This study examines whether bank shareholders bear the burden of required reserves tax by analyzing the reaction of banks' stock returns to the changes in the required reserve ratio. Results show that increases in reserve requirements significantly lower bank returns implying that shareholders...

In this study, by using a panel data of Turkish banks, we empirically analyze whether monetary policies that are able to manipulate liquidity positions of banks can affect bank lending. Our results suggest that bank specific liquidity is important in credit supply. Moreover, in determining their...

Global crisis has underlined the essentiality of deepening our understanding and knowledge about the financial system. Accordingly, recent debates on macroeconomic policies focused exclusively on the financial system. This survey aims at contributing to the efforts on expanding our existing...