New Working PapersWorking Paper No. 1009 by Sumru Altuğ and Melike Bildirici titled "Business Cycles Around the Globe: A Regime Switching Approach" is published on our website. Working Paper No. 1008 by Selva Demiralp and Kamil Yılmaz titled "Para Politikası Beklentilerinin Sermaye Piyasalarının Üzerindeki Etkisi" is published on our website. Working Paper No. 1007 by Gary Madden, Ismail Sağlam and Aaron Morey titled "Auction Design and the Success of National 3G Spectrum Auctions" is published on our website. SeminarDenizbank Chief Economist Dr. Saruhan Özel gave a seminar titled “Whither Greece and the Euro?” on February 26, Friday at Koç University College of Administrative Sciences and Economics. International Essay Competition 2010 AnnouncementWorld Bank and its partners invite youth aged 18-25 to participate 2010 Essay Competition. This year's theme is "Youth Unemployment: How does youth unemployment affect you? How can you tackle youth unemployment through youth-led solutions?" For details, you may visit www.essaycompetition.org Upcoming Conference AnnouncementThe Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM) will hold its EuroConference 2010 in Milas, Turkey on July 16-18, 2010. The theme of the conference is "Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets". Winter Workshop in Economics, Dec. 25, 2009The Third Winter Workshop in Economics has been held at Koc University on December 25, 2009. The workshop, organized by Koc University, hosted academics from Turkey and abroad, who presented their academic studies. Workshop Program Workshop Papers MeetingTUSIAD-Koc University Economic Research Forum and TUSIAD organized an informative meeting on July 20, 2009 for a delegation from the National Development and Reform Commission of China. The delegation visited Turkey as a part of the fact-finding mission to Indonesia, India, and Turkey on the topic of "Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Emerging Markets". "Turkish Economy: Selected Indicators & Brief Overview" is presented to the delegation in the meeting. ConferenceSociety for Economic Dynamics organises a conference on "The Post-Crisis Global Economic Order and Turkish Economy" on July 1, 2009, Wednesday, between 14:00-18:30 at Conrad Hotel, Istanbul. Conference Program Research Note TUSIAD-Koc University Economic Research Forum Director Kamil Yilmaz's Research Note entitled "This Time it is Really Different: Major Industrialized Economies are Pulling Each Other into the Abyss" is published in our web site. A shorter version of this note has been posted on the VOX portal for research-based policy analysis and commentary (http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3362). New Report PublishedThe e-version of our new report "The Evolution and Determinants of the Turkish Private Saving Rate: What Lessons for Policy?" by Caroline Van Rijckeghem and Murat Üçer, is now available.The report looks into the evolution and determinants of the saving rate in Turkey, with particular focus on private saving. After a brief literature review, it starts by putting the Turkish saving rate in an international context, by comparing Turkey to several country sub-groups of interest (e.g., advanced countries, emerging Asia, emerging Europe and Latin America). The data shows that Turkey’s private saving rate is low compared to other emerging market countries, but this is a recent phenomenon (other than in comparison with Asia) that reflects recent declines in the Turkish savings rate. EU Project MeetingTurkey's Participation in the European Knowledge Economy (TEPEK), Jan. 29-30, 2009 The seminar of Turkey's Participation in the European Knowledge Economy EU project, of which ERF is a partner, has been held at Koç University İstinye Campus, with the participation of other project partners. For more information about the project, please visit www.tepek.org. Program | 
Turkey and the Global Economy: Neo-liberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era