SED 2009 Annual Meeting at Our University!

THE DYNAMICS OF THE POST-CRISIS ECONOMY UNDER DISCUSSION

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, hosted by Bahçeşehir University, the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye and Koç University, with financial support from Yapı Kredi Bank and T.C. Ziraat Bankası, is being held on 2-4 July 2009 at Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus.

Ahead of SED's annual meeting, the crisis facing the world economy and its effects on the Turkish economy will be examined by world-renowned economists and those who shape the Turkish economy at a conference entitled "The Post-Crisis Global Economic Order and the Turkish Economy".

The opening speeches of the conference, held on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 between 14:00 and 18:30 at the Conrad Hotel, were delivered by Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Governor of the Central Bank Durmuş Yılmaz, Bahçeşehir University President Deniz Ülke Arıboğan and Koç University President Attila Aşkar.

In the first session of the conference, on "The Crisis and Türkiye", the short- and long-term effects of the crisis on the Turkish economy and policy options against the crisis will be evaluated by Yapı Kredi Bank Chief Economist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cevdet Akçay, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Dr. Erdem Başçı and T.C. Ziraat Bankası General Manager Can Akın Çağlar.

Crisis Assessment from Nobel Laureate Economists!

In the second session of the conference, Nobel laureate economist Prof. Dr. Robert Lucas of the University of Chicago will give a talk on "The Financial Crisis We Are Living In". In the same session, Nobel laureate economist Prof. Dr. Edward Prescott of Arizona State University will give a talk entitled "The US Economy in Depression: Prospects and Lessons for the Turkish Economy".