ICOPEC 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS

 “STATE, ECONOMIC POLICY, TAXATION, AND DEVELOPMENT”

28-30 June 2016, İstanbul / Turkey

 ICOPEC 2016 is organized by Batman University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Marmara University Faculty of Economics with the cooperation of University of Westminster (UK), Institute for Economic & Social Research of Piedmont (IRES, Italy), Ostrava Technical University (Czech Republic), University of Belgrade (Serbia), GITAM School of International Business (India), Aligarh Muslim University (India) and Pontifica Catholic University of Lima [Peru] and Supported by Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Marmara University Scientific Research Fund, Kuru Kahveci Mehmet Efendi.

The main theme of the 7th conference is defined as “State, Economic Policy, Taxation, & Development”. However, ICOPEC 2016 will attempt to explain and account for all political economy’s subtopics and different aspects associated with political economy that are mentioned below.

International Political Economy Conference series began with the theme “Adam Smith Today” in 2009, which was followed by “Crisis and Development” in 2010, “Labor Markets and Employment” in 2011, “Flexibility” in 2012, ‘Logic’ of Our Age: TheIndividual and Society in the Market’s Grasp” in 2013, and “New Socioeconomic Perspectives, Social Movements, Actors” in 2014.

The languages of the conference will be both ENGLISH and TURKISH. Abstracts and session proposals should be around 300 words, in Word format and 12 fonts, and include the paper title, the name(s) and full address (mail address, affiliated institution, e-mail, phone, and fax) of the author(s), the purpose and the method of the work, expected results and suggestions. Papers should be electronically submitted by May 25th, 2016, via e-mail to bilgi@icopec.org or electronically submitted at http://www.icopec.org/submission-form.html Detailed information regarding the conference can be reached at www.icopec.org.

Author guidelines can be reach at www.icopec.org/author-guidelines.html

All accepted papers will be published by IJOPEC as an e-book with ISBN before the conference. Also, selected papers will be published in an edited international book and peer-reviewed journals such as the International Journal of Productivity Management and Assessment Technologies (IJPMAT), Journal of Life Economics (JLE), World Journal of Applied Economics (WJAE), Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, and Çalışma ve Toplum after the conference.

The presentations are expected to cover, but not limited to, the following issues:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTERACTIONS

Economic development and well-being of nations are beyond the simple measures represented by the national accounts. It is multidimensional in terms of both indicators and determinants. Economic development and the success of economic policy designed to accomplish developmental aims can be seen as a product of political interactions between citizens and rulers, and social interactions among the members of society in broad terms. As a result of the gradual increase of awareness about the multidimensional character of the subject, the orthodox economic theory recently recognized the importance of social interactions and social capital to explain the economic success of nations. This recognition has led international organizations, such as the UN and OECD to develop more complex measurements of well- being and economic development.

With this perspective, one of the subtopics of this conference has been dedicated to examining the relationship between economic development and the interactions of the society’s members in the social and political context, the social norms, the culture, identities, political institutions, and the social contract in addition to the impact of economic development on social structure. Some subjects are as follows, but not limited to:

• Multi-Dimensional Measurements of Development and Welfare
• Social Progress and Social Dimensions of Development
• Reason, Religion, and Philosophy
• Political Decision-Making under the Market Domination
• Political Powers and the Choice of Political Economy
• Old and New Actors within the Politics of Social Welfare
• Competition, Cooperation, and Development
• Social Norms, Culture, and Development
• Democracy, Transparency, and Development
• Income Distribution and Development
• Rising Inequality and Politics of Redistribution
• Policies for Inclusive Development
• Social Expenditures and Development
• Vocational Education, Training, and Development
• Human Resource Endowments and Development
• Social Resource Endowments and Development
• Natural Resource Endowment and Development
• Rent-Seeking, Corruption, and Development
• R&D, Technology Capability Building, and Development
• Diffusion of Technology and Development
• Industrial Competitiveness and Development
• Social Tensions, Social Conflicts, and Development
• Austerity Policies, Crisis/Unemployment and Urban Movements
• Market, Competition, and Union Rights
• Civil Society Discourse of New Right and Trade Unions
• Market-Society Tension and Conservative Social Policy
• Transformation of      Social      Security:       From       Social       Solidarity       to Individualization
• Public Interest and Public Services under the Market Domination
• Marketization of Social Insurance and Social Security
• Marketization of Workers’ Health and Safety at Work
• New Social and Political Movements, and Inequality
• New Social Risks and Social Exclusion
• Social Assistance Policies and Practices
• Lessons from Behavioral Economics for Development

