PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, June 18th Wednesday, June 19th Thursday, June 20th
Tuesday, June 18th
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09:00-11:00 Session 3: Plenary Session
Chair:
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Location: Poseidon
| 09:00 | A meta-analysis of the total economic impact of climate change (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Why is the Circular Economy not happening at the speed and scale that the planet needs? (abstract) |
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
Coffee Break 2 (in front of the Amphitheater Poseidon)
11:30-13:30 Session 4A: Development and Macroeconomics
Chair:
Marta Gómez-Puig (Universitat de Barcelona and Riskcenter, Spain)
Location: Theophrastus
| 11:30 | Consumer and business confidence connectedness in the euro area: A tale of two crises (abstract) PRESENTER: Marta Gómez-Puig |
| 11:50 | Attention and sentiment of scheduled macroeconomic news announcements: Forecasting the volatility on the U.S. Equity market (abstract) PRESENTER: Martina Halousková |
| 12:10 | Dream of Californication - Trade, Human Rights and the California Effect (abstract) PRESENTER: Tim Röthel |
| 12:30 | Growth with Mismatch - Theory and Evidence from TFP Estimates (abstract) PRESENTER: Thomas Gries |
| 12:50 | Self-Preferencing Across Markets (abstract) |
| 13:10 | Voting Priorities: Security, Sustainability, and Strategic Investments in Colombian Municipalities (abstract) |
11:30-13:30 Session 4B: Sustainable Economics and Finance
Chair:
Francisco Serranito (Economix, Paris Nanterre University, France)
Location: Socrates
| 11:30 | Factors Influencing the Decline of Manufacturing Pollution in the European Union: A Study of Productivity, Environmental Regulations, Expenditure, and Trade Costs (abstract) PRESENTER: Sahar Amidi |
| 11:50 | The dynamic relationship between CO2 and GDP in US, Italy and Japan during volatile times (abstract) PRESENTER: Dimitrios Dimitriou |
| 12:10 | Health, economics and environment degradation: is the relationship gender robust? (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Ledesma-Cuenca |
| 12:30 | Unpacking the green box: Determinants of Environmental Policy Stringency in European countries (abstract) PRESENTER: Francisco Serranito |
| 12:50 | Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Green Finance: Exploring Barriers (abstract) |
11:30-13:30 Session 4C: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Chair:
Mihai Mutascu (West University of Timisoara, University of Orléans & Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Romania)
Location: Poseidon
| 11:30 | Beyond Borders: Assessing the Influence of Geopolitical Tensions on Sovereign Risk Dynamics (abstract) PRESENTER: José Alves |
| 11:50 | Britaly? Financial market analogies of the 2022 UK government bonds turmoil (abstract) PRESENTER: Simon Sosvilla-Rivero |
| 12:10 | Fiscal sustainability: the role of inflation (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Tax evasion and bribery. To bribe or not to bribe, that is the question! (abstract) |
| 12:50 | Sovereign risk dynamics in the EU: the time varying relevance of fiscal and external (im)balances (abstract) PRESENTER: Sofia Monteiro |
| 13:10 | Are tax rates still decisive in FDI investment choice or what drives sectoral FDI nowadays? (abstract) |
13:30-14:30Lunch Break
Méditerranée Restaurant
14:30-16:00 Session 5: Round Table - Employment Trends in Economics and Sustainability (in the private and public sectors)
- Michael Stierle
- Antonio Afonso
- Bernhard Zlanabitnig
- Sophie Boutillier
Chair:
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Location: Poseidon
16:00-16:30Coffee Break
Coffee Break 2 (in front of the Amphitheater Poseidon)
16:30-18:30 Session 6A: International Trade and Regional Economics
Chair:
Pedro Cerqueira (Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Location: Socrates
| 16:30 | Real estate markets and illicit financial inflows (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Siranova |
| 16:50 | IMF Programs for Growing Out of Debt: Evidence of Catalytic Effect on Foreign Direct Investment (abstract) |
