. Why do entrepreneurs seek ideas from international markets? Evidence from Turkey."

Session 2: Innovative behavior in the UAE (Hanko Zeitzmann)

Taiba Hussain (Zayed University, UAE) and Constance Van Horne (Zayed University, UAE): “Determinants of innovative behavior”.

Fauzia Jabeen (Abu Dhabi University, UAE), Mehmood Khan (Abu Dhabi University, UAE) and Syed Zamberi Ahmad (Abu Dhabi University, UAE): “Understanding the technology receptivity in higher education students in the UAE context.”

Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Laura Matherly (Zayed University), Mouawiya Al Awad (Institute of Social and Economic Research): “An Empirical Test of Monthly Spending Patterns, Individual Traits, Societal Influence and Financial Literacy as Predictors of Sustainable Financial Behaviors.”

Session 3: Operations Research (Lijie Song)

Ahmed ElMelegy (American University Dubai, UAE): “A Composite Dynamic Dispatching Rule for Scheduling Jobs with Release Dates on a Single Workstation.”

Martin Baumung (RWTH Aachen) and Special Invited Guest: Halil Ibrahim Guenduez (GU Tech, Oman): “A Dynamic Model for the Consolidation of Residual Parcel Volumes in a Parcel Service Provider’s Long-Haul Transportation Network”.

Session 4: Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship, what’s HR got to do with it? (Scott Martin)

Abdelrahman Baqrain (Zayed University, UAE)

Ismail Ramzy (Flat6Labs)

Kathy Shen (Wollongong University Dubai, UAE)