DATES & VENUE Dates 18-20 August 2015 Venue Socio-Economic Research Institute of Piemonte (IRES) IRES Piemonte Via Nizza, 18 10125 Torino, Italy. http://www.ires.piemonte.it/en/ REGISTRATION Registration and Information Desk is located at the entrance hall of the Socio-Economic Research Institute of Piemonte (IRES). The desk is open at the following dates: Tuesday, 18 August 2015: 13.30 – 17.00 Wednesday, 19 August 2015: 08.30 – 17.00 Thursday, 20 August 2015: 08.30 – 12.00

 EconWorld 2015@Torino

International Conference on Economics

August 18-20, 2015, Torino, Italy

World Economic Society

econworld.org

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Hasan DUDU – European Comission Joint Research Center IPTS, Spain Yilmaz KILICASLAN – Anadolu University, Turkey Daniela MAGGIONI, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy İsmail SIRINER – Kocaeli University, Turkey CONFERENCE SECRETERIAT Zeynep KARAL (Turkish – English) Jitka SIRINER (Ceština – English ) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Ali T. AKARCA – University of Illinois at Chicago, Turkey F. Nuray ALTUĞ – Marmara University, Turkey Ali BILGE – İktisat, İşletme Finans, Turkey Teimuraz BERIDZE – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Erol CAKMAK – TEDU, Turkey Dana DLUHOŠOVÁ, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Nazim K. EKINCI – Harran University, Turkey Erkan ERDIL – METU, Turkey Nuray ERGÜNEŞ – Istanbul University, Turkey Vittorio FERRERO – IRES, Italy Alfredo Saad FILHO – UNCTAD and University of London SOAS Alper GUZEL – Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey Aşkın KESER – Uludağ University, Turkey Ayhan KOSE – Worldbank, USA Fahrang MORADY – Westminster University, UK Nadir OCAL – METU, Turkey Ahmet ÖNCÜ – Sabancı University, Turkey Vladimer PAPAVA – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Serdar SAYAN – TOBB ETU, Turkey Robin C. SICKLES – Rice University Macello La ROSA – IRES, Italy A. Cevat TASIRAN – Middlesex University Erol TAYMAZ – METU, Turkey Hulya ULKU – Worldbank, USA Tomas WROBLOWSKY – VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Rep. Paul ZAREMBKA – Buffalo University, USA PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Elif Akbostancı OZKAZANC – METU, Turkey I. Semih AKCOMAK – METU, Turkey Murat AYDıN – Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Aliye Atay KAYIS – Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey Yener COSKUN – Capital Markets Board, Turkey Cem DISBUDAK – Muğla University, Turkey Hasan Murat ERTUĞRUL – Treasury, Turkey Levent ERDOGAN – Anadolu University, Turkey Işıl EROL – Ozyegin University, Turkey Ozan ERUYGUR – Gazi University, Turkey Hasan İSLATINCE – Anadolu University, Turkey Mustafa ISMIHAN – Atılım University, Turkey Hakan KAPUCU – Kocaeli University, Turkey Şevket Alper KOÇ – Kocaeli University, Turkey Aykut LENGER – Ege University, Turkey Daniela MAGGIONI – Universita Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy Alper OZER – Ankara University, Turkey Giovanna PERINO – IRES, Italy Nilgün Çağlarırmak USLU – Anadolu Universty, Turkey Ünal TÖNGÜR – METU, Turkey Yeşim UCDOGRUK – Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey Tomas WROBLOWSKY – VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Rep. Hakan YETKINER – İzmir Ekonomi University, Turkey Kasırga Ş.YILDIRAK – Hacettepe University, Turkey