CBRT-World Bank Joint Conference: Drivers of Firm Performance in Turkey
10 January 2019
CBRT Head Office Conference Hall, Ankara, Turkey
PROGRAM
10 January, Thursday |
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Opening Remarks
Uğur Namık Küçük, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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09:15 – 10:00 |
Keynote Speech
Ufuk Akçiğit, The University of Chicago
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10.30 – 12.15 |
Morning Session
Chair: Huzeyfe Torun (CBRT)
Paper 1: Investment Dynamics in Turkish Manufacturing Industries
Seyit Mümin Cılasun (CBRT), Fatih Yılmaz* (CBRT)
Paper 2: “Do Firms Exit the Formal Economy after a Minimum Wage Hike?
Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Turkey”
Mattia Makovec (WBG)
Paper 3: Density and Allocative Efficiency
Aslıhan Atabek Demirhan (CBRT), Orhun Sevinç* (CBRT)
Paper 4: Macro-Micro Productivity Linkages
Habib Rab (WBG), Pınar Yaşar* (WBG)
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12:15 – 12:30 |
Coffee Break |
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12:30-13:15 |
Panel on Drivers of Firm Performance in Turkey
Moderator: Ufuk Akçiğit, The University of Chicago
Panellists: Elif Tuğçe Çınar (Ministry of Industry and Technology), Zümrüt İmamoğlu (Turkish Industry and Business Association), Erol Taymaz (Middle East Technical University)
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13:15 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
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14:15 – 15:15 |
Afternoon Session I
Chair: Yusuf Kenan Bağır (CBRT)
Paper 1: “Innovation Support and Firm Performance: An Assessment of Turkey’s Manufacturing and Service Sectors”
Umut Kılınç (WBG)
Paper 2: Financial Constraints and Propagation of Shocks in Production Networks
Banu Demir Pakel, Bilkent University
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 – 17:00 |
Afternoon Session II
Chair: Seyit Mümin Cılasun (CBRT)
Paper 1: Export Pass-Through, Imported Inputs and Domestic Supply Networks
Yusuf Emre Akgündüz (CBRT), Salih Fendoğlu* (CBRT)
Paper 2: Gazelles: Identifying Fast Growing Firms in Turkey
Ayşenur Acar (WBG)
Paper 3: Impact of Minimum Wages on Import Intensity
Yusuf Emre Akgündüz* (CBRT), Yusuf Kenan Bağır (CBRT), Huzeyfe Torun (CBRT)
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