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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

External Vulnerability and Crises: The Role of Capital Flows and Sudden Reversal - The Case of Turkey   

by Monika Blaszkiewicz- Schwartzman and Sumru Öz

 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

 

 

 All books... 

  

ERF Seminar - Has China Run Out of Cheap Labour?

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) organized a seminar titled “Has China Run Out of Cheap Labour?” on April 29, 2013, Monday  at TUSIAD Headquarters, Tepebasi, Istanbul.

Presentation  

 

ERF Conference - The Turkish Economy: Opportunities and Challenges 

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) and TÜSİAD organized a conference titled “The Turkish Economy: Opportunities and Challenges" on April 22, 2013, Monday at Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., USA. 

Presentations

 

ERF Conference -  An Evaluation of Unconventional Monetary Policies  

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF) organized a conference titled “An Evaluation of Unconventional Monetary Policies” on April 19, 2013, Friday between 09:30 – 13:30 at Martı Istanbul Hotel, Taksim, Istanbul.

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ERF Conference - World Development Report 2013: Jobs

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF), BETAM, and the World Bank organized a joint conference titled “World Development Report 2013: Jobs” on February 27, 2013, Wednesday at Bahcesehir University, Besiktas, Istanbul. 

Presentation

  

ERF Conference - Global Economic Prospects 2013: Assuring Growth over the Medium Term

Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF), TÜSİAD and World Bank organized a conference titled “Global Economic Prospects 2013: Assuring Growth over the Medium Term” on January 21, 2013, Monday at Mövenpick Hotel, Istanbul. 

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ERF Seminar - U.S. Fiscal Policy: The Cliff and Beyond 

Professor Laurence M. Ball from Johns Hopkins University gave a seminar titled "U.S. Fiscal Policy: The Cliff and Beyond" on January 11, 2013 Friday at Student Senate Meeting Room, Koç University Student Center 1st Floor, Sarıyer -Istanbul. 
   

New Working Papers

Do the Rich Save More in Canada?”: Sule Alan, Kadir Atalay, Thomas F. Crossley, Working Paper No. 1312

Output-Employment Relationship across Sectors: A Long- versus Short-Run Perspective”:  Afsin Sahin, Aysit Tansel, M. Hakan Berument,  Working Paper No. 1311

Education, Cognition, Health Knowledge, and Health Behavior”: Naci Mocan, Duha T. Altindag, Working Paper No. 1310  

"News and Sovereign Default Risk in Small Open Economies”: C. Bora Durdu, Ricardo Nunes, Horacio Sapriza, Working Paper No. 1309  

"Private Tutoring and the Question of Equitable Opportunities in Turkey": Aysit Tansel, Working Paper No. 1308 

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The ERF and Current Policy Debates 

"Mounting Growth Ambitions Made Manifest in Borsa Istanbul": Valentina Pasquali, Global Finance

"The Fire Bell of Unemployment": Robert J. Shiller, New York Times 

"Germany should follow in the footsteps of China": Kamil Yılmaz, VOX 

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

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

       

Latest Update ( 05.16.2013 )