Policy Analysis in the Post Great Recession Era – 16-17 Ekim 2014



Conference Program

Conference Photographs
October 16, 2014 – 1st day:

• Hasan Akçakayalıoğlu, Member of the Board of Directors, TÜSİAD

Opening remarks

• Finn Kydland, Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance (LAEF), University of California, Santa Barbara

Keynote Speech

• Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Labor Market Upheaval, Default Regulations, and Consumer Debtwith Juan Sanchez (Fed St. Louis), Xuan Tam (City University of Hong Kong), and Eric Young (University of Virginia)

Presentation

Discussant: Ayşe Kabukçuoğlu, Koç University

Discussion

• Jeffrey Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Quantitative Easing in Joseph’s Egypt with Keynesian Producers

Presentation

Discussant: Refet Gürkaynak, Bilkent University

Discussion

• Oscar Jorda, University of California, Davis

Sovereigns versus Banks: Credit, Crises, and Consequenceswith Moritz Schularick (University of Bonn), and Alan M. Taylor (UC-Davis)

Presentation

Discussant: Attila Ratfai, CEU

Discussion

• Gerhard Glomm, Indiana University

Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increaseswith Juergen Jung (Towson University) and Chung Tran (ANU)

Presentation

Discussant: Marek Kapicka, University of California Santa Barbara

Discussion

October 17, 2014 – 2nd day:

• Martin Uribe, Columbia University and NBER

Are Capital Controls Prudential? An Empirical Investigationwith with Andres Fernandez (Inter-American Development Bank) and
Alessandro Rebucci (Johns Hopkins University)

Presentation

Discussant: Kerstin Bernoth, DIW Berlin

Discussion

• Peter Benczur, EC’s Joint Research Center, Ispra and CEU

Interest Premium, Sudden Stop, and Adjustment in a Small Open Economywith Istvan Konya (Magyar Nemzeti Bank and Central European University) 

Presentation

Discussant: Hakan Kara, CBRT

Discussion

• Cem Çakmaklı, University of Amsterdam and Koç University

Constructing Coincident Economic Indicators for Emerging Economieswith Sumru Altug (Koç University and CEPR)

Presentation

Discussant: Peter Benczur, EC’s Joint Research Center, Ispra and CEU

Discussion

Panel

• Selva Demiralp, Koç University (Moderator)

• Turalay Kenç, CBRT

• Fatih Özatay, TOBB University of Economics and Technology

• Saruhan Özel, Denizbank

• Peter Rupert, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Martin Uribe, Columbia University