Turkey
NBER Project on Exchange Rate Crises in Emerging Market Countries
July 18, 2001
TurkeyPRELIMINARY PROGRAMRoyal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA Directed By: Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Frankel
WEDNESDAY JULY 18: 8:45 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00 AM OFFICIAL WELCOME 9:15 AM BACKGROUND: UP TO 1999 Chairman: JEFF FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER Panelists: RUSDU SARACOGLU, former head of Turkey's central bankTED TRUMAN, Institute for International Economics,former Federal Reserve Board and US Treasury MOHAMED EL-ERIAN, PIMCO 11:00 AM THE STABILIZATION PROGRAM AND THE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME Chairman: DANI RODRIK, Harvard University and NBER Panelists:
MAHFI EGILMEZ, former undersecy of Turkey's Treasury 12:30 PM LUNCH 1:45 PM BANKING PROBLEMS, AND THE CRISIS OF FALL 2000 Chairman: MIKE DOOLEY, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER Panelists:
SELCUK DEMIRALP, former undersecretary of Turkey's Treasury 3:15 PM BREAK 3:30 PM THE CRISIS OF FEBRUARY 2001, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Chairman: MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER Panelists:
GAZI ERCEL, former head of Turkey's central bank 5:00 PM ADJOURN BACKGROUND MATERIALS: A Brief Account of the Turkish Economy, 1980-2000 Faruk Selçuk and Ahmet Ertugrul February 2001 The OECD Economic Survey of Turkey January 2001 The Disinflation Program and the Structure of the Turkish Banking Sector C. Alper, M. Berument and N. Malatyalý Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Turkey Olcay Yucel Emir, Almila Karasoy, & Kursat Kunter, Research Department of the Bank of Central Turkey Turkey: Urgent need for large-scale foreign funding and/or domestic insurance of dollar debt K.Bartholdy & B.Bayazitoglu, Credit Suisse First Boston Crunch Point: Turkey's Massive Debt, June 20, 2001 D.Malpass, T.Kearney, & E.Shayo, Bear Stearns Capital Inflows and Central Bank's Policy Response, December, 1998 M.Altinkemer, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey 07/10/01 |
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