ERF Seminar: The Eurozone Crisis: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

The Founder and the President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and London Business School Professor Richard Portes gave a seminar titled "The Eurozone Crisis: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?" on May 15, Tuesday at Koc University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC), Beyoğlu, Istanbul.  

ERF Conference: The Mirrlees Review: Tax Reform for a Modern Economy

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) organized a conference titled “The Mirrlees Review: Tax Reform for a Modern Economy” on May 4, 2012, Friday at Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel, Taksim-Istanbul. 

The Mirrlees Review set out to identify the characteristics of a good tax system for any open developed economy in the 21st century. Drawing on the findings of the Mirrlees Review, other IFS research, and the views of leading experts on tax and social security, this conference set out some of the main issues in designing and analysing tax policy in Turkey and other middle income countries.

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Call for Papers: The eleventh Annual European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Conference

The eleventh Annual EEFS Conference, will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 14th-17th June 2012 hosted by Koç University. The EEFS has a broad focus covering all areas in economics and finance. Papers are solicited in all these areas. After the conference, participants will have the opportunity to submit their papers to several established journals that will publish peer-reviewed special issues of EEFS conference submissions. A number of journals have offered the possibility of a special issue with EEFS2012 conference papers, including the Review of International Economics and Economic Modelling.

The submission deadline for the Call for Papers is May 7, 2012.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (EMFT) Prepared Jointly with ERF

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade is organizing a Special Issue on "Macro-economic Modeling in Emerging Economies" jointly with Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF).   

The submission deadline for the Call for Papers is September 30, 2012.

Launch of ERF Research Report: The Transformation of International Production Linkages and Turkey

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) organized the Launch of ERF Research Report "The Transformation of International Production Linkages and Turkey" on March 2, 2012 Friday between 9:30 - 13:00 at Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu-Istanbul.

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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

"Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey": Aysit Tansel,  Nil Demet Güngör,  Working Paper No. 1209

"Renegotiation-Proof Third-Party Contracts under Asymmetric Information": Emanuele Gerratana, Levent Koçkesen, Working Paper No. 1208

"The Democratic Peace Unraveled: It’s the Economy”: Michael Mousseau, Working Paper No. 1207

“Measuring and Predicting Heterogeneous Recessions”: Cem Cakmakli, Richard Paap, Dick van Dijk,  Working Paper No. 1206 

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

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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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