STATE-BUILDING, STATE CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The question regarding the respective roles of the state and the market in the development process has been debated intensively after the Great Depression of 1929, which showed clearly that the cost was too high when the market was left to the realm of the ‘ invisible hand’. Development economics was born out as a rejection of the neoclassical view that it is generally not possible to improve upon the market outcome and highlighted the greater scope of market failure in less developed as compared with developed economies. This subfield of economics provided a rationale for enlarging the scope of state intervention. However, neglect of institutions and the implicit assumption that the state has unlimited capacity to intervene effectively in the economic system were the major weaknesses of 1960s-era development economists. Therefore, institutions started to be taken more seriously and the assumption of effective intervention capacity of the states to the markets has been questioned more in the later periods.

• Institutions and Development
• Institutional Quality and Development
• Institutions for High-Quality Growth
• Getting Institutions Right
• Administrative Capacity and Development
• States and Industrial Transformation
• Predatory and Captured States
• New Forms of Authoritarianism
• Revenue Extracting, Revenue Mobilization, and State-Building
• Late Development and State-Building
• Contemporary Ways of Constructing Legitimacy
• Developmental States
• Governance between the State and Corporations
• Government Policies of the 21st Century
• State Structure and Industrial Policy
• Rethinking the State, Market, Family, and the Third Sector
• State-Owned Banks and Development
• The New Experiences of Local Government
• Lessons from Evolutionary Economics

POLITICAL ECONOMY, ECONOMIC POLICY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Different individuals and groups have different interests in how a country or economy is to develop. Political economy is a term used for studying production and exchange, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth. It is the interplay between economics, law, and politics. It analyzes how public policy is created and implemented.

• Marxism and Political Economy
• The Theoretical Debate in Development Economics
• The Structural School of Development
• The Neo-Classical Paradigm and Its Role in Development Economics
• From Keynes, Friedman, and Solow to Neoliberal Policy
• Neoliberal Economic Policies
• The Evolution of Development Economics
• New Actors and Changes in Economic Policies
• The New Development Economics
• Infant-Industry Protection and Export Promotion
• Industrial Policy and Development
• Trade Policy and Development
• New Trade Theories and Developing Countries
• Technology Policy and Development
• Innovation Policy and Development
• Education Policy and Development
• Health Policy and Development
• Employment Policy and Development
• Environmental Policy and Development
• Energy Policy, Renewable Energies, and Development
• Sustainability Policy and Development
• ‘Casino Capitalism’ and Financial Market Regulations
• Changes and Transformation in Economic Policies
• New Myths, New Actors, and New Balances in Economic Policy
• Privatization, De-Regulation, and Development
• NGOs, Regulations, and Development
• Competition Policy and Development

TAXATION, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, PORTFOLIO FLOWS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

As stated by Schumpeter, the fiscal structures of societies have an enormous influence on their political institutions. Taxation reflects the distribution of power and political interactions between the rulers and citizens. Thus, it shapes political and social interactions among citizens. It could be seen that the evolution of the states and taxation are interlinked. Especially, developing and under-developed countries need taxation to mobilize resources for financing their development, to build administrative state capacity, and to develop democratic political relationships within the society. On the other hand, the relationship between revenue-extracting and political interactions can be seen to be bi-directional. The form of revenue system could affect the political interaction between rulers and citizens by having the potential to establish accountable and transparent administration, while the embedded functions within social and political interactions among members of society could be expected to have influence on the form of revenue-extracting for financing the state. In this context, one of the subtopics of the conference has been dedicated to examining the relation of taxation to state-building, development, and political and social institutions through theoretical, empirical, and case studies. Some subjects are as follows, but not limited to:

