8 October 2009
09:45-10:00 Opening speech
Session 1: Recession and Monetary Policy
Place: Mehmet Tahiroglu Hall
Convenor: Haluk Erlat, Middle East Technical University, NCC, Turkey
10:00-11:00 |
Invited Speaker
A predictable recession, and what to do about it
Karim Abadir, Imperial College, UK |
11:00-11:15 |
Coffee break |
11:15-12:15 |
Invited Speaker
Monetary Policy and its Effectiveness: Structural Factors
Hakan Berument, Bilkent University, Turkey |
12:15-13:30 Lunch break
Session 2: Financial Markets, Inflation and Foreign Exchange
Place: BEA 4
Convenor: Guzin Erlat, Middle East Technical University, NCC, Turkey
13:30-14:30 |
Invited Speaker
Testing Non-nested Demand Relations: Linear Expenditure System versus Indirect Addilog
Paul de Boer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
14:30-15:30 |
Invited Speaker
Testing for Shifts in Persistence in Turkish Inflation and Real Exchange Rates
Haluk Erlat, Middle East Technical University, NCC, Turkey |
15:30-15:45 |
Coffee break |
15:45-16:30 |
Time varying relationship between crude oil spot and futures prices: Regime switching causality
Mehmet Balcilar, Department of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC |
9 October 2009
Session 3: Statistics and Econometrics
Place: BEA 4
Convenor: Paul de Boer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
09:00-10:00 |
Invited Speaker
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics? Examples From Finance & Economics
Karim Abadir, Imperial College, UK |
10:00-11:30 |
Invited Speaker
Macro and Financial markets: The memory of an elephant?
Gabriel Talmain, University of Glasgow, UK |
11:30-11:40 |
Coffee break |
11:40-12:30 |
Unit Roots, Structural Breaks and Cointegration Analysis: A Review of the Available Processes and Procedures and an Application
Mete Feridun, Department of Banking and Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC |
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
Session 4: PhD Student Presentations
Place: BEA 4
Convenor: Gabriel Talmain, University of Glasgow, UK
13:30-14:00 |
Financial Instability and Optimal Monetary Policy Rule
Hossein Sedghi, University of Leicester, UK
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14:00-14:30 |
Chaoticism within a Macroeconomic Overview on Derivatives Market
Tina Nemarnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
14:30 |
Closing |
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