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Established in 2004 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, Koç University - TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum is devoted to promoting independent and objective analysis on economic growth and discussing the implications of different economic policy options.

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Koç University-TÜSİAD
Economic Research Forum
Rumelifeneri Yolu 34450 Sarıyer-Istanbul 
     
Phone: (0-212) 338 18 34
Fax: (0-212) 338 18 37
e-mail: eaf@ku.edu.tr 
      

Welcome to ERF

    

Conference Photographs  

New Books of Interest

 Business Cycles and the Global Crisis 

Conference Volume of “Business Cycles and the Global Crisis” organized on May 25, 2010

   

 Emerging Markets: Resilience and Growth Amid Global Turmoil

by M. Ayhan Kose and Eswar S. Prasad

 

 

 

 Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis 

by Sumru G. Altuğ

 

 

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ERF Conference: Golden Growth: Restoring the Lustre of the European Economic Model  

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) and The World Bank organized a conference titled “Golden Growth: Restoring the Lustre of the European Economic Model” on February 21, 2012 Tuesday between 9:30 - 11:30 at The Marmara Taksim Hotel, Istanbul. 

Conference presentations  

 

The ERF and Current Policy Debates 

"Major European bank stocks are connected in a state of high volatility": Kamil Yılmaz, VOX 

"Mist on the Bosphorus?": Simon Roughneen, Guardian

    

New Working Papers

"Bayesian Estimation of DSGE Models: Is the Workhorse Model Identified?": Evren Caglar, Jagjit S. Chadha, Katsuyuki Shibayama, Working Paper No. 1205  

"Turkish Voter Response to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes":  Ali T. Akarca, Aysit Tansel, Working Paper No. 1204    

"Identification via Completeness for Discrete Covariates and Orthogonal Polynomials": Yevgeniy Kovchegov, Neşe Yıldız, Working Paper No. 1203 

"Estimation of Binary Choice Models with Linear Index and Dummy Endogenous Variables": Neşe Yıldız,  Working Paper No. 1202 

"Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data": Aysit Tansel, Elif Oznur Kan, Working Paper No. 1201   

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Seminar: The Institutional Origins of the Eurozone and the Greek Crisis

Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard University Elias Papaioannou gave a seminar titled "The Institutional Origins of the Eurozone and the Greek Crisis" on December 13, 2011 at Koc University Founders’ Hall, Sariyer, Istanbul.

 

ERF Conference: Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Crisis

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) organized a conference titled "Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Crisis" on October 10, 2011, Monday at Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel, Istanbul. 

Conference presentations 

 

ERF Conference: Leading Indicators and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies   

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) organized a conference titled "Leading Indicators and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies" on June 24, 2011 at Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel, Istanbul. 

Conference presentations 

 

Research Note

"Historical Trade Routes: Is This the Road to Regional Development?": Sumru Altuğ, Research Note No. 1003 

"Is Fiscal Policy Pointless?": Müge Adalet, Sumru Altuğ, Research Note No. 1002 

"Global Crisis from the Perspective of the Great Depression": Sumru Öz, Research Note No. 1001

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Latest Update ( 2.21.2012 )