The Convention on the Future of Europe has completed its work and submitted the “Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe” to the Presidency on the 18th of July, 2003. This “draft” which brings forth certain fundamental changes to the institutional structure of the Union will...

Turkey’s candidacy has been approved in Helsinki Heads of State and Government Summit between the dates of 10-11 December 1999. After the Summit, it felt like as if Turkey was going to be a full member immediately as it was in the Customs Union case. Although the first six months is over,...

Parasal iktisat literatüründeki modeller genellikle paranın değerli olduğunu kabul ederek para miktarını ilgi odağına alan modellerdir. Yeni Parasalcı İktisat akımının görüşüne göre ise parasal teori ve politika analizinde gelişme sağlanabilmesi için karşılıksız paraya...

This paper observes if budget deficit has significant impact on interest rates, exchange rates, and, price level through (a) theoretical discussions, and, (b) relevant statistical estimations by regression models and Granger causality models. The paper (i) reaches the regression output depicting...

Türkiye’de son birkaç yýldýr en çok tartýþýlan konulardan biri faiz oraný ile döviz kuru arasýndaki iliþkidir. Bazý iktisatçýlar döviz kurlarýnýn uzun süredir yerinde saymasýnýn nedenini faiz oranlarýnýn yüksekliðine baðlamakta ve Merkez Bankasý’nýn kýsa vadeli...

In this study we attempt to shed some light on the theoretical and empirical discussions regarding the role of monetary aggregates in monetary policy formulations. We also assess the developments in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and emphasize the role of monetary aggregates in...

The primary goal of this study is to introduce monetary analysis for the Turkish economy in the light of empirical evidences that demonstrate the importance of this analysis for the economy. In the study we also focus on the implication of persistent money supply shocks, particularly shocks that...

Since two main principles of the monetary policy are credibility and transparency, central banks aim to develop long-run policies. However, contemporary monetary policy approach requires that central banks are responsible for developing short-run stability policies as well. Within this context,...

The aim of this study is to investigate the validity of McKinnon’s complementarity hypothesis that puts forward by McKinnon (1993) and Shaw (1973) for Turkish economy. In the analysis the method of Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) that developed by Stock and Watson (1993) and the...

Türkiye'de son birkaç yıldır en çok tartışılan konulardan biri faiz oranı ile döviz kuru arasındaki ilişkidir. Bazı iktisatçılar döviz kurlarının uzun süredir yerinde saymasının nedenini faiz oranlarının yüksekliğine bağlamakta ve Merkez Bankası'nın kısa vadeli faiz...