Preliminary Program
October
18, 2013
19:00
Reception at Akian Gallery, American University of
Armenia
20:30 Membership meeting (new members are welcome)
October 19, 2013
Yerevan State University, Faculty of Economics, 52 Abovyan St, Yerevan (Sev Shenk)
8:00 Registration
9:00 Welcome
• Tigran Sargsyan, RA Prime Minister (in Armenian)
• Aram Simonyan, YSU Rector (in Armenian)
• Hayk Sargsyan, Dean of the
Faculty of Economics of YSU (in Armenian)
• David Joulfayan, Chair of the AEA 2013 Meetings (in English)
9:30 Keynote Speaker
• Daron Acemoglu, MIT (video conference)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Concurrent sessions 1A-1B
11:00 Session 1A: International Trade, Room 208
Chair: Michael Fuenfzig, ISET,
Georgia
Tariffs and
Trade Costs: An Assessment of the Eurasian Customs Union, Arevik Mkrtchyan, European
University Institute, Italy
Trade Patterns after the Expiration of the US Generalized
System of Preferences, Shushanik Hakobyan, Fordham
University, New York
Opening the
Russian Market: A CGE Approach, Irma Lapiashvili,
International School of Economics at Tbilisi
State University (ISET), Georgia
Discussants:
Michael Fuenfzig, ISET, Georgia
Arevik
Mkrtchyan, European University Institute, Italy
Shushanik Hakobyan, Fordham University, New York
11:00 Session 1B: Development Economics (see Armenian
program)
13:00-14:15 Lunch
14:15-16:15 Concurrent sessions 2A-2B
14:15 Session 2A: Macro I, Auditorium
Chair: Ashot Mkrchyan,
Central Bank of Armenia
Alternative models for forecasting the
key macroeconomic variables in Armenia, Karen Poghosyan,
Central Bank
of Armenia
Debt sustainability:
Case study for Armenia, Astghik Galoyan, ISET (International School of Economics at TSU),
Georgia
Redefined
fundamental uncertainty, fiscal rules, fiscal net, fiscal sustainability and
emerging markets
scenarios, Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, St. John's University (with Arkady Gevorkyan, The New School, New York)
Discussants;
Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, St. John's University (#2)
14:15 Session 2B: Micro, Room 208
Chair: Aram Arakelyan, Yerevan
State University
The Application of Eye Tracking Technology in the Study of
Buying Impulsiveness and Choice Decisions, Hayk
Khachatryan,
University of Florida
Wheat price transmission from the world market to Armenia,
Aram Derdzyan, International School of
Economics at TSU (ISET), Georgia
Consumption
Habits and Price Differential in Clothing Markets of Tbilisi, Nana Mukbaniani, International
School of Economics at Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Discussants:
Shahane
Harutyunyan, Central Bank of Armenia (#2)
Hayk Khachatryan, University of Florida (#3)
16:15-16:45 Coffee break
16:45 Session 3: Development, Auditorium
Chair: Armenak Darbinyan, Central Bank of Armenia
Can
Donor-Recipient Genetic Distance Explain Aid (In)-Effectiveness?
Anna Minasyan, University of Goettingen and
University of Heidelberg
Analysis of Regional Development Policy of Southern Italy,
Gayane Grigoryan, Armenian State
University of Economics
Survey of
substantial instruments of trade policy and export promotion in the European
Union and in Armenia,
Karen Grigoryan, Armenian State
University of Economics
Discussants:
Michael Fuenfzig, ISET, Georgia (#2)
Sunday, October 20, 2013
American University of Armenia, College of Business and
Economics
10:00-12:00 Concurrent sessions 5A-5C
10:00 Session 5A: Macro II/Growth, Room 233W
Chair: Vahagn Jerbashian, CERGE
Prague
Knowledge licensing in a model of
R&D-driven endogenous growth, Vahagn Jerbashian,
CERGE Prague
Inequality,
Human Capital, Growth and Mobility in Armenia, Edgar Begrakyan, Central Bank of Armenia
Forecast
performance of an estimated DSGE model for Armenian economy, Gayane V. Barseghyan, Central
Bank of Armenia
10:00 Session 5B: Finance, Room 213W
Chair: Armen Arakelyan,
University College for Financial Studies, Spain
Market-Wide
Liquidity in Credit Default Swap Spreads, Armen Arakelyan, University College for Financial Studies,
Madrid, Spain (with Gonzalo Rubio and Pedro Serrano from CEU Cardenal Herrera University and University
Carlos III)
The role of
board of directors in private equity firms, Sevan Hambarsoomian, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Business Environmental Determinants of
Operational Risk in German Speaking Countries, Suren
Pakhchanyan,
Finance and Banking; Department of Business Administration, Economics, and Law;
University of
Oldenburg; Oldenburg, Germany (with Jörg
Prokop, University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg, Germany)
Assessment Methods of the Economic Modeling of Assets and
Liabilities of Commercial Banks, Anna
Gevorgyan, Yerevan State University
Discussants:
Suren Pakhchanyan, University of Oldenburg (#2)
Armen Arakelyan, University College for Financial Studies (#3)
10:00 Session 5C: Student session (see Armenian
program) Room 214W
12:00-13:15 Lunch/ keynote speaker, Mark Davis (EBRD)
13:15-15:15 Concurrent sessions 6A-6B
13:15 Session 6A: Political Economy, Room 213W
Chair: Levon Barkhudaryan,
Armenian State University of Economics
Asset exchange models, the origin of Pareto's Law, and the origin
of oligarchy,
Bruce Boghosian, American University
of Armenia
Direct democracy
and local public finances under cooperative federalism, Zareh
Asatryan, ZEW Mannheim and
University of Freiburg (with Thushyanthan
Baskaran, University of Gottingen;
Theocharis Grigoriadis,
Free
University of Berlin; and Friedrich Heinemann, ZEW Mannheim
and University of Heidelberg)
Discussants:
Florian Biermann, ISET, Georgia (#1)
13:15 Session 6B: Migration, 214W
Chair: Aleksandr Grigoryan,
American University of Armenia
Intention to
migrate: evidence from Armenia, Aleksandr Grigoryan,
American University of Armenia
Housing Market Responses to Immigration; Evidence from Italy,
Sona Kalantaryan, Migration Policy Centre at
the
European University Institute
Migration
Challenge for PAYG, Gurgen Aslanyan,
CERGE-EI Prague
Discussants:
Sona Kalantaryan, Migration Policy
Centre at the European University Institute
Gohar Stepanyan, American University
of Armenia
Gayane V. Barseghyan, Central Bank
of Armenia
15:15-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:30 Concurrent sessions 7A-7B
15:45 Session 7A: Labor Markets/Education/Children, Room 213W
Chair: Dennis Leavens, American University of Armenia
The quality of human capital and its effect on labor market
outcomes: the case of Georgia, Astghik Mkhitaryan,
International School of Economics at TSU (ISET), Georgia
Armenian pension system reform: problems, prospects,
opportunities. Avag Avanesyan and Mariam Voskanyan,
RAU
Gender Differences in Preferences at a
Young Age? Experimental Evidence from Armenia