• Fiscal Institutions and Development
• Political Economy of Financial Institutions
• Fiscal Interactions Between the Rulers and the Citizens
• New Rules of Financial Architecture and Public Debt
• Capital Markets and the New Order
• Effects of Tax Structure on Development
• Alternative Costs and Benefits of Public Borrowing
• Alternative Costs and Benefits of Taxation
• Alternative Costs and Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment
• Democracy and Taxation
• Political Economy of Taxation
• Political Institutions and Taxation
• Social Structure and Taxation
• Taxation and Economic Development
• Economic Growth and Taxation
• Taxation and Income Distribution
• Taxation and Welfare State
• Taxation and Social Spending
• Tax Expenditures, Distribution and Development
• Taxation, Democracy, Transparency and Governance
• Tax Evasion and Taxation as A Collective Action
• Tax Compliance and Tax Evasion
• Shadow Economy and Tax Evasion
• Political Economy of Tax Evasion and Tax Gap
• The Problem of Free Rider and Possible Solutions
• Tax Effort and Tax Capacity by Country Groups
• Differences in Tax Structure and Tax Mix by Country Groups
• Tax Systems, Economic Development and Good Governance
• International Tax Competition and Its Effects
• Tax Incidence and Its Effects
• Lessons from Successful Tax Reforms
• Fiscal Policy and Employment
• Automatic Stabilizers and Financial Stability
• Interactions between Monetary and Fiscal Policies
• Public Investment and Fiscal Sustainability
• Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Debts
• Fiscal Rules and Constitutional Economics

GLOBALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HEGEMONY, AND CONFLICT

“Globalization” means a process of making something worldwide in scope. The term implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with the free movement of capital, goods, and unhindered labor across national frontiers. However, we know in practice that unhindered movement of labor is not on the table. Thus, the main question that requires an answer is: “Why is it so widespread to use such a term that implies not only free transfer of capital, goods, and services, but also the unhindered movement of labor across national frontiers, while that is not the case?” Probably, Kay is right to say that “globalization is a manifestation of new means through which power is exercised and distributed”. The international institutions, such as the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, give a shape to “globalization”. Their impact on the developing countries has been powerful but not always benign. These three global institutions seem to have failed to live up to the expectations of the developing countries. It appears that the powerful rich countries have bargained hard within these institutions to advance their own interests. Evidence has mounted since the late 1970s that these institutions may not be so beneficial for developing countries. The topics here are vast and cannot possibly be covered in their entirety. The goal here is to provide an overview of recent research on the impact of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO on developing countries.

• Global Commons and Global Welfare
• The Commodification of Nature
• The Economics of Globalization: Winners and Losers
• Explaining Divergences in Development
• Strategic Opportunities and Challenges for Development
• International Monetary Fund and Development
• World Bank and Development
• World Trade Organization and Development
• Political Economy of Capital Flows
• Economic Openness and Development
• Economic Liberalization and Development
• Financial Liberalization and Development
• Financialization
• External Shocks and Development
• Global Value Chains and Development
• Hegemony: International Relations and International Law
• Crimes against Humanity
• Anti-Globalization Movements, Social Forums
• Transnational Activism/Digital Activism
• Middle East and Arabic World Protests

OTHERS

• Social Movement Theory: Past, Present and Prospect
• Social Transformation and Resistance Movements
• Changing Dynamics of Solidarity and Social Movements
• Roles of Work Force in Social Movements
• Social Movements Based on Gender and Identity
• Urban Social Movements in the Face of Urban Renewal
• Social Movements on the Axis of Environment/Green Movement/Ecology
• LGBT Movements
• Migration, Asylum, and Market
• Right of Peaceful Action and Theory of Civil Disobedience
• Democracy and Right of Social Action
• The Political Economy of Terrorism