| 17:10 | Friendship is as Important as Neighborhood: The impact of Geopolitical Distance on Bilateral Trade (abstract) PRESENTER: Ismaël Ouedraogo |
| 17:30 | Harmony in Motion: Exploring Global Credit Cycle Synchronization (abstract) PRESENTER: Pedro Cerqueira |
| 17:50 | Functional Oil Price Expectations Shocks and Inflation (abstract) PRESENTER: Christina Anderl |
| 18:10 | Persistent US Current Account Deficit: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment (abstract) PRESENTER: Kaan Celebi |
16:30-18:30 Session 6B: Development Economics
Chair:
Jamel Saadaoui (University of Strasbourg, France)
Location: Theophrastus
| 16:30 | Can Digital Transformation of Public Operations Support Sustainability? (abstract) PRESENTER: Emad Abu-Shanab |
| 16:50 | Is growth at risk from natural disasters? Evidence from quantile local projections (abstract) |
| 17:10 | Constructing a cyclical Systemic Risk Indicator (cSRI) for Malta (abstract) |
| 17:30 | On the Time-Varying Impact of China’s Bilateral Political Relations on Its Trading Partners (1960-2022) (abstract) PRESENTER: Jamel Saadaoui |
| 17:50 | Economic globalization and probability of export growth (abstract) PRESENTER: Pui Sun Tam |
16:30-18:30 Session 6C: Monetary Economics
Chair:
Cecilio Tamarit (INTECO-University of Valencia, Spain)
Location: Poseidon
| 16:30 | Unveiling the drivers of portfolio equity and bond investment in the European Union: The interplay of tax havens and gravity factors (abstract) PRESENTER: Cecilio Tamarit |
| 16:50 | The effects of monetary policy surprises and fiscal sustainability regimes in the Euro Area (abstract) PRESENTER: José Alves |
| 17:10 | Market disappointment with central bank announcements (abstract) PRESENTER: Julien Pinter |
| 17:30 | Does ESG Affect Bank Performance? A Comparison between Islamic and Conventional Banks (abstract) PRESENTER: Houcem Smaoui |
| 17:50 | Uncovered interest parity paradox and network-biases behind the depreciation of CEE currencies (abstract) PRESENTER: Gabor David Kiss |
20:30-23:30Gala Dinner
Open Air Méditerranée Restaurant
Wednesday, June 19th
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09:00-11:00 Session 8: Plenary Session
Chair:
Inma Martinez-Zarzoso (University Jaume I, Spain)
Location: Aristotle
| 09:00 | The circular economy in the economics and management of innovation (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Environmental Degradation and Inflation in High Income Countries (abstract) |
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:30 Session 9A: Energy and Environmental Economics
Chair:
Claudiu Albulescu (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania)
Location: Aristotle
| 11:30 | Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Addressing Energy Poverty: Can it Serve as a Lifeline? (abstract) PRESENTER: Manuel Alejandro Betancourt-Odio |
| 11:50 | Total factor productivity and tax avoidance: An asymmetric micro-data analysis for European oil and gas companies (abstract) |
| 12:10 | Disparities in Carbon Sinks and Spatial Spillover Effects of Blue Carbon Fisheries within Carbon-Neutral Strategies: Insights from Shandong Province (abstract) PRESENTER: Hairong Mu |
| 12:30 | Is the Portuguese electricity grid competing with waste-to-energy alternatives? (abstract) |
| 12:50 | How individual, local and regional characteristics drive the perception of the ecological transition? Evidence from Spain (abstract) PRESENTER: Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod |
11:30-13:30 Session 9B: Trade, Regional Economics and Financial Economics
Chair:
Andreas Waldkirch (Colby College, United States)
Location: Theophrastus
| 11:30 | Importance of Cereals in the Changing Dietary Intake Pattern: Evidence from Malaysia (abstract) PRESENTER: Fazleen Abdul Fatah |
| 11:50 | Reducing trade with Russia: Sanctions vs. firms’ voluntary suspension of activities (abstract) PRESENTER: Francisco Requena |
| 12:10 | Global Food Prices and Inflation (abstract) PRESENTER: Christina Anderl |
| 12:30 | Asymmetrical price developments in German residential real estate markets. Exploring Club Convergence and Overall Divergence: Empirical results from 70 German Cities over the period 2015 to 2023 (abstract) PRESENTER: Christian Oberst |
