Dollarization, which can be considered as a wide-spread characteristic of the emerging market economies, is caused by economic units’ holding assets in foreign currency to prevent the value of their financial assets from the risk of devaluation of the national currency and to diversify their...

In this study, average quality growth and upward inflation bias are estimated for a set of 51 goods by using six waves of TURKSTAT Household Budget Surveys from 2003 to 2008 and consumer prices in Turkey. Using instrumental variables approach suggested by Bils and Klenow (2001), the annual...

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...

In this study, an output gap measure is derived for the Turkish economy using an estimated New Keynesian model. Considering the ongoing structural transformation during the last decade, the model is estimated for 2002-2010 period using Bayesian techniques. The results indicate that output, which...

Enflasyon hedeflemesi popülaritesi giderek artan bir para politikası rejimidir. Enflasyon hedeflemesinin popülaritesinin giderek artmasının nedeni, makroekonomik performansı olumlu etkilediğine inanılmasıdır. Bu çalışmada bu görüşün geçerliliği gelişmekte olan ülkeler...

For central banks, whose primary objective is to maintain low and sustainable inflation, understanding the determinants of food prices and their sensitivity to monetary policy is crucial for measuring the effectiveness of policy actions. This study empirically analyzes the determinants of the...