Eastern Mediterranean University Deparment of Economics is a Workshop on Macroeconomics and Financial Economics on October 8-9, 2009. The recent financial crisis reveals the importance of financial markets for the economy. Modeling and analysis of financial markets as well as forecasting of economic time series are more than ever relevant research areas. Therefore, this year's workshop will be a platform to discuss new developments in these fields.The Workshop emphasises recent developments in macroeconometrics, financial econometrics and empirical macroeconomic and financial models. The workshop is aimed to bring together academic researchers and practitioners. (source: www.econworkshop.info)