| 12:50 | Foreign Acquisition and Divestiture in Low and Middle Income Countries (abstract) |
11:30-13:30 Session 9C: Development Economics
Chair:
Dimitrios Paparas (HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY, UK)
Location: Socrates
| 11:30 | Mobile Money: an instrument of Financial Development to reduce violent conflicts? (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Does Climate Change Affect Firms’ Innovative Capacity in Developing Countries ? (abstract) PRESENTER: Chantale Oweggi |
| 12:10 | Technological progress, productivity, and sectoral employment: Will AI pose a threat? (abstract) PRESENTER: Joshua Duarte |
| 12:30 | EU Emerging Economies: Asset Prices and Households' Durable Spending (abstract) PRESENTER: Florina Burdet |
| 12:50 | Germans Play it Safe: Uncertainty, Bank Ownership, and Deposit Dynamics in the German Banking System (abstract) PRESENTER: Philipp Roderweis |
| 13:10 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries: The Role of Remittances and the Mediating Effect of Financial Inclusion (abstract) PRESENTER: Karim Mimouni |
13:30-14:30Lunch Break
Méditerranée Restaurant
14:30-16:30 Session 10A: Labor Market and Entrepreneurship
Chair:
Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez (University of A Coruña, Spain)
Location: Aristotle
| 14:30 | Immigration and Labor Market in West-Africa, Complementarity or Substitutability : Lessons from Togo (abstract) |
| 14:50 | Unraveling Heterogeneities in Taxable Agglomeration Rents: A Lens through Location Elasticity (abstract) PRESENTER: Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez |
| 15:10 | A Queen or just a worker bee. The impact of boss's gender on job satisfaction in the Eurozone. (abstract) PRESENTER: Nuria Sánchez-Sánchez |
| 15:30 | Do males exhibit a greater awareness of caregiving work opportunity cost? (abstract) PRESENTER: Adolfo C. Fernández Puente |
| 15:50 | Artificial intelligence and the skill premium (abstract) PRESENTER: Jamel Saadaoui |
14:30-16:30 Session 10B: Development Economics and Innovation
Chair:
Sophie Boutillier (université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France)
Location: Theophrastus
| 14:30 | The lesser of two evils: solitude or privacy deprivation? — Mental health in developing countries during COVID-19 (abstract) |
| 14:50 | Sustainable Development Integration in Enterprise Management: A Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach (abstract) |
| 15:10 | Firms’ satisfaction with their competencies in the era of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies: Who is missing IT and data analytic skills? (abstract) PRESENTER: Zaneta Lacova |
| 15:30 | Social media, Agri-tech companies and Innovation: from LinkedIn company profiles on a global scale (abstract) |
14:30-16:30 Session 10C: Energy and Environmental Economics
Chair:
Enric Cervera (University Jaume I, Spain)
Location: Socrates
| 14:30 | Relationship between Ecological Footprint, Economic Growth, and Renewable Energy in OECD Countries (abstract) PRESENTER: Bárbara Baigorri |
| 14:50 | The Impact of Litigations on GHG Emissions (abstract) PRESENTER: Inma Martinez-Zarzoso |
| 15:10 | Circular economy transition for firms and impacts on environmental performance and corporate reputation (abstract) PRESENTER: David Knäble |
| 15:40 | Green but corrupt? Evidence of bribery in the renewable energy sector (abstract) PRESENTER: Cristina Strango |
| 16:00 | Institutional Dynamics and Environmental Sustainability: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Mohammad Salimifar |
16:30-17:00Coffee Break
Thursday, June 20th
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09:00-10:00 Session 12: Plenary Session
Chair:
Christian Richter (University of Hertfordshire Business School in Egypt, Egypt)
Location: Aristotle
| 09:00 | Critical raw materials and technological transitions: changing economic geographies and firm strategies (abstract) |
10:00-11:00 Session 13: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Chair:
Christian Richter (University of Hertfordshire Business School in Egypt, Egypt)
