5. International Conference on Economics ICE-TEA 2016

Abstract

Abstract. International Conference on Economics, ICE-TEA 2016 was held fifth of its conference series on 20-22 October 2016, at Bodrum Kefaluka Otel, Bodrum, Turkey. This congress organized by the Turkish Economic Association (TEA) was established in 1929. The first ICE-TEA was held in 2006 in Ankara, the second ICE-TEA in 2010 took place in Girne, the third in 2012 Çeşme, and the fourth was held in 2014 in Antalya. “Inclusive and Sustainable Growth and Income Distribution” was the theme of ICE-TEA 2016. The organization committee would like to highlight the importance of the issue of inequality in incomes and its effect on economic and social injustices choosing this title for the conference this year. With this motivation more than 250 papers, which cover a wide range of topics beside the conference theme including monetary policy, poverty, housing market, energy and environment, education and human capital were presented during the conference with parallel sessions. Keywords. ICE-TEA, Inequality, Sustainable Growth, Turkey. JEL. A10.