Program

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
08:30 – 09:00	Registration & Coffee

09:00 – 09:15	Opening Remarks Uğur Namık Küçük, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

09:15 – 10:00	Keynote Speech Ufuk Akçiğit, The University of Chicago

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break

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)

12:15 – 12:30	Coffee Break

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)

13:15 – 14:15	Lunch

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

15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break

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)