Location: Aristotle
| 10:00 | Capital Flight and Government Debt Sustainability in Africa: The Interest Rate Channel (abstract) PRESENTER: Adamu Braimah Abille |
| 10:20 | (Re)understanding the relationship between Fiscal Decentralization and property tax revenue: Insights from developing and developed countries (abstract) |
| 10:40 | Dynamic Interrelation between Stock Market index, Exchange rate, T-Bills and Policy Rate: The Case of Egypt 2010-2020 (abstract) PRESENTER: Christian Richter |
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:30 Session 14A: Labor and Monetary Economics
Chair:
Dukhabandhu Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India)
Location: Pythagoras
| 11:30 | Time for balancing a quarter-century Eurozone: heterogenous macroeconomic effects of interplay in recent fiscal and monetary policies (abstract) PRESENTER: Patrik Žihala |
| 11:50 | Prospective of the student to become an entrepreneur in the chemical industry (abstract) PRESENTER: Sebastian Walther |
| 12:10 | Carob’s demand forecasting with Google Trends (abstract) PRESENTER: Antonios Psathas |
| 12:30 | Structural Break and Sectoral Movement of Female Labour Force Participation in the New Economy Regime in India (abstract) PRESENTER: Dukhabandhu Sahoo |
| 12:50 | Examining Income Equality in the Economic Ripple: "Exploring the Influence of Financial Inclusion within the Monetary Arrangement” (abstract) PRESENTER: Fabio Anobile |
11:30-13:30 Session 14B: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Chair:
Juan Sapena (Catholic University of Valencia, Spain)
Location: Socrates
| 11:30 | Clustering the Impact: How Economic Realities and Political Institutions shaped COVID-19 Fiscal Responses in Africa (abstract) |
| 11:50 | What people believe about monetary finance and what we can(’t) do about it (abstract) PRESENTER: Julien Pinter |
| 12:10 | Is Euro Area Sovereign Debt sustainable after all? A probabilistic approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Juan Sapena |
| 12:30 | Tax structure and public sector efficiency: new evidence for developing countries (abstract) PRESENTER: José Alves |
| 12:50 | Counter-cyclicality of the fiscal policy: a woman's touch (abstract) PRESENTER: Aubin Vignoboul |
13:30-14:30Lunch Break
Méditerranée Restaurant
14:30-16:30 Session 15A: Global Value Chains and Macroeconomics
Chair:
Dimitrios Dimitriou (Professor Department of Economics, DUTh, Greece)
Location: Pythagoras
| 14:30 | Globalization of the Insurance Industry under Covid-19 (abstract) PRESENTER: Yaffa Machnes |
| 14:50 | How can a lawless society evolve to a fair regime? (abstract) |
| 15:10 | The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Corporate Bond Yields, Credit Spreads, and Credit Default Swaps (abstract) PRESENTER: Bingzhi Zhang |
| 15:30 | Corporate Strategies Evaluation towards Sustainable Development: The case of Oil and Gas Industry (abstract) PRESENTER: Aristi Karagkouni |
| 15:50 | Decoding the Nuclear Energy Puzzle: From Voice to Action (abstract) PRESENTER: Vasilis Nikou |
| 16:10 | Effect of Globalization on Convergence of Development across Regions of India (abstract) PRESENTER: Dukhabandhu Sahoo |
14:30-16:30 Session 15B: Energy, Sustainability and Financial Development
Chair:
Dimitrios Paparas (HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY, UK)
Location: Socrates
| 14:30 | Do structural constraints influence rent-sharing? An overview of gold-producing countries in Africa. (abstract) |
| 14:50 | Knowledge might not be enough for a successful energy transition: The acceptance of Energy Communities across the urban-rural divide (abstract) PRESENTER: Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod |
| 15:10 | Evaluating the role of renewable energy, non-renewable energy, economic growth, trade and agriculture on CO2 emission in selected European countries (abstract) PRESENTER: Stamatina Papadaki |
| 15:30 | The shaped link between economic growth and ecological footprint – Evidence for European Countries (abstract) PRESENTER: Ioannis Kostakis |
| 15:50 | The winds of inequalities: How hurricanes affect inequalities at the macro level? (abstract) |
17:00-17:30Coffee